Alan W. Rudie, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Connor J. Cooper, Shahrina Alam, Vincent de Paul N. Nziko, Ryne C. Johnston, Alexander S. Ivanov, Zhongyu Mou, David B. Turpin, Alan W. Rudie, Thomas Elder, Joseph J. Bozell, Jerry M. Parks. 2020. Co(salen)-catalyzed oxidation of lignin models to form benzoquinones and benzaldehydes: A computational and experimental study
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter Hart. 2018. Understanding the risks and rewards of using 50% vs 10% strength peroxide in pulp bleach plants
• Alan W. Rudie. 2017. Trace metals in brownstock washing
• Alan W. Rudie. 2017. Commercialization of cellulose nanofibril (CNF) and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC): pathway and challenges
• Masoumeh Hassanzadeh, Ronald C. Sabo, Alan W. Rudie, Richard Reiner, Roland L. Gleisner, Gloria S. Oporto. 2017. Nanofibrillated cellulose from appalachian hardwoods logging residues as template for antimicrobial copper
• Alan W. Rudie, Carl J. Houtman, Les Groom, David L. Nicholls, Junyong Zhu. 2016. A survey of bioenergy research in Forest Service Research and Development
• Hong Dong, Yelena R. Sliozberg, James F. Snyder, Joshua Steele, Tanya L. Chantawansri, Joshua A. Orlicki, Scott D. Walck, Richard Reiner, Alan W. Rudie. 2015. Highly transparent and toughened poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposite films containing networks of cellulose nanofibrils
• Hongmei Gu, Richard Reiner, Richard Bergman, Alan W. Rudie. 2015. LCA Study for Pilot Scale Production of Cellulose Nano Crystals (CNC) from Wood Pulp
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2014. Catalysis: A Potential Alternative to Kraft Pulping
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2014. Anthraquinone-A review of the rise and fall of a pulping catalyst
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2014. Catalysis: A Potential Alternative to Kraft Pulping
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2014. Anthraquinone-A Review of the Rise and Fall of a Pulping Catalyst
• Jen-Chieh Liu, Robert J. Moon, Alan W. Rudie, Jeffrey P. Youngblood. 2014. Mechanical performance of cellulose nanofibril film-wood flake laminate
• Zhiyong Cai, Alan W. Rudie, Nicole M. Stark, Ronald C. Sabo, Sally Ralph. 2013. Chapter 6: New Products and Product Categories in the Global Forest Sector
• Theodore H. Wegner, Carl J. Houtman, Alan W. Rudie, Barbara L. Illman, P.J. Ince, Ted Bilek, T.W. Jeffries. 2013. Chapter 6: Prehydrolysis Pulping with Fermentation Coproducts
• Zhiyong Cai, Alan W. Rudie, Theodore H. Wegner. 2013. Chapter 11: Integrated Technology for Biobased Composites
• Kenneth F. Martinez, Adrienne Eastlake, Alan W. Rudie, Charles Geraci. 2013. Chapter 1.2 Occupational Exposure Characterization during the Manufacture of Cellulose Nanomaterials
• Richard Reiner, Alan W. Rudie. 2013. Chapter 1.1 Process Scale-Up of Cellulose Nanocrystal Production to 25 kg per Batch at the Forest Products Laboratory
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Ronald C. Sabo, Richard Reiner, Craig M. Clemons, Alan W. Rudie. 2013. Chapter 1.4: Spatially Resolved Characterization of CNC-Polypropylene composite by Confocal Raman Microscopy
• Alan W. Rudie. 2013. Biorefinery opportunities for the forest products industries
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2012. Chapter 7:Mineral Scale Management
• Joshua Steele, Hong Dong, James F. Snyder, Josh A. Orlicki, Richard Reiner, Alan W. Rudie. 2012. Nanocellulose reinforcement of Transparent Composites
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Ronald C. Sabo, Richard Reiner, Craig M. Clemons, Alan W. Rudie. 2012. Spatially Resolved Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Polypropylene Composite by Confocal Raman Microscopy
• Hong Dong, Kenneth E. Strawhecker, James A. Snyder, Joshua A. Orlicki, Richard Reiner, Alan W. Rudie. 2012. Cellulose nanocrystals as a reinforcing material for electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate) fibers: formation, properties and nanomechanical characterization
• William F. Anderson, Jeffery Steiner, Randy Raper, Ken Vogel, Terry Coffelt, Brenton Sharratt, Robert Rummer, Robert Deal, Alan W. Rudie. 2011. The Creation and Role of the USDA Biomass Research Centers
• Alan W. Rudie. 2011. Opportunities for the forest products industries
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2011. Modeling an explosion : the devil is in the details
• P.W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2010. A comparative evaluation of explosion hazards in chemical and mechanical pulp bleaching systems
• Yan Yu, Alan W. Rudie, Zhiyong Cai. 2010. Preliminary study on flakeboard panels made from aspen slash wood
• John M. Considine, David W. Vahey, Roland L. Gleisner, Alan W. Rudie, Sabine Rolland du Roscoat, Jean-Francis Bloch. 2010. Z-direction fiber orientation in paperboard
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2010. A comparative evaluation of explosion hazards in chemical and mechanical pulp bleaching systems
• Roya R. Lahiji, Xin Xu, Ronald Reifenberger, Arvind Raman, Alan W. Rudie, Robert J. Moon. 2010. Atomic force microscopy characterization of cellulose nanocrystals
• David W. Vahey, John M. Considine, Roland L. Gleisner, Alan W. Rudie, Sabine Rolland du Roscoat, Jean-Francis Bloch. 2009. Impact of z-direction fiber orientation on performance of commercial and laboratory linerboards
• Thomas J. McDonough, Shunichiro Uno, Alan W. Rudie, Charles E. Courchene. 2009. Optimization of ECF bleaching of kraft pulp : II, Effects of acid prehydrolysis on hardwood pulp bleachability
• Alan W. Rudie. 2009. State of the art in biorefinery in Finland and the United States, 2008
• Umesh P. Agarwal, Ronald C. Sabo, Richard Reiner, Craig M. Clemons, Alan W. Rudie. 2009. Raman analysis and mapping of cellulose nanocrystal-polypropylene composite
• Donald Rockwood, Alan W. Rudie, Sally Ralph, J.Y. Zhu, Jerrold Winandy. 2008. Energy product options for Eucalyptus species grown as short rotation woody crops
• R.R. Lahiji, R. Reifenberger, A. Raman, Alan W. Rudie, Robert J. Moon. 2008. Characterization of cellulose nanocrystal surfaces by SPM
• Thomas J. McDonough, Shunichiro Uno, Alan W. Rudie, Charles E. Courchene. 2008. Optimization of ECF bleaching of kraft pulp. Part 1, Optimal bleaching of hardwood pulps made with different alkali charges
• Michael C. Wiemann, David E. Kretschmann, Alan W. Rudie, Bruce A. Kimball, Sherwood B. Idso. 2008. Long-term effects of elevated carbon dioxide on sour orange tree specific gravity and anatomy
• Jerrold Winandy, Alan W. Rudie, R. Sam Williams, Theodore H. Wegner. 2008. Integrated biomass technologies: future vision for optimally using wood and biomass
• Alan W. Rudie, Richard Reiner, Nancy Ross-Sutherland, William Kenealy. 2007. Acid prehydrolysis of wood
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2007. Hydrogen peroxide : an environmentally friendly but dangerous bleaching chemical
• Brian Boyer, Alan W. Rudie. 2007. Single fiber lignin distributions based on the density gradient column method
• Alan W. Rudie, Alan Ball, Narendra Patel. 2006. Ion exchange of H+, Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, and Ba2+, on wood pulp
• Lucian A. Lucia, Hiroki Nanko, Alan W. Rudie, Doug G. Mancosky, Sue Wirick. 2006. The use of C-near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy for the elaboration of chemistry in lignocellulosics
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2006. Mineral scale management Part III, Nonprocess elements in the paper industry
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2006. Modeling and minimization of barium sulfate scale
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2006. Mineral scale management. Part II, Fundamental chemistry
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2006. Mineral scale management. Part 1, Case studies
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter W. Hart. 2005. Fundamental chemistry of precipitation and mineral scale formation
• Douglas G. Mancosky, Lucian A. Lucia, Hiroki Nanko, Sue Wirick, Alan W. Rudie, Robert Braun. 2005. Novel visualization studies of lignocellulosic oxidation chemistry by application of C-near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
• Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie. 2005. Application of fundamental principles to mineral scale reduction : case studies
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter Hart. 2005. Managing calcium oxalate scale in the bleach plant
• Alan W. Rudie, Peter Hart. 2004. Modeling of bleach plant washer mineral scale
• Lauri K. Lehtonen, Alan W. Rudie, Douglas W. Coffin, Derek H. Page. 2004. The operating regime in mechanical pulps--the significance of fiber failure
• Christopher Litvay, Alan W. Rudie, Peter Hart. 2003. Use of Excel ion exchange equilibrium solver with WinGEMS to model and predict NPE distribution in the Mead/Westvaco Evandale, TX, hardwood bleach plant

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry
• Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, B.A., Chemistry and Mathematics