ProfessorRien Visser
Head of Department
School of Forestry
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- Head of DepartmentSchool of Forestry
- ProfessorSchool of Forestry
TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy
Intro to Forest Operations
Harvest Planning
Forest Roads
Forest Engineering Research
Harvest Planning
Forest Roads
Forest Engineering Research
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEvaluating shredded Pinus radiata as a temporary, low-volume forest roading aggregate3 Jun 2026
- COURSE TAUGHT23 Sep 2024 - 4 Oct 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONUsing Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to improve landslide risk management in forestry operations, New Zealand2 Apr 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEvaluation of subgrade stabilisation methods for upgrading historic roads19 Feb 2024 - 29 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigation of methods to measure residual slash volume in New Zealand’s erodible cutovers19 Feb 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigation of methods to measure residual slash volume in New Zealand’s erodible cutovers19 Feb 2024 - 29 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAssessing Stabilisation from Soil Disturbance Caused by Steep Slope Harvesting Operations1 Jan 2024 - 21 Aug 2025
- COURSE TAUGHTForest Measurement25 Sep 2023 - 6 Oct 2023
- COURSE TAUGHTForest Transportation & Road Design17 Jul 2023 - 20 Oct 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONTracking and tracing in the timber supply chain: State of the art and case studies5 Jun 2023 - 21 May 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONUptake of geospatial technologies in NZ22 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBattery-powered chainsaw in thin to waste19 Feb 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBenefits and productivity of fixed felling heads19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEfficacy of RoadEng based landing design19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEfficacy of Roller vs track Forest Road compaction19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEvaluating a GIS model for steep slope risk management19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONGrapple feeding in mechanised cable yarding systems19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONImproving export supply chains of debarked logs19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONOpportunities for biochar in NZ Forestry19 Feb 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPredicting harvest residue moisture content using fire indices19 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStructural Performance of a Multi-panel Cross Laminated Timber Wall System1 Jan 2023 - 5 Jun 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStructural Performance of a multi-panel Cross Laminated Timber wall system1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSmart sensors to detect people in danger zones of forest operations17 Jan 2022 - 7 Jul 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONAutomating Log Sweep Assessment: A log sweep detection model based on video imagery and deep learning22 Feb 2021 - 21 Oct 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEvaluating different approaches for landing designs in RoadEng22 Feb 2021 - 21 Oct 2021