2010 “FUELING THE FUTURE” – Auburn, Alabama

2010 –  “FUELING THE FUTURE” 

  • Meeting in Auburn, Alabama

Index of Papers

  • Abbas, Dalia; Srivastava, Ajit; Saffron, Christopher

Hardwood Supply Logistics for Ethanol Production

  • Aman, Addison; Baker, Shawn; Greene, Dale

Productivity Estimates for Chippers and Grinders on Operational Southern Timber Harvests

  • Aman, Addison; Greene, Dale; Baker, Shawn

Estimating Crown and Understory Biomass in Operational Harvests of Roundwood and Biomass in Southern Pine Plantations

  • Anderson, Nathaniel; Chung, Woodam; Jones, J. Greg; Loeffler, Dan; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Sorenson, Colin; Venn, Tyron

Evaluating the use of mobile pyrolysis for the in-woods production of bio-oil and biochar from forest treatment residues: A comparison of three alternative technologies.

  • Anderson, Nathaniel; Chung, Woodam; Jones, J. Greg; Loeffler, Dan

A productivity and cost comparison of hog fuel production using slash forwarding and inwoods
grinding of cured harvest residues.

  • Aruga, Kazuhiro; Yamaguchi, Reiko; Nakahata, Chikara; Murakami, Ayami; Kaname, Ito; Saito, Masashi

Discussion on economy and energy balances of forest residues for Bio-energy at Sano city; Tochigi prefecture in Japan

  • Baker, Shawn; Greene, Dale; and Harris, Tom

Impact of Timber Sale Characteristics on Harvesting Costs

  • Barrett, Scott M.; Bolding, M. Chad; Munsell, John F.; and Groover, Miles C.

Characteristics of Logging Businesses Currently Harvesting Biomass for Energy in the Piedmont
of Virginia

  • Benjamin, Jeffrey G.; Mansius, Donald J.; and Read, Kate Albert

Developing Woody Biomass Retention Guidelines in Maine

  • Bowker, Daniel; Stringer, Jeff; Barton, Chris; and Fei, Songlin

GPS and GIS Analysis of Mobile Harvesting Equipment and Sediment Delivery to
Streams During Forest Harvest Operations on Steep Terrain

  • Burdg, Taylor and Gallagher, Tom

Improved Skidding for Small Scale Biomass Harvesting Systems

  • Cantú, Ricardo P. and LeBel, Luc

How adequate are equipment replacement models for logging contractors?

  • Carter,Emily A. and Thompson, Jason D.

Soil Disturbance and Site Impacts Related to a Thinning Operation in Kentucky

  • Clark, Joshua; Sessions, John; Wing, Michael; Schmidt, Christian

Forest Biomass Assessment and Transportation Analysis for Evaluating the Feasibility of establishing a Biomass Power Plant in Northwest Oregon

  • Conrad IV, Joseph L. and Bolding, M. Chad

Consequences of Mill Closures; Parcelization; and Wood-to-Energy Expansion for the U.S. South’s Wood Supply Chain

  • Cutshall, Jason and Greene, Dale

Factors Associated with Logging Truck Accidents in Georgia; 1988-2008

  • de Hoop, Cornelis F.; Aghazadeh, Feyerdoun ; Fonseca, Antonio A. and Ikuma, Laura

Hearing Threshold Shift of Loggers Exposed to Long-term Noise

  • Dodson, Elizabeth M.; Bolding, M. Chad; and Spong, Ben

A Survey of Forest Engineering and Forest Operations Programs in North America

  • Dodson, Elizabeth M.

Some like it hot; some like it cold: Experience with biomass collection in western Oregon

  • Dowling, Tripp N. and Bolding, M. Chad

Trucking efficiency improvement through an analysis of in-woods turnaround times

  • Dymond, Salli; Aust, W. Michael; Prisley, Steve; Eisenbies, Mark; Vose, James; and
    Dolloff, Andrew

Forest Roads and Flooding

  • Enrich, Andres; Greene, Dale; Baker, Shawn

    Status of Harvesting & Transportation for Forest Biomass– Preliminary Results of a National Survey of Logging Contractors; Procurement Foresters; Wood Dealers and Forest Managers

  • Fairbrother, Simon; McGregor, Robert and Aleksandrov, Ivan

Development of a Correlation Equation between Clegg Impact Values and California
Bearing Ratio for In-Field Strength Assessment of Forest Road Subgrades

  • Ford, William S. and Bolding, M. Chad

Changes in Wood Procurement Strategies in Virginia: Coping with Market Volatility

  • Garland, John J.

Ideas Fuel the Future: The Changing Role of Forest Engineers and Foresters

  • Gingras, Jean-Francois

FPSuite: An Integrated Process Control Platform for Forestry Operations

  • Grace III, J. McFero; Dougherty Mark; Carter, Emily; and Baharanyi, Ali

Designing for effective evaluations of soil erosion and storm runoff

  • Groover, Miles C.; Bolding, M. Chad; Conrad, Joseph L.; William S. Ford,; and W. Mike Aust,;

Estimating Construction and Closure Costs of Minimum Standard Forest Roads; Bladed Skid
Trails; and Water Crossings

  • Hartsough, Bruce; Dempster, Peter; Gallo, Nicholas; Jenkins, Bryan and Tittmann, Peter

Potential Improvements to Equipment and Processes for Harvesting Forest Biomass for Energy

  • Iwaoka, Masahiro; Nakahara, Tsutomu; Ozawa, Masayuki; Kanno, Akiyoshi; Inomata, Yuta
    and Onwona-Agyeman, Siaw

ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR FUEL WOOD CHIPS

  • Klepac, John and Rummer, Bob

Harvesting Understory Biomass with a Baler

  • Lebel, Luc; Farbos, Bruno; and Imbeau, Daniel

STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF SHIFT SCHEDULE ON FOREST ENTREPRENEUR PERFORMANCE

  • McDonald, T. and Rummer, B

Temperatures and sparking from operation of high-speed disk saws

  • McDonald, T.P.; Haridass, K.; and Valenzuela, J.

Mileage savings from optimization of coordinated trucking

  • McKee, S.E.; Shenk ,L.A.; Bolding, M.C.; and Aust, W.M.

Methods and costs of skidder and truck stream crossings in Virginia

  • Meadows, Steven; Gallagher, Tom; and Mitchell, Dana

Application of a Trailer‐Mounted Slash Bundler for Southern Logging

  • Mitchell, Dana and Elder, Tom

Torrefaction? What’s that?

  • Robinson; T.J.; Via; B.K.; Tu; M.; Adhikari;S.; Fasina; O.; and Carter; E.

Optimization of pyrolysis procedure for improved moisture resistance and reduced material costs in wood product manufacture.

  • Rummer, Bob; Taylor, Steve and Corley, Frank

Developing a New Generation of Woody Biomass Harvesting Equipment

  • Sawyers, B. Clay; Aust, W. Michael; Bolding, M. Chad; and Wade, Charles R.

Effectiveness and Costs of Five Skid Trail Closure Techniques in the Virginia Piedmont

  • Sharma, Benktesh D; Wang, Jingxin; and Altizer, Clayton

Modeling forest biomass in atmospheric carbon reduction in West Virginia

  • Stokes, Bryce

Woody Biomass Supply and Demand

  • Thompson, Jason D. and Klepac, John

Evaluating a Web Based Machine Productivity and Fuel Consumption Monitoring System

  • Visser, Rien; Berkett, Hamish; Chalmers, Kent and Fairbrother, Simon

Biomass recovery and drying trials in New Zealand clear-cut pine plantations

  • Visser, Rien; Spinelli, Raffaele; Magagnotti, Natascia

LANDING SIZE AND LANDING LAYOUT IN WHOLE-TREE HARVESTING OPERATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND

  • Vitorelo, Brian; Han, Han-Sup

Establishing a standard work sampling method for mastication operations analysis

  • Vuki, George and Visser, Rien

The effect of harvesting system on forest residue production in Fiji

  • Wade,C.R.; Bolding,M.C.; Aust, W.M.

Evaluation of Bladed Skid Trail Closure and Cover BMPs for Erosion Control

  • Worrell, William C.; Bolding, M. Chad; and Aust, W. Michael

COMPARISON OF POTENTIAL EROSION FOLLOWING CONVENTIONAL AND CABLE YARDING TIMBER HARVESTS IN THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU REGION OF VIRGINIA

  • Yoshimura, Tetsuhiko; Hartsough, Bruce

VALIDATION OF A NEW CONCEPTUAL CABLE HARVESTING SYSTEM USING AN INDEPENDENT DEVICE FOR LATERAL YARDING