Featured Publications & Products

• Green, David W.; Begel, Marshall; Nelson, William. 2006. Janka hardness using nonstandard specimens.
• Wolfe, Ronald W.; Begel, Marshall; Craig, Bruce. 2004. Timber rivets in structural composite lumber.
• Begel, Marshall; Wolfe, Ronald W.; Stahl, Douglas C. 2004. Timber rivet connections in US domestic species.
• Hankel, Steven G.; Begel, Marshall. 2004. Design of a hydraulic bending machine.
• Wolfe, Ronald W.; Shim, KugBo; Begel, Marshall. 2003. Powder-driven-nail connections for round timber.

Publications

• McDonald, Dwight E.; Begel, Marshall ; Senalik, C. Adam; Williamson, Thomas . 2018. Evaluation of creep performance of structural insulated panels (SIPs): phase 2.
• Lo Ricco, Marco ; Ghorbanpoor, Al , Dr..; Pei, Shiling , Dr..; Rammer, Doug ; Begel, Marshall; Bridwell, James , J..; Zimmerman, Reid B. 2018. Prototyping a passively self-centering cross-laminated timber rocking wall system: analytical and experimental investigation.
• Falk, Robert H.; Bridwell, James J.; Senalik, C. Adam; Begel, Marshall. 2018. Residential tornado safe room from commodity wood products impact and wind pressure testing.
• Aro, Matthew D.; Wang, Xiping; McDonald, Dwight E.; Begel, Marshall. 2016. Tensile strength of thermally modified laminated strand lumber and laminated veneer lumber.
• McDonald, Dwight, E..; Begel, Marshall; Senalik, C. Adam; Ross, Robert; Skaggs, Thomas D.; Yeh, Borjen; Williamson, Thomas. 2014. Creep Behavior of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS): Results from a Pilot Study.
• Gorman, Thomas M.; Kretschmann, David E.; Begel, Marshall; Fishwild, Sarah; Shilts, Richard; Nelson, Timothy C. 2012. Assessing the Capacity of Three Types of Round-wood Connections.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
FPL-2017-109	A residential tornado safe room from commodity wood products Forest Service researchers designed a tornado safe room to be constructed from commodity wood building products and adaptable to existing homes.	2017