Forest Engineering
Welcome to Forest Engineering
Do you want to be a highly skilled engineer in an industry that plays an important economic, social and environmental role in New Zealand? If yes, then forest engineering might be for you! Forest engineers help design, construct and evaluate the operational systems that make the forest industry ‘work’. This can include designing and building new roads and forestry equipment, planning harvest operations, integrating new technologies and optimising transport logistics. It also means looking after the environment. These roles involve the ‘hands-on’ application of engineering skills.
About
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Jacob Saathof, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Forest Engineering. 'Forest Engineering combined my love of the outdoors with solid engineering practices.' |
News
Visiting Researchers
This year (2009) we are hosting two top international forest engineering researchers.
Dr. Raffaele Spinelli of Timber and Tree Inst., Florence Italy, heads their national Forest Operations research group and is a real expert in Biomass and Bioenergy.
Dr. Karl Stampfer from Agricultural and Live Sciences University, Vienna, Austria is the head of the Austrian Forestry School. He is an expert in steep terrain harvesting, as well as ergonomics and safety. We look forward to their input into our Forest Engineering Programme at UC this year.
Contact
rien.visser@canterbury.ac.nz
Forest Engineering
School of Forestry
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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