Website of Dr. George MANTANIS - Professor T.E.I. Larissa

Professor Dr. George I. Mantanis

Department of Wood & Furniture Design and Technology

TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF LARISSA

V. Griva 11 ∙ GR-43100 Karditsa ∙ Greece

tel: +30 24410 79.206 (ext. 112) ∙ mobile: +30 6947 300585
fax: +30 24410 79.220 ∙ e-mail: mantanis@teilar.gr

EDUCATION

Diploma in Forestry (1989)
Dept. of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Doctor of Philosophy (1994) - Ph.D. Thesis: Swelling of Lignocellulosic Materials in Water and Organic Liquids
Dept. of Forestry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin, USA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor - TEI of Larissa, Dept. of Wood & Furniture Design and Technology, Karditsa, Greece (2002 – present)

Research Scientist - Marlit Ltd. - Industrial producer of wood panels additives, Gefyra, Thessaloniki, Greece (1998-2001)

Wood Scientist - Adhesives Research Institute Ltd. - Research institute for formaldehyde based resins - A.C.M. Wood Chemicals, Thessaloniki, Greece (1998)

Wood Scientist - Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki - National Agricultural Research Foundation, Vassilika, Thessaloniki, Greece (1996-1997)

Research Assistant - Forest Products Lab & Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1991-1994)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Physical, mechanical and chemical properties of wood

Wood adhesion and glued wood products

Identification of wood species

PUBLISHED WORK

In Referred Journals

^{Mantanis
G.I.}^and
D.^{Birbilis (2010). Physical and
mechanical properties of athel wood (Tamarix
aphylla). Suleyman Demirel
University, Faculty Forestry Journal 2010; A(2): 82-87}

^{Sahin
T. and}^G.
Mantanis^(2010).^{Nano-treated surface treatment
effects on swelling, water sorption and hardness of wood}^{. MADERAS Ciencia y Tecnologia}^(submitted)

^{Mantanis
G.I.}^{, Adamopoulos
S. and E. Rammou}^{(2010). Physical and
mechanical properties of Pinus
leucodermis wood. Wood Material Science & Engineering}²⁰¹⁰^;^{5 (1): 50-52}

^{Mantanis
G.I.}^{,
Karastergiou S. and I. Barboutis (2010).}^{Finger jointing
of green Black pine (Pinus nigra L.)
wood}^{. Eur. J. Wood Prod.}^{DOI:10.1007/s00107-010-0435-9}

^{Mantanis
G.I.}^{and
A. Papadopoulos (2010). The sorption of water
vapour of wood treated with a nanotechnology compound. Wood Science and
Technology}⁴⁴^{(3): 515-522}

^{Mantanis
G.I.}^{and
A. Papadopoulos (2010). Reducing the
thickness swelling of wood based panels by applying a nanotechnology compound. European Journal of
Wood and Wood Products}^68:
237-239

^{Karastergiou
S.,}^{Mantanis G. I.}^{and K.
Skoularakos (2008). Green gluing of
oak wood (Quercus conferta L.) with a
one-component polyurethane adhesive. Wood Material Science & Engineering}^2008;^{3-4: 79-82}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{and R. A. Young
(1997). Wetting of Wood. Wood
Science and Technology 31:
339-353}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{, Young R. A. and
R. M. Rowell (1995). Swelling of
Compressed Cellulose Fiber Webs in Organic Liquids. Cellulose 2: 1-22}

^{Mantanis G. I.}^{, Young R. A. and R. M. Rowell (1995). Swelling of Wood.
Part IV. A Statistical Model for Prediction of Maximum Swelling of Wood in
Organic Liquids. Wood and Fiber
Science 27 (1): 22-24}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{, Young R. A. and
R. M. Rowell (1995). Swelling of Wood.
Part III. Effect of Temperature and Extractives on Rate and Maximum Swelling.
Holzforschung 49 (3): 239-248}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{, Young R. A. and
R. M. Rowell (1994). Swelling of Wood.
Part II. Swelling in Organic Liquids. Holzforschung 48 (6): 480-490}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{, Young R. A. and
R. M. Rowell (1994). Swelling of Wood.
Part I. Swelling in Water. Wood
Science and Technology 28: 119-134}

In International Conferences

^Mantanis
G.^{, Athanassiadou E.,
Nakos P. and A. Coutinho (2004). A new process for
recycling waste fiberboards.}^{Proc. of the 38th
International Wood Composites Symposium}^{, pp. 119-122}^,^{Ápril
5-8, 2004, Washington State University,
Pullman, Washington,
USA.}

^Mantanis
G.^{and J. Berns
(2001). Strawboard
bonded with urea-formaldehyde resins.}^{Proc. of the 35th
International Particleboard/Composite Materials Symp.}^{, pp. 137-144, April 2-5, 2001, Washington
State University,
Pullman, WA,
USA.}

^Mantanis
G.^{, Nakos P., Berns
J. and L. Rigal (2000). Turning
agricultural straw residues into value-added composite products: A new
environmentally friendly technology. Proc.
of the 5th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, pp.
840-848, Aug. 28-31, 2000, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.}

International Patents

^{Mantanis G}^{. (2002). Aqueous fire retardant.}^{WO
02/102926 A1, World Intellectual Property Organisation.}

^Mantanis
G^{., Nakos P., Labat G. and L.
Rigal (2000). Method for extracting and
recycling waste chemically treated wood.}^{WO
00/74909 A1, World Intellectual Property Organisation.}

In International and other Scientific symposia

^Kakaras^I.^{and G. Mantanis (2007).
Repair and
conservation of old wooden constructions and furniture at TEI Larissa – Greece:
Education and activities. Poster
presentation. Workshop}^{COST
Action IE0601 “Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage”,}^8/9^June^{2007, Royal
Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.}

^Mantanis
G.^{(2007). Green gluing of wood:
a new technology – useful for the conservation of wooden cultural heritage
objects? Poster presentation.
Workshop COST Action IE0601
“Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage”, 8/9 June 2007, Royal Museum
for Central Africa, Tervuren,
Belgium.}

^Mantanis
G.^{,
Vouli E., Gonitsioti C. and G. Ntalos (2007).}^{Formaldehyde in indoor
air of new apartments in Greece.}^{Proc. of the COST
Action E49 Conference “Measurement and Control of VOC Emissions from Wood-based
Panels”}^,^{28-30 November 2007, WKI, Braunschweig, Germany.}

^Mantanis
G.^{and M. Skarvelis
(2006). Forestry
& Quality control of wood products: Status-quo in Greece. International Workshop «Status-quo in Quality Control».}^{COST Action E53 “Quality Control of Wood and
Wood Products”,}^{Nov. 8-10}^{, 2006}^{, Univ.
of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary.}

^{Athanassiadou E.,
Roffael E. and G. Mantanis (2005). Medium density
fibreboards from recycled fibres. Proc.
of 2nd Conference: «Towards a higher technical, economical and environmental
standard». COST Action E31 “Management of Recovered Wood”, Sept. 29-30, 2005, CTBA, Bordeaux, France.}

^Mantanis
G^{. et al. (2004). A new recycling
process for waste panels. In: Proc.
of European COST E31 Conference: “Management of recovered wood”. Ed. C.
Gallis, 22-24 April 2004, Thessaloniki,
Greece, pp.
204-210}

^{Ntalos G.,
Papadopoulos A., Karastergiou S., Mantanis G.
and J. Kakaras (2003). Dimensional stability
and decay resistance against coniophora puteana of scots pine sapwood due to
reaction with propionic anhydride.}^{Proc. of the International
Conference – 75th anniversary of the Forest Research Institute of Bulgarian
Academy}^{, Sept. 9-11,
2003, Sofia, Bulgaria.}

^{Roffael E.,
Athanassiadou E. and G. Mantanis (2002). Recycling of
particle- and fibre- boards using the extruder technique. Proc. of the 2nd Conf. of Umweltschutz in
der Holzwerkstoffindustrie, pp. 56-65, March 21-22, 2002, Goettingen, Germany.}

^{Alexandropoulos,
D., Nakos, P. and G. Mantanis (1998).}^{European approach
to particleboard and MDF adhesives. 1998
Resin & Blending Seminar Procedings, Composite Panel Assosiation (CPA),
pp. 137-146, Dec. 10-11, 1998, Charlotte, N. Carolina, USA.}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{and A.
Karalivanos (1997). Control and Certification of the European Wooden Pallet:
Current Status in Greece.
Proc. of the 1st Conf. of Standardisation
and Related Activities: A Means of Balkan Countries Collaboration, pp.
156-162, May 8-10, 1997,
Technology Park, Thessaloniki.}

^{Mantanis
G. I.}^{and P. K. Koukos
(1997). Agricultural
lignocellulosic residues in Greece: Estimation and prospects for rational
utilization. Proc. of the 3rd
International Conf. for Development of Forestry, Wood Science & Technology,
pp. 374-379, Sept. 28-30, 1997, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.}

RECOGNITION OF WORK

Citation Index

In the published work of Dr. G. Mantanis, there have been done two-hundred forty fine (245) citations (until 31-01-2010), most of them in the Science Citation Index

⁽^{Citation Index Dr. G. Mantanis}^).

Applied work

According to Chimar Hellas S.A., the patent of Dr. G. Mantanis titled «Aqueous fire retardant» has resulted in the industrial production of commercial product PYRO-S^®

PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS

§ LIFE (QLK5-CT-1999-01221) High Added Value Composite Panels Through Recycling of Waste Lignocellulosic Materials.

§ INNOVATION (IN205510I) Innovative Technology for Panel Manufacture from Fiberised Agriwaste.

§ FAIR (FAIR-CT96-1486) Novel Closed-loop Technology for Panel Recycling.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

§ Member in COST Action E49 Wood Based Panels

§ Member in COST Action E34 Bonding of Timber WG2 Green Gluing of Wood

§ National Representative in COST Action E53 Quality control of wood and wood products

§ Evaluator, Research Proposals in EU Marie-Curie Programme (2003-2004)

Last updated: 21-08-2010

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