Bernie Dawson
Scientist & Team Manager
Dept of manufacturing bioproducts SCION
Crown Research Institute
New Zealand
Biography
Dr Bernie Dawson is a scientist in wood processing research. He specialises in coatings and surface technologies that improve the performance of wood in service.
Research Interest
Bernie’s current research is focused on supercritical carbon dioxide dewatering of radiata pine and reducing distortion in difficult-to-dry hardwoods such as Eucalypts nitensthrough alternative drying methods.
Publications
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Dawson BS, Pearson H, Kroese HW, Sargent R (2015) Effect of specimen dimension and pre-heating temperature on supercritical CO2 dewatering of radiata pine sapwood Holzforschung 69:421-430
