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

Professor Dr. George I. Mantanis

Dept. 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)
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.^{, Adamopoulos S. and E. Rammou}^{(2009). Physical and
mechanical properties of Pinus
leucodermis wood. Wood Material Science & Engineering (in press).}

^Mantanis^G.I.^{and A. Papadopoulos (2009). The sorption of water vapour of wood treated with a
nanotechnology compound. Wood Science and Technology}^{(in press).}

^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}^{(in press).}

^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 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 thirty six (236) citations (until 31-12-2009), most of them in the Science Citation Index

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Applied work

According to Chimar Hellas S.A., the patent of Dr. G. Mantanis titled «Aqueous fire retardant» has resulted in the production of the 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 - today)

Last updated: 31-01-2010

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