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Steve Pilkerton
Title:
Manager, Student Logging Training Program
College/Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management Department
Bio:
Steve started as a Forest Engineering FRA, researching Optimal Log Bucking (value maximization) and other forest management and harvesting issues. Contributions expanded to Undergraduate Instruction, Extension, and Outreach with increased Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Experience (KSAE), earning "Stealth Faculty" nickname. Additional interim assignments as Student Logging Training Program (SLTP) Manager and harvest planning for OSU Research Forests. Application of high strength synthetic ropes to replace steel wire rope in harvest operations improving worker ergonomics/safety is another research highlight. Currently sharing accumulated KSAEs with future Foresters and Forest Engineers as SLTP Manager.