About Frank
Since 2001, Frank Owens has been involved in the global marketing and sourcing of wood products. Fluent in Japanese, he has lived abroad for eight years in East Asia and the Middle East. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in East Asian languages from UCLA, and a doctoral degree in forest resources from Mississippi State University, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts. He teaches courses in wood anatomy, forest products marketing and lumber manufacturing and conducts research on lumber properties and computer vision applications for wood identification. He also serves on the Council of the International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA).
Research
Lumber Properties
How do statistical distributions of mechanical properties of mill-run lumber populations affect graded lumber populations?
How can we teach computers to more accurately identify wood species using artificial intelligence?
Alumni
Ph.D. 2021
Weyerhaeuser
Ph.D. 2022
Lamar School
Assistant Professor 2022
Mississippi State University
Contact
Email & Phone:
Tel: +1-662-325-6698
Address:
Dept. of Sustainable Bioproducts
201 Locksley Way
Starkville, MS 39759