Carter Holt Harvey funds new timber teaching fellowship

Published by the Communications and Development Department

 

14 October 2004

 

 

Wood products company Carter Holt Harvey is funding a new three-year $150,000 teaching fellowship which will sit within the Civil Engineering department at the University of Canterbury.

 

The Carter Holt Harvey Fellow in Wood Structures will act as student mentor and promoter of research into the use of timber products in civil engineering, design and construction.

 

A similar fellowship will also be established at Auckland University.

“We hope the Carter Holt Harvey Fellows in Wood Structures will inspire tomorrow’s engineers and designers to become as enthusiastic and passionate about wood as we are,” says Carter Holt Harvey Chief Executive Officer Peter Springford.

 

Students will be able to learn more about the construction properties of structural timber, laminated veneer lumber and plywood. Their research will also provide more hard data on the performance of some of the more high-tech timber products.

 

Canterbury University and Auckland University have committed to running the fellowship programmes for three years.

 

The fellows are expected to be appointed early next year.

 

 

For further information please contact:

David Jamieson
Manager, External Communications
Carter Holt Harvey
09 261 0262
027 208 8854

John MacDonald
Communications Manager
University of Canterbury
03 364 2910
027 441 7280
john.macdonald@canterbury.ac.nz