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Available Assistantships
The School of Forest Resources offers programs leading to the Master of Forestry, Master of Science in Forestry, M.S. in Resource Utilization, Ph.D. in Forest Resources. Research and Teaching Assistantships, awarded on a competitive basis, also include tuition waivers.
Graduate research opportunities are reflected in current faculty research interests, including:
- Forest Economics, finance and taxation, regional economic analysis, forest policy analysis;
- Strategic, tactical, and operational forest planning, forest ecosystem management, integrated small woodland management;
- Timber harvesting, forest operations, forest workplace safety;
- Remote sensing, global positioning systems, geographics information systems, spatial analysis of forest resources;
- Forest measurements, growth and yield modeling;
- Effects of intensive timber management on wood properties, engineering wood composites, timber mechanics, wood deterioration and biotechnology, wood drying, wood property/age relationships, non-destructive testing of wood, forest products marketing; and
- Natural-resource-based recreation.
Contact:
Dr. Alan White
Graduate Coordinator
School of Forest Resources
5755 Nutting Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5755
207-581-2851
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Individual faculty with specific available assistantships are listed below. Please contact the individual for more information.
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