John Balatinecz has been a professor of Wood Science and Forest Products at the Faculty of Forestry from 1966 to 1998. He was instrumental in setting up the Faculty’s highly successful undergraduate program in Wood Science in 1966. John’s research interests concern wood fibre science, improved forest resource utilization, natural fibre composites, and recycling wood, paper and plastics. During the 1990’s he led a team of interdisciplinary researchers at U of T to develop a new class of high value composite products from waste wood fibre and thermoplastic polymers. This research was supported by the Ontario Centers of Excellence program and several private sector firms. During his academic career, John supervised the research of over 50 graduate students, and he authored 125 scientific and technical publications. He holds two patents on recycled composites. Recent Publications Balatinecz, J.J. and Woodhams, R.T. 1993. Wood plastic composites -- doing more with less. J. For. 91(11):22-26. Morley, P.M. and Balatinecz, J.J. 1993. Poplar utilization in Canada: past, present, and future. For. Chronicle 69(1):46-52. Myers, G.E., Clemons, C.M., Balatinecz, J.J. and Woodhams, R.T. 1992. Effects of composition and polypropylene-waste newspaper composites. Antec 92(1):602-604.
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