The Forest Products Society Midwest Section Annual Fall Meeting was held Sunday, November 5, 2002 at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. Those in attendance from Iowa State University were: Dr. Mon-lin Kuo, Dr. Doug Stokke, Dr. Anbin Pu, Yi-lin Bian, Kevin Burds, Matt Boisen, Ben Haynes, Matt Curran, Jeff Ellsworth, Rich Schebler, and Josh Mahoney. ISU represented the largest portion of participants. Jeff Ellsworth also received the Forest Product Society Midwest Section Scholarship from Poo Chow who is the Chair of the Midwest Section for the Forest Products Society.