Engineering: Theses and Dissertations
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Market access for New Zealand silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) in Europe
(2003)This study investigates the potential of NZ silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) in solid wood and veneer product forms to access European hardwood markets. The focus market segments being high-value applications such as ... -
Comparative analysis of the discounted cash flow approach and option pricing theory for forest valuation
(2005)Forest valuation is an important process when it comes to making decisions for forestry investment. Different approaches have been developed to value forests, the Faustmann approach (NPV) being one of the most commonly ... -
Bacterial cellulose
(2004)A strain of Acetobacter xylinum was isolated from the New Zealand environment. The characteristics affecting cellulose production by A. xylinum were investigated and compared to previously isolated strains. The effect ... -
Wood colour of radiata pine
(2005)The colour of the wood in radiata pine has large variations due to natural factors and also wood processing treatments. Wood colour has been previously studied in many wood-related processing areas, such as pulp and paper, ... -
Impacts of carbon trading on afforestation projects in Uruguay
(2001)The Kyoto Protocol (KP) is an agreement between countries aimed at reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Afforestation and reforestation on low carbon density land (e.g. pastures) has been recognised as a ... -
Woodland management plan for Silverwood
(2001)This Plan covers 4 hectares of Silverwood Property in Hororata and presents suggestions for its management. It informs the reader of the nature of the woodland, its various attributes and potential to achieve expressed ... -
Measuring acoustic properties in lumber and trees
(2003)A wide variety of acoustic tools is available to assess the properties of wood but only Time of Flight (TOP) tools provide a way of assessing the properties of standing trees. The objective of this study is threefold: ... -
Influence of initial stand spacing and genotype on Pinus radiata corewood properties
(2005)The effect of silvicultural practices on wood quality is an important issue for the production forestry sector. The overall aims of this thesis are (i) to investigate the utility of acoustic instruments for measuring MOE, ... -
Management and utilization of farm woodlots : a forestry option for the Canterbury high country
(1985)This report presents a forestry development scenario for the Canterbury high country region of New Zealand, based on a farm woodlot timber resource of closely spaced Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga rnenziesii), Corsican pine ... -
Liquefaction case histories from the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand
(2004)Liquefaction is a phenomenon that results in a loss of strength and stability of a saturated soil mass due to dynamic excitation such as that imposed by an earthquake. The granular nature of New Zealand soils and the ... -
Dielectric properties of radiata pine
(2000)The dielectric properties (< 1 MHz) of radiata pine were studied as a function of moisture content to determine if any potential existed for moisture measurement above the fibre saturation point (approximately 35 % ... -
Resist deformation in nanoimprint lithography
(2005)Nanoimprint Lithographgy (NIL) is a promising candidate for future device technology as it has demonstrated that increasing resolution is possible with no additional manufacturing cost. However, there is still a need to ... -
Behaviour and effective mass of different shelving products subjected to horizontal and vertical acceleration
(2004)Response of various retail products generally found on the shelves of cold formed steel racking systems used by various supermarkets during seismic excitations is studied experimentally in this project report. A summary ... -
Valorisation of New Zealand naturalised weed (Malva sylvestris) and local industrial biowaste (Prunus armeniaca)
(2023)Over the recent years, cosmetics and food industries have seen an increasing consumer preference for natural products as social media raises the risks of synthetics in products and promotes therapeutic benefits of botanicals ... -
5 Minute Volcano: designing serious games about volcanic hazards for a bi-cultural environment.
(2023)This thesis proposal intends to asses how serious games can be designed to communicate volcanic tsunami risk in the bi-cultural environment of Aotearoa New Zealand. Background research has shown that children are vulnerable ... -
Study of structure reactivity relationships for cobalt-based electrocatalysts for the CO2 electroreduction.
(2023)The CO₂ electrochemical reduction reaction (CO₂ERR) is a promising technique for tackling green gas emissions and creating value-added chemical products. However, shortcomings like poor selectivity for some products and ... -
Monitoring the effect of the accident investigation programme
(1991)Accident investigation programmes are presently used in many countries around the world, in an effort to reduce both the numbers of traffic accidents and injuries which result from those accidents. New Zealand has such a ... -
Optimising automated species classification for New Zealand’s indigenous forests with advanced phenological remote sensing techniques.
(2022)Understanding the composition and the changes of New Zealand’s woody vegetation communities is important for effective management. However, past national-scale classification maps emphasised mature rather than seral ... -
Wavefront sensorless adaptive optics for astronomical applications.
(2023)The images of space objects, such as stars and artificial satellites, are blurred by atmospheric turbulence. Adaptive optics (AO) is traditionally used to mitigate the blurring effect of atmospheric turbulence. A typical ... -
The prediction of the value of an investment in a shelterbelt
(1984)The value of investment in shelterbelts was investigated. The methodology of predicting the value of an investment in a shelterbelt was developed and is presented in this study, The methodology was developed by modelling ...
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