Congratulations to our incredible team at the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life (NCTDDL), led by Professor Tripti Singh, on a successful Research Showcase on 22 July 2025.
The Showcase brought together over 60 in-person attendees, including four international colleagues, and an additional 20 online participants from across industry, research, and government. The event featured a strong line-up of presentations highlighting current research, industry challenges, and future opportunities in timber durability and design life. The discussions our students and staff were exposed to were truly invaluable, offering fresh insights, sparking new ideas, and reinforcing the importance of collaboration in advancing timber durability.
Events like this are vital in bridging research and real-world industry needs. Our students and staff had the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations that will help shape the future of timber durability.
Tripti said as Director, it was "truly motivating to see such strong engagement at this year’s Showcase."
"Bringing research and industry together in this way is exactly why we do what we do. The conversations and connections sparked throughout the day were invaluable, not just for our students and staff, but for the entire sector," Tripti said.
Well done to the presenters (all 16 of them), which included PhD students, and thank you to our research and industry partners for your ongoing support!
An innovative partnership between industry, academia and government, the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life is supported by the Federal Government, Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA), University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), University of Queensland (UQ) and Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI).
Full list of presentations at the NCTDDL Showcase 2025
- Professor Tripti Singh (Centre Director) Centre’s key updates
- Dr Chandan Kumar (DPI/NCTDDL) Enhancing the FWPA timber service life prediction model
and the development of a new online platform - Dr Pene Mitchell (NCTDDL) Update on National Timber Circular Economy Project
- Dr Luis Yermán (UQ/NCTDDL) Fire behaviour of Australian hardwoods / Update on my
industry secondment - Mr Stuart Meldrum (DPI/NCTDDL) Above-ground timber durability – long-term field test
outcomes - Dr Kyra Wood (University of Tasmania) Laboratory decay and early field trial results from
('Best Bet') preservative treated Eucalyptus nitens. - Ms Claudia Roder (NCTDDL) Effects of moisture cycling on the structural behaviour of
screwed connections on CLT panels - Mr Adam Faircloth (DPI/NCTDDL) Development of a Rapid and Accurate System for Treated
Wood Quality Assessment - Mr Jack Norton (NCTDDL) Interpreting penetration tests and its impact on preserved timber
quality assessment. - Dr Zidi Yan (NCTDDL) Performance of connections under climate-induced degradation in
Australian treated timber - Mr Juan Vargas Garcia (NCTDDL) Accelerated decay testing methods for Australian
hardwoods - Ms Mehrnaz Akbarnezhad (NCTDDL) Durability enhancement of plantation grown timbers of
Australia - Mr Camilo Montoya (UQ/NCTDDL) Chemical interaction of metals with decayed wood
- Mr Yuhao Zhang (UQ/NCTDDL) Effects of moisture content on the withdrawal capacity of
smooth-shank nails - Mr Wenxuan Wu (UQ) Understanding Smouldering Risk of Cu-Preservative Treated Timber
- Ms Zeinab Darabi (NCTDDL/UQ) Identification of smouldering inhibitors for copper-based
treated timbers - Mr Ian Blanden (FWPA; Head of Research, Development and Extension) concluding remarks
