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Forest Resources Student Scholarship

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Flexural Behavior of Scaled-Down Cross-Laminated Timber Beams Under Short- and Long-Term Loadings: Experimental & Numerical Investigations, Maitham Alabbad

Risk Perceptions of Tick-borne Diseases in Maine, MacKenzie Conant

Understanding Private Landowners Involvement, Knowledge Sharing, and Social Networks in Conservation of Brown Ash in the Face of Emerald Ash Borer, Emily Francis

Scaling, Modeling, and Resilience of the Arctic Boreal Ecosystem, Wouter Hantson

Spray Drying of Cellulose Nanofibrils and Cellulose Nanocrystals: Applications in Thermoplastic Nanocomposites and 3D Printing, Sungjun Hwang

Comparative Analysis of Aboveground Monitoring Tools To Support Greenhouse Gas Reporting: A Belize Case Study, Sylvia Noralez

Comparison of the Hygrothermal Properties of Mechanically Fastened and Adhesive Bonded Wood-Fiber Insulated Panels, Jake Snow

Monitoring Eastern White Pine Health by Using Remote Sensing Assessement of Foliar Traits, Sudan Timalsina

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Cellulose Nanocrystals/Polydimethylsiloxane Composite Membranes for Air Dehydration With the Aim of Energy-use Reduction in Wood Kiln Drying, Nasim Alikhani

Climate Interactions Drive Tree Physiology and Growth in a Northeastern Forest Ecotone, Alexandra M. Barry

Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Assess Forest Health and Susceptibility to Pest-induced Damage, Rajeev Bhattarai

Regeneration Response to Salvage Logging Following Tornado Disturbance, Colby K. Bosley-Smith

Forest Management in a Changing Climate: Integrating Social and Biopysical Sciences to Inform Adaptive Responses to Future Uncertainty, Peter Breigenzer

Development of Food Packaging Films Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCS), Cong Chen

Developing Novel Food Packaging Products With High Barrier Properties, Enabled by CNF, Nabanita Das

Mobilizing Indigenous Research Methodologies and Wabanaki Knowledge in Biophysical Research to Restore Wabanaki Sweetgrass Harvesting in Acadia National Park and Identify Basket Quality Black Ash Habitat for Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) Preparedness, Suzanne Greenlaw

Influence of Biochar as a Soil Amendment on Soil Water Content and Wild Blueberry Physiology, Abigayl Novak

Advances in Cellulose Nanomaterial-based Foams for Environmental Applications, Md Musfiqur Rahman

An Assessment of Visitor Use Experience with the Implementation of the First-Year Cadillac Mountain Summit Road Vehicle Timed-Entry Reservation System in Acadia National Park, Maine, Rebecca D. Stanley

Long-term Influence of Commercial Thinning on Spruce-Fir Forests, Bishnu H. Wagle Mr.

Developing an Enhanced Forest Inventory in Maine Using Airborne Laser Scanning: The Role of Calibration Plot Design and Data Quality, Stephanie Willsey

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Yield and Mechanical Properties of Veneer from Maine-Grown Eastern Spruce and Balsam Fir, Marshal Bertrand

Contact Dewatering of Cellulose Nanofibers for Biopolymer Composite Applications, Alexander Collins

Rusty Blackbird Use of Commercial Spruce-fir Forests of Northern New England, Luke M. Douglas

Assessment of Historical Climate Variability in Maine with Implications for Future Agricultural Productivity and Adaptation, Carly Frank

Biobased Packaging Materials from Cellulose Nanofibrils Produced from Virgin Wood Pulp or Recycled Cardboard Pulp, Md Ikramul Hasan

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Embodied Carbon and Operational Energy of Different Building Systems, Marilia Hellmeister

Sustainability in Forest Operations: Harvesting on Fragile Ground, Best Management Practices Assessment, Perspectives on Forest Certification, and Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products, Alex Kunnathu George

Assessing the Long-term Effects of Natural Disturbance-based Silvicultural on the Avian Assemblage at the Acadian Forest Ecosystem Research Program, Carl Pohlman

Quantitative Silviculture of Northern Conifers, David G. Ray

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Deadwood in Forests of the Northeastern United States, Zoe Read

Development and Production of Cellulose Nanocrystal Fillers, PVA Fibers and Composite PVA/CNC Fibers with Electro-Spray/Spinning for Application in Thermoplastic Reinforcement, J. Elliott Sanders

Northern White-Cedar Stand Structure, Composition, and Ecophysiology: Implications for Management and Climate Change Resilience, Katlyn Schulz

Socio-Economic Resilience of Natural Resource Dependent Communities, Gabrielle Sherman

Form and Risk Class Distribution and Its Effect on Estimated Product Ratios in Commercial Species Commonly Found in Northeastern Forests and a Comparative Analysis of Contrasting Field Inventory Methodologies, Ryan Smith

Quantifying the Carbon Sequestration and Economic Potential of Natural Climate Solutions from Maine's Working Forests, Logan Woodyard

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Soil Organic Carbon in Maine, Its Responses to Biochar Addition, and Climate Change, Xue Bai

Forest Phenology in Maine: Trends and Drivers Over the Past Two Decades and Implications for Resource Managers, Valeria Briones

A Social-Ecological Examination of Moose in Maine: Habitat, Management, and Changing Seasonality, Asha DiMatteo-LePape

Climate Change and Forest Management Impacts on Tree Growth and Physiology, Kelly French

Remote Sensing Identification of Black Ash (Fraxinus Nigra) in Maine Via Hyper- and Multi-Spectral Imagery, John W. Furniss

Cellulose Nanofibril Coated Bio-based Composites for Food Serving Applications, Rakibul Hossain

Utilization of Secondary Processing Mill Residues in Maine to Produce Raw Materials for Manufacturing Wood-Plastic Composites (WPCs), Geeta Pokhrel

Understanding the Adhesion Mechanism in Mycelium-Assisted Wood Bonding, Wenjing Sun

Economics and Operational Decision Constraints of Small-Diameter Tree Harvesting, Libin Thaikkattil Louis

Tree Responses to Moderate and Extreme Drought in the Northeastern United States, Ruth A. van Kampen

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Microsite Requirements for Successful Regeneration in Lowland Northern White-Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) Forests, Jeanette Allogio

A Spatial Economic Model of Maine's Forest Product Industry: Interactions Between Markets, Policy, and Space, James L. Anderson

Exploring the Social Effects of Increased Hiker Use at the Northern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail, Leah Beck

The Next Generation of Labor in Rural, Resource-Rich Places: Forestry Needs and Youth Aspirations, Nicole R. Bernsen

Spruce Budworm Defoliation Detection and Host Species Mapping Using Sentinel Satellite Imagery, Rajeev Bhattarai

Airborne Hyperspectral Data Application in Stress Detection of Blueberry Fields and Ash Trees, Catherine Chan

Snowmobiling in Maine: Economic Contributions and Registered Maine Guides, Ian Hathaway

The Economic Contribution of Snowmobiling in Maine, Ian Hathaway, Jessica Leahy, and Mindy S. Crandall

New Potential for Climate Leadership and Rural Revitalization in Maine Forests? Assessments of Ligno-cellulose Nanofiber, Cross-laminated Timber, and Recreation, Mary Ignatiadis

Fostering Climate Change Resilience: A Socio-ecological Forest Systems Approach, Alyssa R. Soucy

A Synthesis Program: Reducing Uncertainties of the Terrestrial Biosphere Carbon Cycle at Various Spatio Temporal Scales, Xinyuan Wei

The Future of Maine's Forests Under alternative Socioeconomic, Climate and Conservation Pathways, Jianheng Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Elucidation of the Factors Affecting the Production and Properties of Novel Wood Composites Made Using Renewable Nanomaterials as a Binder, Ezatollah Amini

The Development of Regional Forest Inventories Through Novel Means, Elias Ayrey

Spruce Budworm Defoliation Dynamics and its Influence on the Acadian Forest, Cen Chen

A Socio-Ecological Approach to Wildlife Disease Risk, James A. Elliott

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) for textile applications: production of neat CNF filaments and reinforcement of natural fiber yarns, Shokoofeh Ghasemi

Northern Conifer Forest Management: Silvicultural, Economic, and Ecological Outcomes From 65 Years of Study, Maren Granstrom

Influence of Mechanical Properties of Paper Coating on the Crack at the Fold Problem, Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi Najafi

Valuing the Economic Benefits of Conservation Lands in Downeast Maine, Lesley Lichko

Understory Response to Gap-based, Multi-aged Silviculture, Maggie R. Mansfield

Mountain Livelihoods in a Time of Change: a Case Study of Upper Mustang in Nepal, Sandesh Shrestha

Productivity, Costs, and Best Management Practices for Major Timber Harvesting Frameworks in Maine, Harikrishnan Soman

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Periodic Evaluation of Northeastern Spruce and Balsam Fir Lumber Properties, Ben L. Farber

Forest Disturbance Detection and Aboveground Biomass Modeling Using Moderate-Resolution, Time-Series Satellite Imagery, John B. Kilbride

New Approaches to Mapping Forest Conditions and Landscape Change from Moderate Resolution Remote Sensing Data across the Species-Rich and Structurally Diverse Atlantic Northern Forest of Northeastern North America, Kasey R. Legaard

Immersed in Fire: The Use of Virtual Reality as an Attitude Assessor and Boundary Object in Wildland Fire Management, Casey Olechnowicz

Nitrogen Cycling During a Period of Environmental Change, Kaizad Patel

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

The Paradigm of Engagement: Integrating Social Science and Extension Outreach to Engage Beginning Family Forest Owners, Ian Anderson

Economic and Spatial Impacts of a Wildlife Habitat Policy on Forest Management, Karin N. Bothwell

Evaluating the Influence of Stem Form and Vigor on Product Potential, Growth, and Survival for Northern Commercial Hardwood Species, Mark Castle

Biological, Ecological, and Economic Impact of Caliciopsis Canker on Pinus Strobus Forests of Northeastern North America, Kara KL Costanza

Risk Perceptions of Climate Change Amongst Nature-Based Tourism Stakeholders in Western Maine, Lydia R. Horne

Forest Products Trucking Industry in Maine: Opportunities and Challenges, Anil Koirala

Long-term Sustainability of Northern Mixedwood Management: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Forest Productivity, Bethany L. Munoz

Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Impact Modified Polypropylene: Assessing Material Properties from Fused Layer Modeling and Injection Molding Processing, Jordan Elliott Sanders

An Assessment of Aerial Survey Methods for Generating Forest Inventory Models, David Sandilands

Rural Women’s Perception of Environmental Degradation: A Case Study of Amhara, Ethiopia., Tizezew Shimekach Sisay

Hygrothermal Properties of Cross Laminated Timber Panels, Jaya Tripathi

Spray-Dried Cellulose Nanofibril-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites for Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing, Lu Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Modeling and Forecasting the Influence of Current and Future Climate on Eastern North American Spruce-Fir (Picea-Abies) Forests, Caitlin Andrews

Wabanaki Access to Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) within Coastal Maine's Diminishing Open Land Tradition, Amanda Marie Ellis

Anticipating Aliens: Applying Social Science to Understand Stakeholder Perceptions of Emerald Ash Borer, Janet Elizabeth Gorman

Influence of Logging Disturbance on Tree Growth, Species Composition, and Residual Stand Damage Following Harvesting in Two Maine Spruce-Fir Stands, Cody Lachance

Growth Response of Fraxinus nigra Marsh (Lamiales: Oleaceae) Used to Predict High-quality Sites in Maine and Northern New York: An Approach to Prioritizing Preparedness and Management of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Kara Kristine Lorion Costanza

Linking Forest Carbon Sequestration, CO2 Flux, and Climate: 20 Years of Eddy Covariance Data from the Howland Forest, Maine, Aaron Teets

Old-growth Characteristics of Northern White-cedar Stands, Nathan Wesely

Tourism in Maine: Visitation and Economic Impacts of Weather, Emily J. Wilkins

Development of Eco-Friendly Composite Foam Boards for Thermal Insulation and Packaging Purposes Using Cellulose Nanofibrils (CNF), Nadir Yildirim

Production and Characterization of Laminates of Paper and Cellulose Nanofibrils, Niloofar Yousefi Shivyari

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Individual Tree Measurements From Three-Dimensional Point Clouds, Elias Ayrey

Survival and Growth of Reserve Trees in an Expanding-Gap Silvicultural System 20 Years After Establishment, David R. Carter

Growth Response of Fraxinus Nigra Marsh (Lamiales: Oleaceae) used to Predict High-Quality Sites in Maine and Northern New York: An Approach to Prioritizing Preparedness and Management of Agrilus Planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Kara KL Costanza

Growth Response of Fraxinus nigra Marsh (Lamiales: Oleaceae) Used to Predict High-Quality Sites in Maine and Northern New York: An Approach to Prioritizing Preparedness and Management of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Kara Kristine Lorion Costanza