ProfessorRien Visser

Head of Department

School of Forestry

  • Head of Department
    School of Forestry
  • Professor
    School of Forestry
  • +6433695962 (Work)
  • School of Forestry Rm 233

TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy

Intro to Forest Operations
Harvest Planning
Forest Roads
Forest Engineering Research

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating shredded Pinus radiata as a temporary, low-volume forest roading aggregate
    3 Jun 2026
    Scown, Hamish
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    23 Sep 2024 - 4 Oct 2024
    FORE141/ENFO204
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to improve landslide risk management in forestry operations, New Zealand
    2 Apr 2024
    Hashemi, Mahsa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluation of subgrade stabilisation methods for upgrading historic roads
    19 Feb 2024 - 29 Nov 2024
    Hetherington, Cass
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigation of methods to measure residual slash volume in New Zealand’s erodible cutovers
    19 Feb 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Harper, Heather
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigation of methods to measure residual slash volume in New Zealand’s erodible cutovers
    19 Feb 2024 - 29 Nov 2024
    Brown, Caylee Grace
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Assessing Stabilisation from Soil Disturbance Caused by Steep Slope Harvesting Operations
    1 Jan 2024 - 21 Aug 2025
    Power, James
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Forest Measurement
    25 Sep 2023 - 6 Oct 2023
    FORE141/ENFO204
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Forest Transportation & Road Design
    17 Jul 2023 - 20 Oct 2023
    FORE423
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tracking and tracing in the timber supply chain: State of the art and case studies
    5 Jun 2023 - 21 May 2026
    Pichler, Gerhard
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Uptake of geospatial technologies in NZ
    22 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Manning, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Battery-powered chainsaw in thin to waste
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
    McDonald, Lewis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Benefits and productivity of fixed felling heads
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Archibald, Stanley
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Efficacy of RoadEng based landing design
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Brown, Tom
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Efficacy of Roller vs track Forest Road compaction
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Veltman, Luke
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating a GIS model for steep slope risk management
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Jones, Mitch
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Grapple feeding in mechanised cable yarding systems
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Howden, Angus
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Improving export supply chains of debarked logs
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Power, James
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Opportunities for biochar in NZ Forestry
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
    Jones, Cameron
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Predicting harvest residue moisture content using fire indices
    19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    Amberger, Courtney
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Structural Performance of a Multi-panel Cross Laminated Timber Wall System
    1 Jan 2023 - 5 Jun 2026
    Paudel, Vimesh
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Structural Performance of a multi-panel Cross Laminated Timber wall system
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
    Paudel, Vimesh
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Smart sensors to detect people in danger zones of forest operations
    17 Jan 2022 - 7 Jul 2025
    Hönigsberger, Ferdinand
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Automating Log Sweep Assessment: A log sweep detection model based on video imagery and deep learning
    22 Feb 2021 - 21 Oct 2021
    Han, Parry
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating different approaches for landing designs in RoadEng
    22 Feb 2021 - 21 Oct 2021
    Chen, Xiaoxi