Forest Operations Planning and Management Following is a selection of published journal papers, theses and books, within the Forest

Operations Planning and Management Area of Concentration, which have been published by

graduate students and FERM faculty in recent years. These have been selected to show both the

breadth of the area of concentration and some specific examples of projects undertaken. More

information can be obtained by going to the web-pages of individual faculty members (shown in

bold).

Journal Papers

Belart, F., J. Sessions, B. Leshchinsky, and G. Murphy. 2017. Economic implications of moisture content and logging system in forest harvest residue delivery for energy production: a case study. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47(4): 458-466, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2016-0428.

Kim, Y., W. Chung, H. Han, and N. Anderson. 2017. The Effect of Downed Trees on Harvesting Productivity and Costs in Beetle-killed Stands. Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.5849/FS-2016-100.

Chung, W., P. Evangelista, N. Anderson, T. Vorster, H. Han, K. Poudel, and B. Sturtevant. 2017. Estimating Aboveground Tree Biomass for Beetle-Killed Lodgepole Pine in the Rocky Mountains of Northern Colorado. Forest Science 63(4): 413-419.

Mirkouei, A., K. Haapala, J. Sessions, and G. Murthy. 2017. A Review and Future Directions in Techno-Economic Modeling and Optimization of Upstream Forest Biomass to Bio-oil Supply Chains. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 67(2017)15–35.

Zamora, R, J. Sessions, and G. Marrs. 2017 Economic implications of grinding, transporting and pretreating fresh versus aged forest residues for biofuel production. Available on line October 24, 2016. Can. J. For. Res. (47):269–276, dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2016-022

Kamarudin, N., Ismail, M.-H., Sungib, H., Chung, W. 2016. Log hauling productivity in timber harvesting operation in Peninsular Malaysia Forest. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 28(3), 207-216.

Wells, L. A., Chung, W., Anderson, N. M., Hogland, J. S. 2016. Spatial and temporal quantification of forest residue volumes and delivered costs. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 46, 832-843.

Contreras, M.A., D.L. Parrott, and W. Chung. 2016. Designing Skid-Trail Networks to Reduce Skidding Cost and Soil Disturbance for Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Operations. Forest Science 62(1): 48-58.

Chung, W. 2015. Optimizing Fuel Treatments to Reduce Wildland Fire Risk. Current Forestry Report 1: 44-51. doi10.1007/s40725-015-0005-9.

Kim, D., N. Anderson, and W. Chung. 2015. Financial performance of a mobile pyrolysis system used to produce biochar from sawmill residues. Forest Products Journal 65(5/6): 189-197.

Zamora, R., J. Sessions, D. Smith and G. Marrs. 2015. Effect of grinder configuration on forest biomass bulk density, particle size distribution and fuel consumption. Biomass and Bioenergy (81):44-54.

Simwanda, M., J. Sessions, K. Boston, and M. Wing. 2015. Modeling biomass transport on single lane forest roads. Forest Science (61):763-773.

Zamora, R. and J. Sessions. 2015. Economics and logistics of double trailers in transporting forest biomass on steep terrain. California Agriculture Journal 69(3):76-81.

Marrs, G., R. Zamora and J. Sessions. 2015. Optimizing the Feedstock Value Chain for Bio-Jet Fuel from Pacific Northwest Softwood Harvest Residues. Submitted to J. of Renewable Energy.

Zamora-Cristales, R., J. Sessions, K. Boston and G. Murphy 2015. Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and Transport. Forest Science 61(2):220-234.

Strimbu, B.M. and Burkhart H. 2015. Complex Forest Ecosystems: From Tree to Landscape. Forest Science 61(3): 409-410

Brust, M.R., Strimbu, B.M., 2015. A networked swarm model for UAV deployment in the assessment of forest environments. In, 2015 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), pp. 1-6.

Efta, J.A. and W. Chung. 2014. Planning best management practices to reduce sediment delivery from forest roads using WEPP:Road erosion modeling and simulated annealing optimization. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering 35 (2): 167-178.

Aracena, P., W. Chung, and J.G. Jones. 2014. Landscape-level simulation of weed treatments to evaluate treatment plan options. Invasive Plant Science and Management (accepted).

Zamora, R., J. Sessions, D. Smith, and G. Marrs. 2014. Effect of high speed blowing on the bulk density of ground residues. Forest Prod. J. 64(7/8):290-299.

Acuna, M. and J. Sessions. 2014. A simulated annealing algorithm to solve the log-truck scheduling problem. In: Simulated Annealing: Strategies, Potential Uses and Advantages. NOVA Science. Chapter 8, pp. 191-220.

Strimbu, B.M. 2014. Comparing the efficiency of intensity based forest inventories with sampling error based forest inventories. Forestry. 87(2): 249-255

Selected Recent Theses

Berry, Michael. 2017. Evaluating Transportable Conversion Facilities for a Forest Biomass Supply Chain in the Pacific Northwest, USA. PhD. Oregon State University, 204 pp.

Daugherty, Bryent. 2017. Improving Large Trailer Access for Biomass Recovery. MF. Oregon State University.

Belart, Francisca. 2016. Forest Harvest Residue Moisture Management in the Pacific Northwest, USA. PhD. Oregon State University, 196 pp.

Kim, Yaejun. 2016. The Effect of Downed-trees on Harvesting Productivity and Costs in Beetle-killed Stands. MS. Oregon State University.

Delgado Trejo, Jorge Luis. 2015. Using Acoustic Measurements and Inventory Data to Estimate Stiffness in Standing Douglas-Fir Trees. MS. Oregon State University. 44 pp.

Loeppky, Janna. 2015. Energy Consumption of Grinding Unbaled and Baled Forest Harvest Residues. MF. Oregon State University.

Berry, Michael. 2015. Assessing Spatial Distribution and Availability of Forest Biomass by Harvesting System in the Pacific Northwest, USA. MF. Oregon State University.

Grisa, Amanda. 2014. Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management. MS. Oregon State University. 68 pp.

Pavez, Ricardo. 2014. An optimization model to allocate forestry incentives funds in teak plantations of the southern-coastal region of Guatemala. MS. Oregon State University. 206 pp.

Barnett, Jennifer. 2012. Estimating Volume and Value on Standing Timber in Hybrid Poplar Plantations Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning. MS. Oregon State University.

Han, Sang-Kyun, 2011. Managing woody biomass transportation for improved biomass economics. PhD. Oregon State University. 171 pp.

Kokenge, Kyler. 2011. Opportunities and challenges for decision support systems in log truck scheduling and dispatching. MS. Oregon State University, 147 pp.

Schmidt, Christian. 2011. Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues. MS. Oregon State University, 179 pp.

Stander, Henk. 2011. Uncertainty and risk forest management on the Tillamook State Forest: a case study. PhD. Oregon State University, 346 pp.