Dr. Andy W. C. Lee Professor Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Phone: 864-656-4838 Fax:  864-656-3304 Email: alee@clemson.edu Personal Web Page: Under Construction

Academic Education Background

Degrees	Institutions	Major fields of study	Dates of degrees
Ph.D.	Auburn University	Wood Products Engineering	1978
M.S.	Auburn University	Forest Products	1973
B.S	National Taiwan University	Forestry	1968

Research Areas

• Utilization of bamboo for wood products (construction products) applications.
• Effect of fire retardant chemicals on strength properties of southern pine lumber.

Selected Publications

1. Liu, Y. and A.W.C. Lee. 2003. Selected properties of parallel strand lumber made from southern pine and yellow-poplar. Holzforschung / Vol. 57/2003/No.2: 207-212.


2. Chao, W.Y. and A.W.C. Lee. 2003. Properties of southern pine wood impregnated with styrene.      Holzforschung  /Vol. 57/2003/No.3: 333-336.


3. Lee, A.W.C. and Y. Liu. 2003.  Properties of commercial bamboo flooring. Forest Products Journal 53(6):23-26.


4. Connolly, S.M., J.A. Marcondes, T.G. Weigel, and A.W.C. Lee. 2003. A comparison of the performance tests  used for furniture packaging. ASTM International, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Paper ID JTE11442-313).


5. Greco, C.M., A.W.C. Lee, D. Ham, T. Smiley, and E.H. Law. 2004. A computer simulation of an alternative design to tree crown support systems. Journal of Arboriculture 30(6): 365-369.


6. Hodgin, D.A. and A.W.C. Lee. 2002. Comparison of strength and failure characteristics between  fire-retardant-treated and untreated roof framing lumber after long-term exposure: A South  Carolina case study. Forest Products Journal 52(6): 91-94.


7. Connolly, S.M. and A.W.C. Lee. 2002. Effect of loading and vibration on bending properties of pallet deckboards. Forest Products Journal 52(9): 63-65.


8. A.W.C. Lee and Y. Liu. 2006. Creep deflections in southern pine parallel strand lumber.Submitted to Forest Products Journal for publication in Sept. 2006

Recent Presentations

Courses Taught

SPRING

ABBRV	NUM	TITLE
FOR	419	SENIOR PROBLEMS
FOR	441	PROP WOOD PRODUCTS
FOR	447	SPEC PROB FOR PROD
FOR	641	PROP WOOD PRODUCTS
FOR	707	SPECIAL PROBLEMS
FOR	891	MASTERS RESEARCH
FOR	991	DOCTORAL RESEARCH

SUMMER-1

ABBRV	NUM	TITLE
FOR	254	FOREST PRODUCTS
FOR	447	SPEC PROB FOR PROD
FOR	707	SPECIAL PROBLEMS
FOR	807	SPECIAL PROBLEMS
FOR	891	MASTERS RESEARCH
FOR	991	DOCTORAL RESEARCH

SUMMER-2

ABBRV	NUM	TITLE
FOR	891	MASTERS RESEARCH
FOR	991	DOCTORAL RESEARCH

FALL

ABBRV	NUM	TITLE
F N R	491	SEN HONORS THESIS I
F N R	492	SEN HONORS THESIS II
FOR	419	SENIOR PROBLEMS
FOR	442	MANUF WOOD PROD
FOR	447	SPEC PROB FOR PROD
FOR	642	MANUF WOOD PROD
FOR	707	SPECIAL PROBLEMS
FOR	807	SPECIAL PROBLEMS
FOR	891	MASTERS RESEARCH
FOR	991	DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Noteworthy Achievements

• Brought in a total of $94,873 outside research gifts from January 2005 to December 2006.
  

Professional Affiliations

• Member of Forest Products Society: 1971 - current
• Chair of Forest Products Society, Carolinas-Chesapeake Section: 1988-1989
• Chair-elect/ Secretary of Forest Products Society, Carolinas-Chesapeake Section: 1987-1988
• Treasurer of Forest Products Society, Carolinas-Chesapeake Section: 1986-1987