COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education in order to promote the best methods of managing and operating forests, both private and public.
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2025 Annual Meeting | Morgantown WV | 16-18 September
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN!
Join us in the heart of Appalachia, where the 2025 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting, hosted by West Virginia University in scenic Morgantown, West Virginia, USA! Get ready to shape the future of forest operations in one of the most scenic regions of the country.
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2016 Annual Meeting
The 2016 COFE Annual meeting will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA on September 19 - 21, 2016. The meeting will coordinate with the Canadian Woodlands Forum, The faculty of Forestry at UBC, and the DEMO International Conference. This...
2015 Annual Meeting in Lexington Kentucky
COFE Annual Meeting Registration NOW OPEN! Early Registration Before June 1st! Register today at http://cofe.ca.uky.edu/ For the first time, the 2015 COFE annual meeting will be hosted by the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky. It...
Western Region COFE Seminar Jan 15, 2015
Details have been released for the 2015 WR.COFE meeting! The seminar will be January 15, 2015 at the Valley River Inn, in Eugene, Oregon. The full schedule and registration information are posted here
Forest Machine Technology Conference – Call for Posters
Call for Posters FPInnovations, Canada’s R&D institute for the forest products industry, is proud to host the first Forest Machine Technology Conference (FMTC), to be held at the Hyatt Regency Montreal Hotel, on April 21-23, 2015 , in collaboration with...
2015 COFE Annual Meeting – Save the Date
The 2015 COFE Annual Meeting will be held in Lexington, Kentucky July 19-22, 2015. We will be hosted by Marco Contreras and the University of Kentucky. The theme of the meeting will be "Engineering solutions for non-industrial private forest...
Western Region COFE Seminar on 1/16/2014
The WR.COFE group will be meeting January 16, 2014 at the Valley River Inn in Eugene, Oregon. The one day seminar theme has been set as "Improving Forest Harvesting Operations" WR.COFE is a regional chapter (western United States and British Columbia) of the...
Recent Reseach Publications
- Finite time sliding mode ADRC for precise angle control of feed rollers in forestry harvesters
- Dynamic cost allocation in horizontal collaboration – a case study in forest transportation in Québec
- Strength analysis of different design solutions of boom extensions for attaching the harvester head to the excavator
- Hand-arm vibration levels in hardwood and softwood cutting with battery-powered and petrol chainsaws
- Automated terrain roughness assessment using remotely sensed data
- Assessing harvesting productivity and fuel efficiency in secondary Nothofagus antarctica forest management in Northern Patagonia
- Influence of excavator mass on CO2 emissions and energy consumption during biomass stacking