WU+D Grants
Grants Funded
Total Funded: $5,265,833
2024
- US Air Force - $843,235
“Development of De/Re-deployable Mass Timber Tactical Shelter for ACE Environment” - Weyerhaeuser Foundation - $30,000
Housing Design Studio (Funded Studio) - SOFTWOOD LUMBER BOARD (SLB) - $48,253
Timber Design Faculty Development Workshop - USDA Forest Service - $300,000
“Development and Promotion of the Market for Timber in Industrial Facilities” - USDA Forest Service - $90,000
“Optimization of Hybrid Mass Timber Structure for Carbon Positive Affordable Housing” - USDA Forest Service - $100,000
“Developing All-Wood Nail-Laminated Timber Panel Systems for U.S. Affordable Housing” - SC DOT - $850,034
“Effective Screening, Assessment, and Repair of Timber Piles”
2023
- SOFTWOOD LUMBER BOARD (SLB) - $52,227
Timber Design Faculty Development Workshop (Engineering) - USDA - $150,000
“Building Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities in SC” - WEYERHAEUSER - $25,000
“Sustainable Building Seminar”
2022
- U.S. DOE (ARPA-E) - $1,042,934
“An Entirely Wood Floor System Designed for Biogenic
Carbon Storage, Adaptability, and End of Life De/Re/Construction” - SOFTWOOD LUMBER BOARD (SLB) - $50,000
Timber Design Faculty Development Workshop - USFS - $128,093
“The Clemson Mass Timber Structure Training Program” - USFS Wood Innovations Grant - $250,000
“Mass Timber Reconstruction of a High-Profile Academic Building at Clemson University: Lehotsky Hall” - WEYERHAEUSER - $25,000
“Multimedia Display Wall”
2021
- U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities - $370,000
“Advancing Mass Timber Research and Education” - NSF - $399,999
“An Integrated Housing Design and Logistics Operations Modeling and Analysis Framework for Hurricane Relief”
2020
- LS3P - $12,250
Learning Environments (Funded Studio) - USFS Wood Innovations Grant - $249,999
Enable the Use of Mass Timber Products for Non-Residential Buildings in High Velocity Hurricane Zone - USFS Wood Innovations Grant - $248,809
Development and Promotion of Mass Timber Noise Barriers
2012-2019
- Development of Solid and Hollow-Core Cross-Laminated Timber Systems for Low- and Mid-Rise Construction
United States Department of Agriculture
Project Period: 2012-2015 - Wind and Rain Resistant Design for Coastal Cross Laminated Timber Buildings
SC Sea Grant
Project Period: 2013-2016 - Expanding the Use of Wood Building Products in SC
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Project Period: 2015-2018 - Wood Utilization: Pathway to Healthy Forests and Sustainable Communities
United States Department of Agriculture
Project Period: October 2015-September 2017 - Utilization of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) in Low and Mid-rise Buildings for Enhanced Wind Performance
United States Department of Agriculture
Project Period: 2016-2019 - Full-scale Testing of Cross-laminated Timber Diaphragm In-plane Shear and Development of Design Guide for Practitioners
US Endowment for Communities and Forests
Project Period: 2017-2019
