Adhesives and Finishes for Wood

1. Introduction to polymers, wood adhesives, and wood finishes 2. Principles of polymer chemistry for wood adhesives and finishes 3. Thermosetting and thermoplastic wood adhesives and practices 4. Principles of thermosetting and thermoplastic wood adhesives 5. UF and MUF wood adhesive resins (manufacturing and resin chemistry) 6. UF and MUF wood adhesive resins (curing) 7. Particleboard, MDF, and hardwood plywood bonding with UF resins 8. PF novolac wood adhesive resins (manufacturing and chemistry) 9. PF resole wood adhesive resins (manufacturing and chemistry) 10. PRF novolac wood adhesive resins and lumber lamination 11. PF resin-based softwood wood adhesives and manufacturing 12. Isocyanate resins for wood adhesives and coatings 13. OSB manufacturing with PF/isocyanate wood adhesive resins 14. Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) emulsion wood adhesives 15. Trouble shooting in wood bonding with PVAc resin adhesives 16. Hot-melt and other specialty wood adhesives 17. Casein, soybean flour, animal blood, and lignin wood adhesives 18. Theory and practices of adhesive bonding for wood 19. Mechanisms of adhesive bonding for wood 20. Evaluation of wood adhesive bonds, quality control, and durability 21. Introduction to coatings technology for wood ? part 1 22. Introduction to coatings technology for wood ? part 2 23. Industrial coating application processes 24. Advanced reading materials for UF wood adhesive resins 25. Advanced reading materials for 6-12% melamine-modified UMF wood adhesive resins 26. Advanced reading materials for 2.5-5.0% melamine UMF wood adhesive resins 27. Diethylene tricarbamide-formaldehyde (DF) wood adhesive resins 28. Advanced reading materials for phenol-formaldehyde wood adhesive resins

Prof Moon Geu Kim acquired his PhD in Organic Chemistry at the Kansas State University. He worked in the industry for Weyerhauser Comnpany and Georgie-Pacific Corp. asSenior Scientist and Senior Development Chemist respectively. Until his retirement he served as Professor at the Mississippi State University and taught among others the course on "Adhesives and Finishes for Wood".