The Canadian Standards Association names a chairman

Dr. BJ Yeh has been named chairman of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 1369 Technical Committee on Wood-Based Panels.

The Committee puts out four national consensus standards on plywood and oriented strand board in Canada: CSA O121 Candian Douglas Fir Plywood, CSA O151 Canadian Softwood Plywood, CSA O153 Poplar Plywood and CSA O325 Construction Sheathing.

Yeh is also director of technical services for APA-The Engineered Wood Association, which sponsors CSA standards on wood structural panels and structural glued laminated timber.

Yeh is a voting member on CSA O86 Engineering Design in Wood, Chair of ASTM D07.02 Committee on Lumber and Engineered Wood Products, Secretariat of seven American National Standards under American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Convener of ISO Technical Committee TC165 Working Group 2 on Structural Glued Laminated Elements.