Student Stories
Renyuan Ma (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
My name is Renyuan Ma. I am currently working in West Fraser High Prairie Forest Products for Quality Control/Process Assistant.
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Yicheng Zhang (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
I am a forestry intern working as a research assistant at the Bioproduct Institute at the University of British Columbia. Until now, I have been working on the vegan wood leather project. Specifically, the project involves delignification, drying, plasticizing, waxing and many other steps to make the wood pieces flexible and soft.
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Shiyang Zhou (Natural Resources Conservation)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
I have been working in the root ecology Laboratory in China for four months during the summer term. There were many projects in the lab, and I was mainly responsible for the project on the relationship between root and leaf genotype and seed size. The work was very interesting and engaging, and I was involved in a lot of work related to the cultivation and measurement of plants.
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Zewen Wang (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
As a Data Mining Intern, I have joined the Wood Sawmilling & Optimization Lab under the supervision of Professor Julie Cool. During my internship, I have assisted in wood machining project, process quality control project.
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Kristi Tang (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
This summer, I’ve been working with Palandri Cabinets & Interior Finishing in Regina, Saskatchewan, as a cabinet designer/maker. Palandri specializes in designing and manufacturing high-quality cabinetry using advanced technology for efficient production.
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Ruoran Zhao (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Wood Products Manufacturing Analyst; TRIFOREST MANUFACTURER INC. During my work, I held the position of quality inspector. My main work consisted of performing experiments and quality inspections. Every day I measured the length and width of the board, checked whether the color was correct, and whether there was a difference between the height of the […]
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Kiana Rowlands (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
This summer I have been working at Mercer Mass Timber as a Project Coordinator in Okanagan Falls, BC. I have been able to work closely with two project managers on a variety of projects, from small to large. A few tasks that I have helped with been involved with are scheduling, procurement, and compiling submittal information.
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Yulia Li (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
I handle the company’s daily marketing business, focusing primarily on promoting our soft and hard furnishings, renovations, and structural design.
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Xiaoyu Kang (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
For my second co-op term, I have been working for West Fraser at Williams Lake Sawmill as a Quality Control Assistant. It was an amazing journey where I was exposed to many aspects of safety, quality control, data analysis, and project management. I took the lumber grading course and got an A ticket.
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Siqi Guo (Wood Products Processing)
March 27, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
I have been working with my supervisors at the Faculty of Forestry’s Timber Engineering and Applied Mechanics (TEAM) Laboratory at the University of British Columbia on understanding the structural behavior and mechanical test procedures of structural wood products.
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