Hamilton, David
Hamilton, David
Position Type:
Graduate Student
Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources & Management
Degree Sought:
PhD
Office Location:
178 Peavy Forest Science Center (PFSC)
Website:
Activities/Awards:
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
Engineering, FRM, and 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 forestry electric vehicle energy routing (FEVER) tool.
Selected Publications:
- A Forestry Electric Vehicle Energy Routing and Mapping GIS Tool. International Journal of Forest Engineering, Open Access, peer-reviewed, first author. Submitted November 2023
- 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