Instructors: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mgray11@utk.edu), Dr. Don G. Hodges (dhodges2@utk.edu), and Miriam Davis (Teaching Assistant, miriams@utk.edu)
Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 974-2706 (DH)
Office: 247
Meeting Time and Place: Mon 4:40 − 5:30 p.m., 160 PBB
Course Goal: To provide an opportunity for forestry, wildlife and fisheries graduate students to practice delivering professional presentations, and to increase opportunities for graduate students and faculty to interact.
Course Credits: 1 credit
Academic Assessment:
Weights of Academic Assessments:
● Presentation 64%
● Attendance 36% (3% per seminar, 10 Sept – 3 Dec)
Course grade1,2 will be determined using the following scale:
|
Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
|
Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
|
A |
90–100% |
|
B |
80–86% |
|
B+ |
87–89% |
|
C+ |
77–79% |
1Grade scale for FWF 612; pass or fail is assigned in FOR 512 and WFS 512.
2FOR 512 and WFS 512 students must earn >80% to receive a passing grade.
|
Date |
Name |
Title |
|
24 September |
Dr. Siqun Wang |
Faculty Presentation |
|
1 October |
1. Dan Hinnebusch (MS) 2. Pracha Koonnathamdee (PhD) |
“Habitat use and
within-field distribution of grassland birds wintering in “Exchange rate
effects on the U.S.-Canada forest product trade” |
|
8 October |
Dr. Don Hodges |
Faculty Presentation |
|
15 October |
1. Becki Stratton (PhD) 2. Amy Morgan (MS) |
"Influences of scale and firing
technique in prescribed fire management - public lands vs. private
lands" “Yellow-poplar and hickory at Chuck Swan WMA: How did it occur?” |
|
22 October |
No Seminar |
SFA and SEAFWA Conferences |
|
29 October |
1. Matthew McCollister (MS) 2. Jared Laufenberg (MS) |
“Impacts
of a 4-lane highway with wildlife underpasses on black bear spatial ecology
in eastern “Identifying potential
colonization patterns for reintroduced bear populations” |
|
5 November |
1. Joe Yarkovich (MS) 2. Ryan Williamson (MS) |
“Black bear
relocation as a method to reduce elk calf predation in the “Effects of a
river otter augmentation on the muskrat and mussel population at |
|
12 November |
1. Jeremy Nicholson (MS) 2. Erin Schiding (MS) |
“Impacts of a 4-lane highway with
underpasses on the genetic structure of black bears in eastern "Reintroduction
of native fish species to Coal Creek" |
|
19 November |
1. Sharon Jean-Philippe (PhD) 2. Neelam Poudyal (PhD) |
“Adaptation of trees
to mercury contaminated soils along East Fork Poplar Creek, “Demand for wildlife hunting in the southeastern |
|
26 November |
1. Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair (PhD) 2. Xia Zhou (PhD) |
"Characterization of interphase in
natural fiber reinforced polymer composites using nano-scratching and atomic
force microscopy" “Using economic ways to effectively improve water quality” |
|
3 December |
1. Josh Rogers (MS) 2. Xinan Zhang (MS) 3. Russell Bohl (MS) |
“Comparison of
video mapping and field measurements of stream channel substrate” “The
micro-mechanical properties of wood cell wall prepared by FIB and measured by
micro-compression system” “Effects of
electrofishing on fish health and survival” |
Internet Resources:
Introductory Presentations:
“Presentation Formats”
Proposal Presentation Example (PDF)
Research Presentation Example (PDF)
Lecture Presentation Example (PDF)
“Graduate Student Orientation”
Faculty Presentations:
1.
Dr.
Siqun Wang: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Biobased composite materials from macro
to nano scale”
2.
Dr.
Don Hodges: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Economics research in Forestry, Wildlife
and Fisheries”
Student Presentations:
1. Pracha Koonnathamdee (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Exchange rate effects on the
2. Dan Hinnebusch: (PDF Slides—No podcast; technical glitch)
Podcast:
“Habitat use and within-field distribution of grassland birds wintering in
3. Becki Stratton: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Influences of spatial scale and firing technique in
prescribed fire management”
4. Amy Morgan: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Poplar and hickory at Chuck Swan WMA”
5. Matthew McCollister: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Impacts of a 4-lane highway with wildlife
underpasses on black bear spatial ecology in eastern
6. Jared Laufenberg: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Identifying potential
colonization patterns for reintroduced bear populations”
7. Joe Yarkovich: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Black
bear relocation as a method to reduce elk calf predation in the
8. Ryan Williamson: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Effects of a river otter
augmentation on the muskrat and mussel population at
9. Erin Schiding: (PDF
Slides)
Podcast: “Reintroduction of native fish species to Coal
Creek”
10. Jermey Nicholson: (PDF
Slides)
Podcast: “The Impacts of a 4-lane highway with wildlife
underpasses on the abundance and genetic structure of Black Bears in
11. Sharon
Jean-Philippe: (PDF Slides)
Podcast: “Adaptation of trees to mercury
contaminated soils along East Fork Poplar Creek,
12. Neelam Poudyal: (PDF
Slides)
Podcast: “Demand for wildlife hunting in the southeastern
13. Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair: (PDF Slides—No podcast; technical glitch)
Podcast: "Characterization of interphase in
natural fiber reinforced polymer composites using nano-scratching and atomic
force microscopy"
14. Xia Zhou:
(PDF Slides—No
podcast; technical glitch)
Podcast: “Using economic
ways to effectively improve water
quality”
15. Josh Rogers: (PDF
Slides)
Podcast: “Comparison of video mapping and field measurements of
stream channel substrate”
16. Xinan Zhang:
(PDF Slides)
Podcast: "The micro-mechanical properties of
wood cell wall prepared by FIB and measured by micro-compression system"
17. Russel Bohl:
(PDF Slides)
Podcast:
“Effects of electro-fishing on fish health and survival”
Other Resources:
CASNR Travel Fund Application 1
CASNR Travel Fund Application 2
(submit travel fund applications to Dr. Belli)
UT Travel Request Form (Interstate
Travel: >2 weeks in advance)
UT Travel Expense Form (Travel
Reimbursement)