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Jeffrey Benjamin
247 Nutting Hall
(207) 581-2727
e-mail: jeff_benjamin@umenfa.maine.edu
Title: Assistant Professor of Forest Operations
Degrees:
- B.Sc., University of New Brunswick, 1997, Forest Engineering
- Ph.D., University of New Brunswick, 2006, Forest Engineering
Professional Memberships and Associations:
- Society of American Foresters
- Council on Forest Engineering
- Forest Products Society
- Canadian Institute of Forestry
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Benjamin received his Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick in the field of forest management and wood quality. He previously worked as a forest engineer in British Columbia designing forest transportation systems. Dr. Benjamin is developing a research program focusing on operational forestry issues related to biomass harvesting and the relationships between machine and operator performance. Dr. Benjamin has taught courses in timber harvesting, forest roads, operations planning and analysis, and mechanical properties of wood.
Selected Publications and Presentations
(Student co-authors are underlined, *denotes peer-reviewed)
Benjamin, J.G. 2009 (Editor). Considerations and Recommendations for Retaining Woody Biomass on Timber Harvest Sites in Maine. A Report t the Natural Resources Conservation Service. September 4, 2009.
Benjamin, J.G., R.J. Lilieholm, and C.E. Coup. (Accepted) Forest Biomass Harvesting in the
Northeast: A “Special Needs” Operation? Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. *
Benjamin, J.G., R.J. Lilieholm, and D. Damery. 2009. Challenges and Opportunities for the
Northeastern Bioindustry. Journal of Forestry. 107(3): 125-131.*
Benjamin, J.G. , J.A. Kershaw, and Y.H. Chui. 2009. Circular distribution of knots in black spruce.
Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 26(1): 15-20.*
Benjamin, J.G., J.A. Kershaw, A. Weiskittel, Y.H. Chui, and S.Y. Zhang. 2009. External knot
size and frequency in black spruce trees from an initial spacing trial in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Forestry Chronicle. 85: 618-624.*
Damery, D., J. Benjamin, M. Kelty, and R. Lilieholm 2009. Developing a Sustainable Forest
Biomass Industry: Case of the U.S. Northeast. ECOSUD 2009: Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development – Topic Area Natural Resource Management. July 8-10.*
Kershaw, J.A., Benjamin, J.G. and Weiskittel, A.R. 2009. Approaches for modeling vertical
distribution of maximum knot size in black spruce: A comparison of fixed- and mixed-effects nonlinear models. Forest Science 55(3): 230–237.
Zellers, C., R.S. Seymour, A.R. Weiskittel, J.G. Benjamin. 2008. Growth, Log Characteristics,
and Financial Maturity of Isolated Archetypal Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus L.) Trees. New England Society of American Foresters 89th Annual Meeting. Bio: Mass, Fuel, Products, Diversity – Resource Management in a Changing World. Portland, ME. March 17-20.
Benjamin, J.G. 2009. State of the Logging Industry in the Northeast. New England Council on
Forest Engineering Annual Meeting: The Northeast Forest Products Industry: From
Surviving to Thriving. University of Maine, Orono ME. March 9.
Stone, I., J.G. Benjamin, and J. Leahy. 2008. Feasibility of Using Insurance Company Records to
Inventory Logging Equipment in the State of Maine. Society of American Forester 2008 National Convention – Forestry in a Climate of Change (Student Poster Session). Reno, NV. November 5-9.
Benjamin, J.G. and Y.H. Chui. 2008. Development of Sawing Patterns and Lumber Recovery
Estimates Using Spreadsheets. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference. University of Maine October 17-18.
Coup, C.E., J.G. Benjamin, and R.G. Wagner. 2008. An Assessment of Residual Stand Damage
Following Whole-Tree Biomass Harvesting in Central Maine. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference (Poster Session – 4th place). University of Maine. October 17-18.
Root, R. and J.G. Benjamin. 2008. Monitoring Fuel Consumption in a Cut-to-Length Harvest
System. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference (Poster Session). University of Maine. October 17-18.
Briedis, J., J.S. Wilson, R.G. Wagner, and J.G. Benjamin. 2008. Logging Residue Quantities on
Sites in Maine Following Integrated Whole-Tree Harvests of Biomass and Roundwood. Eastern
CANUSA Forest Science Conference (Poster Session – 2nd place). University of Maine. October 17-18.
Coup, C.E., J.G. Benjamin, and R.G. Wagner. 2008. Harvesting Biomass to Improve Low-Value
Beech Dominated Hardwood Stands in Maine. Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting. Charleston, South Carolina. June 22-25.
Benjamin, J.G., Y.H. Chui, and S.Y. Zhang 2007. A method to assess lumber grade recovery
improvement potential for black spruce logs based on branchiness. Forest Products Journal 57(12) 34-41. *
Benjamin, J.G., and D. Damery (Editors). 2007. The Northeast Forest Bioproducts Puzzle. Fall
Meeting of the Forest Products Society – Northeast Section. Summary submitted to FPS December Edition. (forestbioproducts.umaine.edu/conference_forestbioproducts.php)
