| Agenda April 10 7:30 - 8:20 am - Registration - Continental Breakfast 8:20 – 8:30 am - Introduction 8:30 – 9:20 am - Decay types, Life cycles, and Fruiting; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 9:20 – 10:30 am - Wood anatomy, wind-load and basic tree biomechanics; Frank Rinn 10:30 – 10:45 am - Break 10:45 – 11:35 am -Assessing Trees for Decay: The Process; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 11:35 – 12:25 am - Shell-wall thickness and breaking safety of mature trees; Frank Rinn 12:25 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided) 1:00 – 2:20 pm –Outdoor Session; Frank Rinn and Chris Luley, Chris Luley, Ph.D. 2:20 – 2:35 pm - Break - Return to class 2:35 – 3:25 - Basics, Possibilities and Limitation of Tree Inspections; Frank Rinn 3:25 pm -4:15 pm - Introduction to TreeRot.com and Identification of Common Decay Fungi, what they mean to stability; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 4:15 pm - Wrap up for the day April 11 7:30 - 8:20 am - Registration - Continental Breakfast 8:20 – 8:30 am - Introduction 8:30 – 9:20 am - Decay Fungi Identification: Part 2; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 9:20 – 10:30 am - Advanced Tree Biomechanics; Frank Rinn 10:30 – 10:45 am - Break 10:45 – 11:35 am -Root Decay Fungi Identification, Assessment and Management; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 11:35 – 12:25 am - Calculating tree-safety; Frank Rinn 12:25 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided) 1:00 – 2:20 pm –Outdoor Session; Frank Rinn and Chris Luley, Chris Luley, Ph.D. 2:20 – 2:35 pm - Break - Return to class 2:35 – 3:25 - Basics, Possibilities and Limitation of Tree Inspections; Frank Rinn 3:25 pm -4:15 pm - Does Biology Trump Biomechanics; Chris Luley, Ph.D. 4:15 pm - Wrap up for the day
CEU's
- Certified Arborist 14.5
- Municipal Specialist 14.5
- BCMA Science 14.5
SPEAKERS Dr. Chris Luley has a 40+ year career in urban forestry and arboriculture. He is the former State Forest Pathologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation and ran the Plant Diagnostic Clinic at Iowa State University. He is currently based in upstate New York and operates Urban Forest Diagnostics. His book “Wood Decay Fungi” is well known to many arborists and his collaborative website www.treerot.com is popular. He is a recipient of the R.W. Harris Author’s Award from the International Society of Arboriculture and the Lifetime Achievement Award from New York State Arborists, ISA Chapter, Inc. and Author Award from the Midwest Chapter of ISA.
Frank Rinn, inventor of the RESISTOGRAPH® and ARBOTOM® is world famous as an instructor on tree inspection and can help to make you a more expert arborist. Frank owns RINNTECH, a company that develops equipment for dendrochronology, tree and timber inspection since 1988. Frank invented and developed different methods, machines, and computer programs for various purposes in dendrochronology, tree- and timber inspection: resistance drilling, tree-ring measuring and cross-dating, dynamic tree analysis, sonic tree tomography, sonic root detection, wood surface density analysis. Frank works as a court registered expert, inspecting trees and timber (structures). Frank gives lectures and training regularly in many different countries such as USA, Europe, South America, and Asia – not only for experts but furthermore at Universities. Already as a teenager, Frank started activities in voluntary organizations. Since 2001, he serves as voluntary Executive Director of ISA Germany, represented his chapter on several board meetings, joined the ISA Tree-Risk Panel of Experts and contributed to the corresponding BMP. In addition, he was a member of German (www.fll.de) and international standardization expert panels (www.rilem.org). From 2011 to 2013 he served on the ISA Board of Directors (www.isa-arbor.com). |
