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BIOPRODUCTS
Biodegradable polymer opportunities: pathways, producers, volume, applications & future direction
Biopesticides and biostimulants from bark extractives: greenhouse and field trials, high-level business case, life cycle assessment, and project conclusions
Cellulose reinforced biocomposites: annual report
Cellulosic fibres: process and coating technology
Lignin-based intermediate products and applications: year-end report
Standards development for competitiveness of the Canadian forest products industry
FIBRE SUPPLY
A climate change vulnerability assessment approach for resource roads
Automatic terrain feature detection and drivability assessment in forest
COGNIMO: an integrated system for real time information update and navigation: working towards localisation
Forestry 4.0 program overview
In-forest connectivity: user interface for broadcasting V2V basic safety message to drivers
In-forest connectivity: V2X coverage results
Northwestern Ontario forest fibre costing
Path planning for autonomous forestry vehicles: basic clear-cut pathing optimization
Performance evaluation of siding materials subjected to radiant heat loads
Solution pathways to completing the tree inventory: 3D point cloud segmentation for inventorying subcanopy
Survol du programme Foresterie 4.0
Towards realtime estimation of tree location, DBH, and terrain surface feature extraction from mobile LiDAR data
Tree segment and diameter extraction
Utilizing stem tops and small diameter stems processing productivity and recovered volume
HARVESTING SYSTEMS
Comparative study in harvesting equipment – synthetic hydraulic oil
Étude comparative de l’équipment forestier – huile hydraulique synthétique
ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Field assessment of two coatings for corrugated steel pipes: galvanized and aluminized type 2
Forest bridge capacity signage. A technical review of bridge load rating
Predicted pavement damage from widebase steering tires: a methodology to estimate widebase steering tire load equivalency
SMART MANUFACTURING
Method for CF retention measurement
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
A solid wood bioheat guide for rural and remote communities in Ontario
Design guide for timber-concrete composite floors in Canada
Expanding wood use towards 2025: seismic performance of braced mass timber frames, year 2
Expanding wood use towards 2025: seismic performance of midply shear walls
Guide sur la biothermie à partir de biomasse forestière pour les communautés rurales et éloignées de l’Ontario
Hybrid profiled decking innovation engine 2019–2020
Performance of naturally durable decks after 15 years of field exposure
Using life cycle assessment to reduce environmental impacts in Canadian construction: a review of best regulatory practices
TRANSPORTATION
Évaluation du Guardian, le système embarqué de surveillance de La Fatigue de 2e génération de Seeing Machines, dans le cadre des activités de transport de billes dans l’intérieur de la Colombie-Britannique
Evaluation of the Seeing Machines’ Guardian Gen 2 driver fatigue and distraction monitoring system in interior British Columbia log-hauling operations
WILDFIRE OPERATIONS
Bridges & wildfire event: identifying information gaps in bridge protection in the context of resistance to wildland fire events
Effectiveness of retardant on mulch fuels: a case study at Pelican Mountain, 2018
Fuel amendment as a forest fuel removal treatment: exploratory trials in black spruce fuels at the Fort Providence Wildfire Experimental Site
Fuel treatment intensity and fire behaviour: experimental fires in mulched fuels at Pelican mountain
Hotspot detection in harvest debris burn sites: infrared sensing using remotely piloted aircraft systems
Integrating fuel treatment data into the Canadian wildland fire information framework: a review of Canadian data management systems and requirements
Operational considerations with water enhancing products: observation from drop testing experiments in Ontario
Performance evaluation of commercially available wildland fire chemicals using a custom-built thermal canister
Survival zones for wildland firefighters: a case study at Vine Creek in Jasper National Park