Hamilton, David
Position Type:
Graduate Student
Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources & Management
Degree Sought:
Office Location:
178 Peavy Forest Science Center (PFSC)
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Activities/Awards
Battery-hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Routing Tool (BEVER) April 2024, United States Patent Application Number 18/651520, Sole Inventor
Forestry Electric Vehicle Energy Routing Tool (FEVER) July 2023, United States Patent Application Number 18/349569, Sole Inventor
Research Areas
Engineering for Sustainable Forestry
Forest Operations Planning and Management
Research Interests
- Engineering
- FRM
- Geomatics
Bio
David Hamilton is a Registered Professional Forester and a PhD student in forest engineering at Oregon State University (OSU) studying electric logging trucks. David has a Masters in Geomatics and environmental management from UBC and a Bachelor of Science in forest resource management from UBC. His background includes working as operations supervisor for the UBC’s Alex Fraser Research Forest. David has served as a sessional lecturer in forest policy at OSU and has a background in forest operations, project management and GIS programming, as well as over a decade of experience as a forest engineer. David has partnered with Oregon State University’s Advantage Accelerator program and commercialization experts to patent the technologies underpinning the BEVER and FEVER tools.
Selected Publications:
A Forestry Electric Vehicle Energy Routing and Mapping GIS Tool. International Journal of Forest Engineering, Open Access, peer-reviewed, first author. Submitted December 2023, published April 2024.
Breakeven Analysis Considering Ultra-Fast Charging Stations at Mills for Battery-Electric Log Trucks. Croation Journal of Forest Engineering, Open Access, peer-reviewed, third author Accepted
Combining aerial photos and LiDAR data to detect canopy cover change in urban forests. PLOS ONE, Open Access, peer-reviewed, second author Published September 14, 2022
Alex Fraser Research Forest interior Douglas-fir beetle 2020 update. ABCFP, Professional Forester Magazine Publication, first author Published June 17, 2020