• Wood quality
• Small diameter log utilization
• Mechanical properties of wood
• Sustainable green building practices
• Energy efficient wood-framed housing
• Student service projects for the community that involve wood construction
• Wood engineering and timber grading services
• Short courses for professional wood workers and serious wood working hobbyists

Dr. Tom Gorman, P.E., professor of renewable materials, has been teaching and conducting research at the University of Idaho since 1987. Prior to coming to Idaho, he was a Research Engineer at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin and served on a ship in U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. While working on his college degrees he spent most summers working for the US Forest Service in the Bob Marshall Wilderness outside of Augusta, Montana and on the Kenai Peninsula near Seward, Alaska. He is a licensed professional engineer in Idaho, Washington and Montana and a member of the Forest Products Society, the Society of Wood Science and Technology, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a National Association of Home Builders Certified Green Building Professional. He has served as a consultant and expert witness in the area of wood products evaluation and testing.

• Morrow, C.D., T. M. Gorman, J. W. Evans, D. E. Kretschmann, and C.A. Hatfield. The prediction of wood quality in small diameter Douglas-fir using site and stand characteristics. In press, Wood and Fiber Science.
• Green, D.W.; Gorman, T.M.; Evans, J.W.; and Murphy, J.F. 2008. Grading and properties of small-diameter Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine tapered logs. Forest Prod. J. 58(11):33-41.
• Gorman, T.M. D.W. Green, A.G. Cisternas, R. Hernandez, and E.C. Lowell. 2007. Structural lumber from suppressed growth ponderosa pine from northern Arizona. Forest Products Journal 57(12):42-47.
• Green, D.W., T.M. Gorman, J.W. Evans, and J.F. Murphy. 2006. Mechanical grading of round timber beams. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 18(1):1-10.
• Sathre, R. and T. Gorman 2005. Improving the performance of wooden journal bearings. Forest Products Journal 55(11):41-47.
• Gorman, T.M. Relationship between moisture changes and dimensional change in wood. 2000. J. of Materials Education, 20 (5 & 6): 1-5.

First Place, 1984 Forest Products Research Society (FPRS) Wood Award, presented at the 1984 FPRS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri. The FPRS Wood Award competition is open to graduate students in the U.S. and Canada. Awards are based on outstanding research papers determined by panel review.