Publications
Kim, H., F.M. Guess, and T.M. Young. 2011. An extension of regression trees to generate better predictive models. IIE Transactions. 43(11):43-54. doi: 10.1080/0740817X.2011.590441. [1.186 IF (2010)]
Edwards, D.J., F.M. Guess, T.M. Young. 2011. Improved estimation of the lower percentiles of material properties. Wood Sci Technol. 45:533–546.
Young, T.M., R.L. Zaretzki, J.H. Perdue, F.M. Guess, and X. Liu. 2011. Logistic regression models of factors influencing the location of bioenergy and biofuels plants. BioResources. 6(1):329-343.
Crookston, K.A., T.M. Young, D. Harper, and F.M. Guess. 2011. A comparison of two wood plastic composite extrusion processes using statistical reliability analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 96:172-177. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2010.08.005
Baker D.A., N.C. Gallego & F.S Baker. On the characterization and spinning of an organic-purified lignin towards the manufacture of low-cost carbon fiber. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., In Press.
Kline L. M., D.G. Hayes*, A. R. Womac, and N. Labbé*. Rapid determination of lignin content in hard and soft woods via UV-spectrophotometric analysis of biomass dissolved in ionic liquids. Bioresources. 2010, 5(3), 1366-1383.
Martin M.Z., N. Labbé*, N. André, S.D. Wullschleger, R.H. Harris, M.H. Ebinger. Novel multivariate analysis for soil carbon measurement using Laser-Induced breakdown Spectroscopy. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2010, 74, 87-93
Lippke, B., J. Wilson, J. Meil, and A. M. Taylor. 2010. Characterizing the Importance Of Carbon Stored In Wood Products. Wood and Fiber Science. 42 CORRIM Special Issue 5-14.
Taylor, A. M., Lippke, B., and Park, W. 2010. Carbon credit schemes for forest landowners are counterproductive. Environmental Science and Policy. 13(2):150-153.
Kim, H., F.M. Guess, and T.M. Young. 2010. An extension of regression trees to generate better predictive models. IIE Transactions. In Press
Edwards, D.J., F.M. Guess, and T.M. Young. 2010. Bootstrap confidence intervals for percentiles of reliability of modern engineered wood. Wood Science and Technology. In Press. DOI 10.1007/s00226-010-0346-2. Steele, J.C., F.M. Guess, T.M. Young, and D.J. Edwards. 2010. Mean residual life. Springer's International Lexicon of Statistical Sciences. In Press.
Singh, M., F.M. Guess, T.M. Young, and L. Liu. 2010. Dynamic system simulations of randomness for decision making. International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer, New York. In Press.
Jackson, S.W. (Ed), J.G. Bozell, K.M. Norris, T.G. Rials, and A.M. Taylor. 2010. Wood2Energy: A State of the Science and Technology Report. 56 p.
P. Tingaut, N. S. Çetin, N. Özmen, N. Henry, D. P. Harper, M. Dadmun, G. Sèbe. 2009. The acetylation of cellulose nanowhiskers with vinyl acetate under moderate conditions. Macromolecular Bioscience. 9(10): 997-1003. 10.1002/mabi.200900073.
J.-W. Kim, D. P. Harper, A. M. Taylor. 2009. Effect of extractives on water sorption and durability of wood-plastic composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 41(3): 279-290.
Q. Cheng, S. Wang, D. P. Harper. 2009. Effects of process and source on elastic modulus of single cellulose fibrils evaluated by atomic force microscopy. Composites Part A. 40(5): 583-588.
J.-W. Kim, D. P. Harper, A. M. Taylor. 2009. Effect of wood species on the mechanical and thermal properties of WPCs. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 112: 1378-1385.
D. P. Harper, M. P. Laborie, M. P. Wolcott. 2009. The Impact of Polypropylene-graft-Maleic Anhydride on the Crystallization and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 111: 753-758.
Mann D.G.J., N. Labbé*, R.W. Sykes , K. Gracom , L. Kline , I.M. Swamidoss , J.N. Burris , M. Davis , C.N. Stewart Jr. Rapid assessment of lignin content and structure in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) grown under different environmental conditions. BioEnergy Research. 2009, 2, 243-256
Xu Z., D. Zhang, J. Hu, X. Zhou, X. Ye, K.L. Reichel, N.R. Stewart, R.D. Syrenne, X. Yang, P. Gao, W. Shi, C. Doeppke, R.W. Sykes, J.N. Burris, J.J. Bozell, Z.M Cheng, D.G. Hayes, N. Labbé, M. Davis, C.N. Stewart Jr., J.S. Yuan. Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom. BMC Bioinformatics . 2009, 10 (Suppl. 11), S3 (Reviewed proceedings)
Lee S.H, H.W. Cho, N. Labbé, M.K. Jeong, T.G. Rials. Quick assessment of thermal decomposition behavior of lignocellulosic biomass by near infrared spectroscopy and its statistical analysis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2009, 114, 3229-3234
Cho, H. W., S. H. Baek, E. Youn, M. K. Jeong, and A. M. Taylor. 2009. A Two-Stage Classification Procedure for Near-Infrared Spectra Based on Multi-scale Vertical Energy Wavelet Thresholding and SVM-Based Gradient-Recursive Feature Elimination. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 60:1107-1115.
Young, T.M., J. Chastain, F.M. Guess, and R.V. León. 2009. Estimating upper percentiles of strand thickness for oriented strand board. Forest Products Journal. 59(10):79-88.
Chastain, J., T.M. Young, F.M. Guess, H. Bensmail, and R.V. León. 2009. Using reliability analyses to characterize wood strand thickness for oriented strand board panels. International Journal of Reliability and Application. 10(4):89-99.
Taylor, A., T.M. Young, and F.M. Guess. 2009. Estimating the error in the moisture content of white oak kiln sample boards. Drying Technology. 27(10):1235-1239.
Baker D.A., L.H.C. Mattoso, et al. Electrically conductive nanocomposites from cellulose nanofibrils and polyaniline. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2917-2922, 9 (2009).
J.-W. Kim, D. P. Harper, A. M. Taylor. 2008. Effect of wood species on water sorption and durability of wood plastic composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 40(4): 519-531.
P. Tingaut, N. Henry, T. G. Rials, D. P. Harper, M. Dadmun. 2008. Compatibilization of natural fibers with synthetic polymers using triblock copolymers as coupling agents. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 209(8): 832-845.
Çelen, D. P. Harper, N. Labbé. 2008. A multivariate approach to acetylated poplar wood samples using NIR. Holzforschung. 62: 189-196. J. Konnerth, D. P. Harper, S.-H. Lee, T. G. Rials, W. Gindl. 2008. Adhesive penetration of wood cell walls investigated by scanning thermal microscopy. Holzforschung. 62(1): 91- 98.
Labbé N, I. M. Swamidoss, N. André, M. Z. Martin, T. M. Young, T. G. Rials. Extraction of information from LIBS spectral data by multivariate analysis. Applied Optics. 2008, 47, G158-G165
Labbé N., Franklin J., P. Ye, A. Womac, T.G. Rials. Analysis of switchgrass characteristics using near infrared techniques. Bioresources. 2008, 3, 1329-1348
Sattler C., Labbé N., D. Harper, T. Elder, T. Rials. Effects of hot water extraction on physical and chemical characteristics of oriented strand board (OSB) wood flakes. Clean. 2008, 36, 674-681
Young, T.M., D.G. Perhac, F.M. Guess, and R.V. León. 2008. Bootstrap confidence intervals for percentiles of reliability data for wood plastic composites. Forest Products Journal. 58(11):106-114.
Young, T.M., L.B. Shaffer, F.M. Guess, H. Bensmail, and R.V. León. 2008. A comparison of multiple linear regression and quantile regression for modeling the internal bond of medium density fiberboard. Forest Products Journal. 58(4):39-48.
Clapp, N.E., Jr., T.M. Young, and F.M. Guess. 2008. Predictive modeling the internal bond of medium density fiberboard using a modified principal component analysis. Forest Products Journal. 58(4):49-55.
Labbé N., S.H. Lee, M.K. Jeong, H.W Cho, N. André. Enhanced discrimination and calibration of biomass using non linear kernel methods. Bioresource Technology. 2008, 99, 8445-8452
Labbé N., N. André, T.G. Rials, S.S Kelley. Two dimensional homo and hetero-correlation technique applied to NIR and py-MBMS spectra of wood. Holzforschung. 2008, 62, 176-182
André N., Cho H.-W., Baek S.H., Jeong M.-K., Young T.M. (2008) Prediction of Internal Bond Strength in a Medium Density Fiberboard Process Using Multivariate Statistical Methods and Variable Selection. Wood Science and Technology 42(7): 521-534
M. Gaugler, W. J. Grigsby, D. P. Harper, T. G. Rials. 2007. Chemical imaging of the spatial distribution and interaction of tannin dispersal in bioplastic systems. Advanced Materials Research. 29-30: 173-176.
Eberhardt T.L., T. Elder, N. Labbé. 2007. Analysis of Ethanol-Soluble Extractives in Southern Pine Wood by Low-Field Proton NMR. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology. 2007, 27, 35-47
Labbé N., T.G. Rials, S.S. Kelley, M.Z. Martin. 2007. High throughput material characterization techniques in Materials, Chemicals and Energy from Forest Biomass, Oxford University Press, ed. Dimitris S. Argyropoulos.
Martin M., N. Labbé, N. André, S. Wullschleger, A. Vass, R. Harris, M. Ebinger. 2007. High resolution applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for environmental and forensic applications. SpectrochimicActa Part B.62, 1426-1432
André N., Young T.M., Rials T.G. (2006) On-line monitoring of the buffer capacity of particleboard furnish by near-infrared spectroscopy, Applied Spectroscopy 60(10): 1204-1209
André N., Labbé N., Rials T.G., Kelley S.S. (2006) Assessment of wood load condition by near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Journal of Material Science 41: 1879-1886
D. P. Harper, M. P. Wolcott. 2006. Chemical imaging of wood-polypropylene composites. Applied Spectroscopy. 60(8): 898-905.
Labbé N., T.G. Rials, S.S. Kelley. 2006. Characterization of Wood and Wood Composites by FTIR Chemical Imaging/Advanced Analytical Tools for Characterization of Wood in Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall, Blackwell Publishing, ed. Douglas D. Stokke and Leslie H. Groom.
Baker D.A. and P.J. Brown, Crosslinked PET nanofiber structures via electrospinning, book chapter in Polymeric Nanofibers, ACS Symposium Series, Volume 918, P173-187, 2006.
Jackson, S.W., D.S. Buckley, B.F. Miller, and C.A. Harper. 2006. Short-term effects of silvicultural treatments on microsite heterogeneity and plant diversity in mature Tennessee oak-hickory forests. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(3):197-203.