Publications

 

Wang, S., P.M. Winistorfer and T.M. Young.  2001.  Fundamentals of vertical density

profile formation in wood composites – Part 3.  MDF density formation during hot-

pressing.  Wood and Fiber Science. (Submitted for Publication).

 

Young, T.M. and P.M. Winistorfer.  2001.  The effects of autocorrelation on real-time

statistical process control with practical solutions for the forest products industry. 

Forest Products Journal.  51(12): 70-77.             

                                               

Wang, S., P.M. Winistorfer, T.M. Young, and C. Helton. 2001. Step-closing pressing of

medium density fiberboard. Part 2: Influences on the panel performance and layer

characteristics. Holz als Roh-und Werkstoff 59(5): 311-318

 

Wang, S., P.M. Winistorfer, T.M. Young, and C. Helton. 2001. Step-closing pressing of

medium density fiberboard. Part 1: Influence on the vertical density profile. Holz als

Roh-und Werkstoff 59(1/2): 19-26.

 

Young, T.M., Winistorfer, P.M., and S. Wang.  1999.  Multivariate control charts of vertical

density profile attributes.  Forest Products Journal. 49(5):79-86.

 

Young, T.M. and P.M. Winistorfer.  1999.  Statistical process control and the forest products

            industry. Forest Products Journal. 49(3):10-17.

 

Winistorfer, P.M., T.M. Young and E. Walker.  1996.  Modeling and comparing vertical density

profiles.  Wood and Fiber Science. 28(1):133-141.

 

Young, T.M. and F.M. Guess.  1994.  Reliability processes and corporate structures. 

Microelectronics and Reliability.  34(6):1107-1119.                     

           

Idassi, J.O., T.M. Young, P.M. Winistorfer, D.M. Ostermeier and R.B. Woodruff.  1994.

A customer-oriented marketing method for hardwood lumber companies.  Forest

Products Journal.  44(7/8):67-73.

 

Graveel, J.G., T.M. Young, M. Balbach, D.A. Munn and J.S. Panter.  1993.  Journal of

Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education: why the new title and scope?

Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 22(2):81-86.

 

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier, J.D. Thomas and R.T. Brooks.  1991.  The economic

availability of woody biomass for the Southeastern United States.  Bioresources

Technology.  37(1):7-16.

 

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier and D.W. Domenech.  1988.  Average wood chip trucking costs

for the Southeastern United States.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 

12(4):267-269.

 

Ostermeier, D.M., T.M. Young and L.A. Weaver.  1988.  Fossil-fuel-using industries: their

awareness and perceptions of wood energy.  Forest Products Journal.  38(10):53-58.

 

 

Young, T.M. and D.M. Ostermeier.  1986.  A survey of nonforest products industrial wood

energy users.  Forest products Journal.  37(2):57-61.

 

Boungiorno, J.B. and T.M. Young.  1984.  Statistical appraisal of timber with an application to

the Chequamegon National Forest.  Northern Journal of Applied Forestry.  1(4):72-76.

 

 

Refereed Proceedings           

 

Young, T.M. and P.M. Winistorfer.  1999.  Advanced information technology and chip quality

improvement.  Proc. TAPPI 1999 Pulping Conference.  Orlando, FL.  Volume III. 

p. 871-880.

 

Proceedings   

 

Young, T.M., B.H. Bond, P.M. Winistorfer and J.D. Cox.  2000.  Statistical process control for

sawmills.  Proc. of the 28th Annual Hardwood Symposium.  (West Virginia Now – The

Future for the Hardwood Industry?).  National Hardwood Lumber Association.  Canaan,

WV. p. 31-42 

 

Young, T.M., P.M. Winistorfer and T.A. McKinney  1999.  Continuous improvement strategies

for MDF manufacture.  Proc. of  the 33rd International Particleboard Composite Materials

Symposium.  Washington State University.  Pullman, WA. p. 67-77.

 

Young, T.M. and P.M. Winistorfer.  1998.  Recovering more from your hardwood lumber:

reducing thickness variation.  Proc. of the 26th Annual Hardwood Symposium

(Technology and Market Information for the Next Millennium).  National Hardwood

Lumber Association.  Cashiers, NC. p 109-120. 

 

Young, T.M.  1996.  Process improvement through “real-time” statistical process control in

MDF manufacture.  Proc. of Process and Business technologies for the Forest Products

Industry.  Forest Products Society, Madison, WI. p 50-51.

                                               

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier, J.D. Thomas and R.T. Brooks.  1989.  Economic availability of

woody biomass fuel chips for 13 southeastern United States.  Proc. International Energy

Agency (Task VI, Activity 2, Integrated Harvesting Systems Workshop).  New Orleans,

LA.  p. 45-60.

 

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier and R.W. Mulach.  1989.  Simulation of harvesting systems for

economic supply models.  Proc. (Task VI, Activity 3, Harvesting Small Trees and Forest

Residues).  Auburn, AL  p. 170-183.

 

Young, T.M., J.D. Thomas and D.T. Curtin.  1988.  Industrial fuel-chip supply simulator

(IFCHIPSS).  Proc. Harvesting Machines and Systems Evaluation Workshop. 

Blacksburg, VA.  p. 82-91.

 

Young, T.M., R.W. Mulach and D.M. Ostermeier.  1987.  IFCHIPSS: Industrial Fuel Chip

Supply Simulator - An overview of its structure.  Proc. Ninth Annual Southern Forest

Biomass Workshop.  Gulfport, MS.  p. 186-201

 

 

Weaver, L.A. and T.M. Young.  1986.  Market constraints to industrial wood energy use in the

southeastern United States.  Proc. Eighth Annual Southern Biomass Research

Conference.  Knoxville, TN. p.133-145.

 

Ostermeier, D.M., T.M. Young and D.F. Walsh.  1985.  Characteristics of industrial wood energy

users.  Biomass Energy Development.  Edited by W.H. Smith Plenum Publishing, Inc. 

New York, NY. p. 29-42.

 

Young, T.M.  1985.  A market segmentation strategy for the industrial wood energy market. 

Proc. 15th Annual Southern Forest Economic Workshop.  Athens, GA. p. 90-100.

 

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier and D.F. Walsh.  1985.  Energy market assessment for woody

biomass.  Proc. Energy from Biomass: Building on a Generic Technology Data Base. 

Argonne National Laboratory Pub. ANL/CNSV-TM-157. Argonne, IL. p. 223-234.

 

Young, T.M. and D.M. Ostermeier.  1984.  Information sources available for evaluating changes

in forest land ownership and forest land use.  Proc. 14th Annual Southern Forest

Economics Workshop.  Memphis, TN. p. 131-142.

 

Conference Presentations without Proceedings

 

Young, T.M.  2000.  Statistical process control applications for improving chip quality using

            human machine interface technology.  Summer 2000 Meeting of TAPPI MOTAG South. 

            Atlanta, GA.  August. (invited) 

 

Young, T.M.  2000.  The impact of statistical process control on reducing hardwood lumber

target sizes and thickness variation: a case study.   54th Annual Meeting of the Forest

Products Society.  Lake Tahoe, NV. (invited) 

 

Young, T.M.  1999.  Recovering more from your hardwood lumber: reducing thickness variation

and reducing wood waste.  Producing and Using Wood.  Knoxville, TN.

 

Young, T.M., P.M. Winistorfer and B.H. Bond.  1999.  Human machine interface platforms

for statistical process control in hardwood lumber manufacture.  53rd Annual Meeting of

the Forest Products Society.  Boise, ID.

 

Young, T.M.  1997.  Determining components of variance using control charts.  The Third Annual

South Carolina Statewide Quality Conference.  Columbia, SC.  (invited) 

 

Young, T.M.  1996. Real-time SPC and autocorrelation: implications for Shewhart control charts. 

The Second Annual South Carolina Statewide Quality Conference.  Myrtle Beach, SC.

(invited) 

 

Technical Abstracts

 

Young, T.M. and C.H. Huber.  2001.  Modeling the core temperature gradient of            MDF with

control limits for data signatures.  35th International particleboard/Composite Materials

Symposium.  Washington State University.  Pullman, WA.  p. 183.

Young, T.M.  2000.  Advanced information technology for MDF manufacture.   Proc. of the 54th

Annual Meeting of the Forest Products Society.  Lake Tahoe, NV. 

 

Young, T.M. and P.M. Winistorfer and C.H. Huber.  2000.  Process modeling of internal

bond in MDF manufacture.  Proc. of the 34th International Particleboard/Composite

Materials Symposium.  Washington State University.  Pullman, WA.

 

Nieh, W.L.S., H.J. Kennedy, E. Walker and T.M. Young.  1995.  Statistical analysis of the

            effects of face resin gel time on particleboard properties - a plant case.  Proc. of the

29th International Particleboard/Composite Materials Symposium.  Washington State

University.  Pullman, WA.

 

Winistorfer, P.M., T.M. Young and E. Walker.  1994.  Modeling and comparing  vertical density

profiles.  Proc. of the 28th International Particleboard/Composite Materials Symposium. 

Washington State University.  Pullman, WA.

 

Trade Journals          

 

Young, T.M., D.M. Ostermeier, J.D. Thomas and R.T. Brooks, Jr.  1991.  Computer model

simulates supply, cost of chips.  Forest Industries. 118(8): 20-21.

 

Wells, G.R., T.M. Young and K. Hoyt.  1989.  Referrals to consulting foresters: policies of

forestry agencies of seven states in the Tennessee Valley.  The Consultant.  34(3): 67-69.

 

Seminars

 

Young, T.M.  2001. Statistical process control and the forest products industry.  Virginia Tech

University – Department of Wood Science, Blacksburg, VA.  October 15 (invited).

 

Young, T.M.  1999.  Multivariate control charting the vertical density profile of engineered

wood.  The University of Tennessee – Agricultural Campus, Knoxville, TN. January 19.

(Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Departmental Seminar Series).

 

Young, T.M.  1999.  Advanced information technology in the wood products industry.  The

Technical Society of Knoxville. Knoxville, TN.  November 8.  (Invited).

 

Young, T.M.  1998.  Statistical process control and medium density fiberboard production. The

University of Tennessee – College of Business.  Knoxville, TN.  March 22.  (Invited).

 

Final Reports

 

Young, T.M., P.M. Winistorfer and J.D. Cox.  2000.  Tennessee Quality Lumber Initiative

(TQLI) – Phase I: reducing lumber target sizes using real-time statistical process control. 

Final Report for Wood Utilization Special Research Grant R11221854.  124p. 

 

Winistorfer, P.M., T.M. Young, and D.M. Ostermeier.  1993.  The application of

statistical process control to the logging industry.  Final Report for American Pulpwood

Association Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation.  51p.

 

Young, T.M. and D.M. Ostermeier.  1989.  IFCHIPSS – The Industrial Fuel Chip Supply

Simulation Model.  Final Report for Contract with Southeastern Regional Biomass

Energy Program as administered by the Tennessee Valley Authority.  141p.

 

Young, T.M. and D.M. Ostermeier.  1986.  Analyzing market constraints in woody biomass

energy production.  Final Report for Contract TV-64566A through the Southeastern

Regional Biomass Energy Program as administered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

172p.