HOW TO DRY LUMBER FOR QUALITY AND PROFIT

Kiln operators, supervisors, and others associated with industrial lumber drying have benefited from How to Dry Lumber for Quality and Profit since 1949 when it was first offered at Oregon State University. In this, the 76th annual offering, there are separate courses for kiln personnel and non–kiln personnel.

Both courses are monitored, and the instructor is available for questions. Audio explains each slide. There are quizzes embedded in each lesson. These help the learner know if they understand the material. PDFs of all course materials are downloadable for future reference.

All course material is online and accessible at any time.

Course Price:

Kiln Personnel: $795 – (In person Dec 9-11; Online any time)
Non-Kiln Personnel:  $99 – (Online only)

See class outlines and register at

https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/dry-lumber-for-quality-and-profit

Instructors

Mike Milota

Dr. Mike Milota is the owner of Wood Moisture Solutions, LLC providing training and consulting for the lumber industry. He is Professor Emeritus, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University. He is a registered professional engineer in Oregon, although has now retired the license.

Mike attended Iowa State and Oregon State Universities, then started his career with the Masonite Corporation in Chicago in the wood composites industry. He then worked at the US Forest Products Laboratory in Madison Wisconsin after which he was on the faculty at Oregon State for 29 years. Mike’s main research focus was lumber drying, but he also worked in lifecycle analysis and measuring air emissions from processing wood products.

This is Mike’s 37rd year organizing the lumber drying workshop at Oregon State and he has conducted many on-site workshops for sawmills.