(Left to Right) Henry Quesada, Paula Fallas, Cody Wykle, Niloofar Yusefi,  Bob Smith, Sailesh Adhikari, and Linda Caudill.

A delegation that included Professor Robert Smith, Associate Professor Henry Quesada, Senior Research Associate Linda Caudill, and graduate students Paula Fallas, Niloofar Yousefi, Cody Wykle, and Sailesh Adhikari attended the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta the week of August 20 to represent the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials and the Wood-Based Composites Center, a partnership between Oregon State University and Virginia Tech.

More than 1,000 companies and industry associations participated in the biannual fair, which is considered the largest of its kind in the Western hemisphere. For the department and the center, this event was very important in order to connect with industry and former alumni and to recruit potential students.