Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources
Dynamic Centers of Innovation
Virginia ranks 11th nationwide and 2nd in the Southeast in research spending in areas relevant to wood products manufacturing. Virginia’s university-based research activity encompasses a wide array of disciplines relevant to the wood products sector — industrial and manufacturing engineering, geological and earth sciences, and natural resources and conservation, among others. The Virginia Tech Center for Forest Products Business has been a national leader in research on and promotion of cross-laminated timber for over a decade.