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Phone:  662-325-6785
Email:  skitchens@cfr.msstate.edu

address:
Forest Products, Building 1
Room #1102
Department of Forest Products
Box 9820
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9820

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Education:

• Mississippi State University, Ph.D. Forest Resources
• Mississippi State University, M.S., Forest Products
• Mississippi State University, B.S., Forest Products and Furniture Industries

Research Interests:

• Log and lumber quality
• Wood protection

Teaching Areas:

• FP 4123/6123 - Lumber Manufacturing
• FP 4213/6213 - Wood Deterioration and Preservation
• FP 4413 - Professional Practices

Research / Extension Websites:

• Formosan Termite Research Facility
• New Manufacturing Systems for Wood-based Industries
• Performance of wood structures in housing
• Southern Climatic Housing

Graduate Students

• Yang Gao
• Todd Johnson

2007
Kitchens, S.C., T.L. Amburgey. 2007. Appearance, cause and control of lumber discolorations. Pages 105-106 in Wood Protection 2006, H.M. Barnes, editor. Proceedings No. 7229, Forest Products Society, Madison, WI.

2006
Gauntt, J., T. Amburgey, S. Kitchens. 2006. Decay in wood ties: Problem solved! How application of proven preservative technology may eventually eliminate biological deterioration as a failure mechanism. Proceedings, American Wood-Preservers’ Association 102:155.

2002
Sanders, M.G., T.L. Amburgey, S.C. Kitchens. 2002. Strength and finishing characteristics of non-processed and TASK-processed hardwood lumber. Forest Products Journal 52(9):60-62.