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Instructor:                              Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistant:                Dr. Jason Hoverman (jhoverma@utk.edu)

Phone:                                    974-2740 (MG), 974-0831 (JT)

Office:                                    247 Ellington PSB (MG), 230 Ellington PSB (JT)

Meeting Time and Place     Wed, 12:20 − 1:10 p.m., 160 Plant Biotechnology Building

 

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.

 

Expected Outcomes:         Students will develop skills in constructing and delivering PowerPoint presentations and in answering questions related to their graduate research and natural resource principles, concepts and issues.

 

Course Credits:                     1 credit

 


 

Academic Assessment:

 

Weights of Academic Assessments:

 

            Presentation             80%                

            ● Attendance              20% (1.54% per seminar, 9 Sept – 7 Dec)     

 

 

Course grade 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%

                         

 

Full Syllabus

Presentation Grading Sheet

Examples of Contemporary Natural Resource Topics


Presentation Schedule:

Date

Name (MS/PhD; 1st/2nd Seminar)

Title

9 September

Dr. Pat Keyser

Center for Native Grasslands Management: Opportunities and Challenges

16 September

Dr. Tim Young

Do we really need statistics in science?

23 September

Dr. Scott Schlarbaum

Fading forests: the threat of exotic forest pests to North American ecosystems

30 September

1.  Consuelo Brandeis (PhD,1st)

Timber Mill Closures and Procurement Zone Characteristics - Is there a Link?

7 October

1.  Jennapher Teunissen Van Manen  

     (MS, 1st)

 

2.  Leila Pinchot (PhD, 1st)

Using Stable Isotopes to Assess Longitudinal Diet Patterns of American Black Bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

Testing early establishment and competitive ability of Chestnut (Castanea Mill.) seedlings on the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Kentucky

14 October

1.  Trent Jett (MS, 2nd)

2.  John Hull (MS, 2nd)

Introduced fish species: What do the locals think?

 

The challenges of invasive species control in forests

21 October

1.  Chris Miller (MS, 2nd)

2.  Adam Klobucar (MS, 1st)

Site and substrate treatments influence American chestnut budset and survival

 

Competitive Interactions Between Appalachian Hardwood Species and Different Groundcovers on the Steep Slopes of Strip Mine Sites

 

28 October

1.  Michael Drewry (MS, 2nd)

 

2.  Andrew West (MS, 1st)

Genetic structure and gene flow of black bear in the southern Appalachian Mountain

 

Avian Response in Production Stands of Native Warm-Season Grasses

 

4 November

Dr. Tom Brandeis (USFS)

Forest Inventory and Monitoring in the Caribbean:
Objectives, Methods and Results

11 November

1.  Jessica Harmon (MS, 1st)

 

2.  Beth Aubuchon (MS, 1st)

Evaluation of Acaracide Applicators to Manage Ticks and Tick-borne Disease in a Tennessee Retirement Community

 

Root growth and mine soil moisture profiles on newly reforested steep slopes

18 November

1.  William DeBord (MS, 1st)

 

2.  Stephen Grayson (MS, 2nd)

Effects of Two Prescribed Fires Across Four Levels of Canopy Cover on Northern Red Oak and Red Maple Regeneration

 

Light pollution: ecological effects and implications

 

25 November

1.  Kevin Hamed (PhD, 1st)

2.  Carrie Lowe (MS, 2nd)

Impacts of Climate Change and Human Land Use on Southern Appalachian

 

Impacts of wind energy development on wildlife

7 Dec (Monday)

 

12:30  – 2:30 pm

1.  Amanda Pierce (MS, 2nd)

2.  Stuart Hale (MS, 1st)

3.  Aju Sahadevan (MS, 1st)

 

4.  Beth Summers (MS, 2nd)

 

Are we artificially shifting to smaller bucks through harvest choices?

 

Applied Ecosystem Services in Working Forests

 

Effect of CO2 on wood properties of Liquidambar styraciflua after 10 years of enrichment

 

Use of Index of Biotic Integrity Models for Assessment of Ecological Function

 


Podcasts: (MP3 Format)

1.      iTunes Instructions: (you must first download iTunes to Listen to Podcasts)

1)      Go to http://itunesu.utk.edu

2)      Click on "Download iTunes & Quick Time"

3)      Click on “Download iTunes Free”

4)      Save iTunes to your hard drive and install.

2.      Link to iTunes to Listen to Podcasts:  Launch Podcast in iTunes U

 


Slides: (PDF Format)

Introductory Presentations: 

                   “Presentation Formats           (See Seminar Archives Below for Other Examples)

                             Proposal Presentation Example

                             Research Presentation Example

Lecture Presentation Example

Slide Quality: Good and Poor Examples

 

Faculty Presentations:

1.                 Dr. Pat Keyser

2.                 Dr. Tim Young

3.                 Dr. Scott Schlarbaum

Student Presentations: 

1.  Consuelo Brandeis

2.  Jennapher Teunissen Van Manen  

3.  Leila Pinchot

4.  Trent Jett

5.  John Hull

6.  Chris Miller

7.  Adam Klobucar

8.  Michael Drewry

9.  Andrew West

10.  Jessica Harmon

11.  Beth Aubuchon

12.  William DeBord

13.  Stephen Grayson

14.  Kevin Hamed

15.  Carrie Lowe

16.  Amanda Pierce

17.  Stuart Hale

18.  Aju Sahadevan

19.  Beth Summers


Archives of Previous Seminars:

Spring 2009

 

Fall 2008

 

Spring 2008

 

Fall 2007

 


Other Resources:

                   FWF Graduate Student Handbook

CASNR Travel Fund Application 1

CASNR Travel Fund Application 2 (submit travel fund applications to Dr. Belli)

GSA Travel Fund Application

UT Travel Request Form (Interstate Travel: >2 weeks in advance)

UT Travel Expense Form (Travel Reimbursement)

UT Key Request Form