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NATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE WOOD INDUSTRY – CENAMAD

Director:

Manuel Carpio: PhD in Civil Engineering and Architecture, associate professor of the Department of Construction Engineering and Management, UC Faculty of Engineering.

Deputy director:

Hernan Santa Maria Oyanedel: PhD in Civil Engineering, associate professor, UC Faculty of Engineering.

About the center

CENAMAD enhances the scientific excellence of forest engineering, bioproducts and timber construction to increase added value and diversity in the timber industry. Their mission is to establish a national center that gathers academic and industrial participants as well as the relevant public to develop cutting-edge research focused on transfer in terms of the valorization of the timber industry, including productivity and sustainability of forestry territory, development of valuable bioproducts and the increase of timber construction as the main strategic driving force of the industry.