Dr. Michael P. Wolcott
Louisiana-Pacific Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Director, Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-1806
Phone: (509) 335-6392
FAX: (509) 335-5077
url: www.wolcott.wsu.edu
Email: wolcott@wsu.edu
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
- Composite material development
- Extrusion processing
- Viscoelasticity and rheology
- Adhesion
- Anisotropic elasticity
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, 1989 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- M.S., Forestry, 1985 - University of Maine at Orono
- B.S., Wood Science, 1982 - University of Maine at Orono
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2004 - present, Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- 1996 - 2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- 1989 - 1996, Assistant Professor of Wood Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
- 1985 - 1989, Graduate Project, Research, and Teaching Assistant, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA
AWARDS
- Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award, 2005, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Outstanding Research Faculty, 2004, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Distinguished Alumnus, University of Maine, 2002
- Cahn Award, Cahn Instruments, 1992
- George Marra Award, Society of Wood Science and Technology, 1991 and 1995
- Wood Award, Forest Products Research Society, 1990
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Yadama, V., M.P. Wolcott and D.G. Pollock. 2007. Out-of-plane strand deviation in oriented strand composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 39(4):603-613. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
- Harper, D.P. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Chemical imaging of wood-polypropylene composites. Applied Spectroscopy. 60(8):898-905.
- Jiang, L., M.P. Wolcott, and J. Zhang. 2006. Study of biodegradable polylactide/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) blends. Biomacromolecules. 7(1):199-207.
- Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Rheology of wood plastics melt: 3. Non linear nature of the flow. Polymer Engineering and Science. 46(1):114-121.
- Schirp, A. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Fungal degradation of wood-plastic composites and evaluation using dynamic mechanical analysis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 99(6):3138-3146.
- Yadama, V. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Elastic properties of hot-pressed aspen strands. Wood and Fiber Science. 38(4):742-750. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
- Englund, K.R. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Friction of nonwoven wood-polypropylene fiber mats on heated steel platens. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. 18(2):95-105.
- Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Rheology of wood plastics melt: Part 1. Capillary rheometry of HDPE filled with maple. Polymer Engineering and Science. 45(4):549-559.
- Schirp, A. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Influence of fungal decay and moisture absorption on mechanical properties of extruded wood-plastic composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 37(4):643-652. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
- Yang, H.S., M.P. Wolcott, H.S. Kim and H.J. Kim. 2005. Thermal properties of lignocellulosic filler-thermoplastic polymer bio-composites. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. (82)1:157-160.
- Englund, K.R., M.P. Wolcott and J.C. Hermanson. 2004. The compression of wood/thermoplastic fiber mats during consolidation. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(2):273-279.
- Harper, D.P. and M.P. Wolcott. 2004. Interaction between coupling agent and lubricants in wood-polypropylene composites. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(3):385-394.
- Houghton, T.P., D.N. Thompson, J.R. Hess, J.A. Lacey, M.P. Wolcott, A. Schirp, K. Englund, D. Dostal, and F. Loge. 2004. Fungal Upgrading of Wheat Straw for Straw-Thermoplastics Production. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 113:71-93.
- Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2004. Rheology of HDPE-wood composites I. Steady state shear and extensional flow. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(3):303-311.
- Wolcott, M.P. and E.L. Shutler, Jr. 2003. Temperature and moisture influence on compression-recovery behavior of wood. Wood and Fiber Science. 35(4):540-551. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
- Wolcott, M.P. 2003. Formulation and process development of flat-pressed wood polyethylene composites. Forest Products Journal. 53(9):25-32.
- Pendleton, D.E., T.A. Hofford, T. Adcock, B. Woodward, and M.P. Wolcott. 2002. Durability of an extruded HDPE/Wood Composite. Forest Products Journal. 52(6):21-27.
- Rials, T.G., J. Nassar, and M.P. Wolcott. 2001. Interfacial contributions in lignocellulosic fiber reinforced polyurethane composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 80(4):546-555.
- Harper, D.P., M.P. Wolcott, and T.G. Rials. 2001. Evaluation of cure kinetics of the wood/pMDI bondline. Int. Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 21(2):137-144.