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Forest Engineering co-hosting major conference in Europe
The School of Forestry is pleased to be co-hosting the major forest engineering conference in Europe, FORMEC 2011. The conference is the 44th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, and will be held in Graz, Austria in October 2011. More information: http://formec.boku.ac.at.

Visiting Researchers
In 2011, we are pleased to be hosting two international forest engineering researchers. Dr. Raffaele Spinelli and Natascia Magagnotti are both from the Timber and Tree Inst., Florence Italy, and will be here from March to May. Their respective expertise is in Biomass and Safety respectively, and we look forward to their contribution to both our undergraduate teaching as well as helping our research program.

New PhD Students
We have two new PhD students that have recently started. George Vuki is from Fiji and is doing a project on developing the Fijian biomass energy market using woody biomass. The overall goal is to ensure Fiji can meet its targeted 20%renewable energy target from its forests. Hunter Harrill is from the USA and will be working on cable logging systems, specifically studying which rigging configurations are most effective and efficient under different stand and terrain conditions.

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