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2008 HONOREE Juliana Lorensi do Canto is currently working as a Visiting PhD Student with the USDA Forest Service at the Southern Research Station, Auburn, Alabama. She is a PhD candidate in Forest Science at the Universidade Federal de Vicosa in Brazil. She received her Master’s degree from the same university and has a Forest Engineering degree from the University of Santa Maria in Brazil. Juliana’s paper was titled: “Evaluation of two baling systems for harvesting biomass on the Osceloa National Forest, Florida, United States.”
2009 HONOREE Hunter Harrill was awarded the 2009 Student Communication Award for presenting the paper titled, “Application of Hook-Lift Trucks in Centralized Slash Grinding Operations.” Hunter is currently a Graduate Research Assistant in Forest Operations and Engineering at the Department of Forestry and Wild Land Resources, Humboldt State University. He is studying woody biomass harvesting systems for the collection and transportation of wood waste (i.e. logging slash) for electrical energy production. Hunter’s educational background is in forest production and resource management (BS Humboldt State University). From 2004-2008, he worked as a forest technician in the layout and preparation of timber harvest plans for Green Diamond Resource Company in Klamath, California.
2010 HONOREE Charlie Wade was awarded the 2010 Student Communication Award for writing and presenting the paper entitled, "Evaluation of Bladed Skid Trail Closure and Cover BMPs for Erosion Control." Charlie is currently a Graduate Research Assistant pursuing an MS in Forest Operations and Business at the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech. Studying under Mike Aust and Chad Bolding, Charlie is investigating operational approaches to skid trail closure BMPs for preventing soil erosion. His treatments include: 1) waterbar only, 2) waterbar and grass seed, 3) waterbar, grass seed, and straw mulch, 4) waterbar and hardwood slash, and 5) waterbar and pine slash. Charlie holds a BS in Forestry from Virginia Tech and has won several awards for his research including the best poster award at the SAF National Convention and the John F. Hosner Graduate Scholarship.
2011 HONOREE Eric R. Labell, a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick, received the 2011 Student Communication Award for his paper entitled, “The Impact of Brush Mats on Forwarder Surface Contact Pressure.” His study quantified the impact of different brush mat amounts on machine surface contact pressure by placing these mats over a testing device and driving a forwarder on top of it. The testing device (load test platform) recorded the loading below the mats using high capacity load cells. In total, 20 test scenarios were performed with an 8-wheel forwarder to analyze differences in peak pressures recorded underneath brush mats of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 kg m-2 each subjected to two, six, and 12 forwarding cycles. Results indicated a 24% lower average peak surface contact pressure underneath the 30 kg m-2 brush mat compared to when the machine was driven in direct contact with the load test platform.
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