Ing. Andrea Misconel was awarded the 2016 Best Student Prize by the Italian Chapter of the VDI (the Association of German Engineers) for his thesis.
"Steel-to-Timber Joints of Beech-LVL with Very High Strength Steel Dowels"
Andrea Misconel, student from the University of Trento wrote his Master thesis at the Wood Technology department performing experimental tests on joints with Pollmeier Beech-LVL (Baubuche) with high strength steel dowels and verified the applicability of Eurocode 5 design rules. He presented his work at the World Conference on Timber Engineering 2016 in Vienna