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
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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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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...
The International Journal of Forest Engineering
The International Journal of Forest Engineering (IJFE) is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly writings in all aspects of forest operations, both empirical and theoretical. Most published articles are original research, but review articles are also welcome. An...
October 2012 Newsletter
Last Updated 30 May, 2013 2012 ANNUAL COFE MEETING The 35th Annual Meeting was held September 9-12, 2012 at the New Bern River Front Hilton, New Bern, North Carolina. Host was North Carolina State University. The theme was: “Engineering New Solutions...
25 YRS (1978-2003) HISTORY OF COFE
25th Anniversary Report and History of COFE - Download PDF
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