Dick Sandberg (born May 8, 1967) is a Swedish mechanical engineer and wood scientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), who is an elected fellow (''FIAWS'') of the

International Academy of Wood Science The International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) is an international academy and a non-profit assembly of wood scientists, recognizing all fields of wood science with their associated technological domains and securing a worldwide representation. S ...

. He is currently the editor-in-chief at the journal '' Wood Material Science and Engineering'', and the period 2013–2024, he was a faculty member and chair professor at the

Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology is a Public university, public research university in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The university has four campuses located in the Arctic, Arctic Region in the cities of Luleå, Kiruna, Skellefteå, and Piteå. With ...

, Division of Wood Science and Engineering.

Career

Sandberg was born in

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, Sweden. He got his PhD degree in mechanical engineering, with specialization in wood technology and processing from the

KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a Public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in Institute of technology, engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest te ...

in Stockholm in 1998. Afterwards, he worked as a wood specialist and manager in several wood enterprises in Sweden, and later served as a professor in forest products at

Linnaeus University Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...

in Växjö. In 2015, he was elected as a chaired professor at Wood Science and Engineering division of Luleå University of Technology, in

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, where he worked until September 2024. His main research interests include, among others, wood material properties, scanning technology and wood machining, as well as the production systems. Until March 2024, he has published more than 300 research works in several international journals and conferences.

Recognition

Since 2009, Sandberg has served as the editor-in-chief at the referred wood-related, scientific journal '' Wood Material Science and Engineering'' of the

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Group. In 2021, in recognition of his research work, he was elected as a ''

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'' at

the International Academy of Wood Science The International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) is an international academy and a non-profit assembly of wood scientists, recognizing all fields of wood science with their associated technological domains and securing a worldwide representation. S ...

. In October 2023, a

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carried out by

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et al. at

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included Dick Sandberg in ''Elsevier Data 2022,'' where he was ranked in the top 2% of researchers of all time in wood science (''forestry – materials''), having a c-index of 2.9702. In 2023, along with wood scientists Alfred Teischinger and Peter Niemz, he edited the referenced edition of

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''Handbook of Wood Science and Technology''.

References

External links

LTU – Wood Science and Engineering

ResearchGate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandberg, Dick Swedish scientists Fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science Wood scientists 1967 births Living people Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology People from Söderhamn KTH Royal Institute of Technology Academic staff of Linnaeus University