EDUCATION
 

B.S. in Forestry – National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, 1972

M.F.S. in Forestry – Harvard University, 1975

Ph.D. in Forestry – University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1979

Research Interests
 

Forest management, forest economics, log sawing optimization

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
 

Timber management under uncertainty – a theoretical analysis

COURSES TAUGHT
 

FOR 3040 Silvicultural Prescriptions, Spring

FOR 4036 Forest Management, Fall

FOR 4038 Forest Economics, Fall

FOR 7036 Advanced Forest Management and Biometrics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 
 

Chang, S.J. 1998. A generalized Faustmann model for the determination of the optimal harvest age. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48(5):652-659.

Guddanti, S. and S.J. Chang. 1998. Replicating sawmill sawing with TOPSAW using CT images of a full length hardwood log. Forest Products Journal.48(1):72-75.

Coates, E.R., S.J. Chang, and T.W. Liao. 1998. A quick defect detection algorithm for magnetic resonance images of hardwood logs. Forest Products Journal.  Forest Products    Journal 48(10):68-74.

Chang, S. J. 2001. One formula, myriad applications - 150 years of practicing the

Faustmann Formula in Central Europe and the USA. Forest Policy and Economics  2(2):9799.

Dean, T.J. and S.J. Chang. 2002. Using simple marginal analysis and density management

diagrams for prescribing density management.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry.  In

Press.