Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar

Instructors: Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe (jeanphil@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistants: Drs. Katie Edwards, Bill Sutton, Heath Hagy, Doug Osborne, and Zhimei Guo

Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 974-2946 (SJP)

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 281 Ellington PSB (SJP)

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 85%

● Attendance 15% (1.25% per seminar, 7 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; 1^st/2^nd Seminar)	Title
7 September	Dr. Joe Clark	Effects of Black Bear Relocation on Elk Calf Recruitment at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
14 September	Dr. Don Hodges	Natural Resources of Slovenia: Research and Education Opportunities
21 September	Drs. Mark Fly and Miriam Davis	Human Dimensions Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
28 September	Dr. Siqun Wang	Wood Science and Nanotechnology: Overview and Our Efforts

5 October	1. Stacy Warwick (MS, 1^st) 2. Ashley Unger (MS, 1^st)	Laboratory Scale Production of Lignin-based Carbon Fiber isolated by Solvent Fractionation Habitat selection and movement of northern bobwhite on a reclaimed surface coal mine.
12 October	1. Ashutosh Wadhwa (PhD, 2^nd) 2. Jay Messer (MS, 1^st)	Re-emergence of Rinderpest: Role of wildlife and closely associated viral species Potential environmental impact reductions through the use of hemicellulose extracted flakes in oriented strandboard production
19 October	1. Kara Jones (MS, 1^st) 2. Evan Tanner (MS, 2^nd)	Children, Nature, and Outside Play Comparison of survival for radio-tagged versus unmarked northern bobwhite
26 October	1. Anna Kim (MS, 2^nd) 2. Than Boves (PhD, 2^nd)	CO2 enrichment on our ecosystem: Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment Information content and habitat contingency of multiple plumage ornaments in a canopy-dwelling bird Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
2 November	1. Doug Kaylor (PhD, 1^st) 2. Roberto Brenes (PhD, 1^st)	Stressed out: the effects of multiple stresses on Frasier fir physiology in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biotic factors contributing to the emergence of ranavirus in North American amphibian communities
9 November	No Seminar
16 November	1. Kaitlin O’Connell (MS, 1^st) 2. Jessie Birckhead (MS, 2^nd)	Effects of the Morganza Spillway Release on Louisiana Black Bear Population Dynamics Predicting White Oak Masting Potential: Implications for Forest Wildlife Management
23 November	1. Matt Moore (MS, 1^st) 2. Anton Astner (MS, 1^st)	The Effect of Forest Edge Age and Adjacent Opening Size on Invasive Species and Microclimate Organosolv Pretreatment of Biomass - Continuous Process Improvement
7 December	1. Alex Richman (MS, 1^st) 2. Katie Percy (MS, 2^nd) 3. Eric Miller (MS, 2^nd)	Private forest landowners and the costs they pay Shade-grown versus full-sun coffee production and their effects on avian populations Colony collapse disorder (CCD): 2011 update