Associate Professor of Renewable Nanomaterials Director, Laboratory of Renewable Nanomaterials (LRN) 117 Nutting Hall, School of Forest Resources 207.581.2852 email: mehdi.tajvidi@maine.edu Cooperating Associate Professor of Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Forest Bioproducts Research Institute ; Member of Paper Surface Science Program (PSSP) Ph.D.  (Natural Resources Engineering), University of Tehran, 2003 M.Sc. (Natural Resources Engineering), University