Steven E. Taylor, Ph.D., P.E.

214 Tom E. Corley Building
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
USA
Office Telephone: 334-844-3534
Fax: 334-844-3530
E-mail: staylor@eng.auburn.edu
Personal page: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/staylor

Biographical information

Academic Rank

Professor of Forest Engineering, Biosystems Engineering Department
Adjunct Professor, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, December, 1988
M.E. with thesis, University of Florida, Agricultural Engineering, Gainesville, FL, August, 1985
B.S. Engr. with Honors, University of Florida, Agricultural Engineering, Gainesville, FL, December, 1983

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer No. 19382, Alabama

Employment

Professor, Auburn University, Department of Biosystems Engineering, 2003 - present
Associate Professor, Auburn University, Department of Biosystems Engineering, 1996 - 2002
Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Department of Biosystems Engineering, 1989-1995

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Timber Construction
- Advisor, Technical Advisory Committee
- Member, Technical Review Board for ANSI/AITC A190
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
- Secretary, Structures Group
- Past-Chair, Wood Construction and Design Committee
- Past Chair, Alabama Section
- Member, Structures Committee
- Secretary, Forest Engineering Group
- Associate Editor - Structures Group, Transactions of ASAE and Applied Engineering in Agriculture
- Past Advisor, Alabama Student Branch
American Society of Civil Engineers
Forest Products Society
- Secretary, Southeast Section
- Reviewer, Forest Products Journal
Society of Wood Science and Technology
National Society of Professional Engineers
- Past President, Auburn, Alabama Chapter
- Coordinator, Auburn MATHCOUNTS program

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Faculty Member - Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn Univ., 2001
Outstanding Faculty Member - Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn Univ., 2000
Distinguished Young Engineer - Alabama Section ASAE - 1996
Outstanding Faculty Member - Department of Agricultural Engineering, Auburn Univ., 1996
Outstanding Faculty Member - Department of Agricultural Engineering, Auburn Univ., 1992
George Marra Award for Excellence in Research and Writing, 2nd Place, Society of Wood Science and Technology, 1991
Outstanding Faculty Member - Department of Agricultural Engineering, Auburn Univ., 1991
Outstanding Reviewer - Structures and Environment Division, ASAE, 1990
R.E. Stewart Graduate Excellence Award - Texas A&M University, 1989
USDA National Needs Graduate Fellowship - Texas A&M University, 1985-1988
Sigma Xi - Scientific Research Society
Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society
Alpha Epsilon - Agricultural Engineering Honorary
Alpha Zeta - Agricultural Honor Society
Gamma Sigma Delta - Agricultural Honorary
Epsilon Lambda Chi - Engineering Leadership Circle

Teaching Areas

Dr. Taylor teaches courses for university students in engineered wood structure design, engineering design for biosystems (senior capstone design experience), spatial technologies for biosystems, introduction to forest operations, and stochastic modeling for biosystems. Dr. Taylor also teaches several professional development courses for registered professional engineers. These courses cover design of engineered wood structures and design of timber bridge systems.

Research Interests

Dr. Taylor's research interests and expertise are in the areas of wood structure design and modeling, timber bridges, portable bridge systems, structural reliability, stochastic modeling, alternative stream crossings for forest roads, and using GPS for forest operations planning and evaluation. Recent application areas include developing portable timber bridge designs and quantifying water quality impacts from forest road stream crossings, modeling the spatial variability of localized lumber properties in E-rated laminating lumber, characterizing size effects on end joints used in wide glulam timber beams, modeling the effects of length on lumber tensile strength, improving quality control during lumber and forest product manufacturing, using GPS to track forest machines, and determining appropriate levels of GPS data needed in forest operations planning.

Recent Professional Development Courses Taught

Designing Modern Timber Bridges. 2000 - present. 6 hr. Professional Development videotape shortcourse with published course notes for Auburn University Extension Service - Engineering Professional Development Series.

Designing with Wood: The Basics. 1998 - present. 3 hr Professional Development videotape shortcourse with published course notes for Auburn University Engineering Extension Service - Engineering Professional Development Series.

Designing with Wood: Allowable Stress Design. 1998 - present. 3 hr Professional Development videotape shortcourse with published course notes for Auburn University Engineering Extension Service - Engineering Professional Development Series.

Designing with Wood: Load and Resistance Factor Design. 1998 - present. 3 hr Professional Development videotape shortcourse with published course notes for Auburn University Engineering Extension Service - Engineering Professional Development Series.

Design Fundamentals for Wood Construction. 1994-1997. 3 hr satellite / video shortcourse with published course notes for Auburn University Engineering Extension Service Professional Development Series.

Timber Bridge Design, Construction, and Maintenance. 1993. 8 hr shortcourse on timber bridge fundamentals delivered through Auburn University - Federal Highway Administration Technology Transfer (T2) Program. Team taught.

Recent Publications

Taylor, S.E., M.H. Triche, L. Hislop, P.A. Morgan. 2002. Field Investigations of Stress-Laminated T-Beam and Box-Beam Timber Bridges. Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering 12(1):13-19.

McDonald, T.P., E.A. Carter, S.E. Taylor. 2002. Using the global positioning system to map disturbance patterns of forest harvesting machinery. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:310-319.

Veal, M.W., S.E Taylor, T.P. McDonald, D.K. Tackett, and M.R. Dunn. 2001. Accuracy of Tracking Forest Machines with GPS. Transactions of ASAE. 44(6):1903-1911. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E., T.P. McDonald, M.W. Veal, T.E. Grift. 2001. Using GPS to Evaluate Productivity and Performance of Forest Machine Systems. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Precision Forestry. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

McDonald, T.P., R.B. Rummer, S.E. Taylor, J. Valenzuela. 2001. Information Needs for Increasing Log Transport Efficiency. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Precision Forestry. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Taylor, S.E., M.H. Triche, L. Hislop, P.A. Morgan. 2001. Field Investigations of Stress-Laminated T-Beam and Box-Beam Timber Bridges. ASAE Technical Paper No. 01-4004. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, T.P. McDonald. 2001. Evaluation of Forestry Site Preparation Operations Using GPS. ASAE Technical Paper No. 01-8018. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Hill, D.T., S.E. Taylor, and T.E. Grift. 2001. Simulation of low temperature anaerobic digestion of dairy and swine manure. Bioresource Technology 78(2):127-131.

Taylor, S.E., and M.A. Ritter. 2000. Development and Testing of Portable Glulam Timber Bridge Systems. In Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Paper No. 00-0034. TRB - National Research Council. Washington, DC.

McDonald, T.P., R.B. Rummer, and S.E. Taylor. 2000. Automated time study of feller-bunchers. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE

McDonald, T.P., R.B. Rummer, and S.E. Taylor. 2000. Deriving Forest Harvesting Machine Productivity from Positional Data. ASAE Technical Paper No. 00-5011. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E., M.A. Ritter, P.A. Morgan, J.M. Franklin. 1999. Portable Timber Bridge Systems for Forest Roads. Proceedings of the International Conference on Forest Engineering, Forest Engineering Group, Institute of Agricultural Engineers. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Taylor, S.E., R.B. Rummer, K.H. Yoo, R.A. Welch, J.D. Thompson. 1999. What We Know - and Don't Know - About Water Quality at Stream Crossings. Journal of Forestry 97(8):12-17.

Morgan, P.A., S.E. Taylor, M.A. Ritter, J.M. Franklin. 1999. T-section Glulam Timber Bridge Modules: Modeling and Performance. ASAE Technical Paper No. 99-4207. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Franklin, J.M., S.E. Taylor, P.A. Morgan, M.A. Ritter. 1999. Design Criteria for Portable Timber Bridge Systems: Static versus Dynamic Loads. ASAE Technical Paper No. 99-4208. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

McDonald, T.P., E. Carter, S.E. Taylor, J. Torbert. 1998. Traffic Patterns and Site Disturbance. 1998. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE.

McDonald, T.P., R.B. Rummer, S.E. Taylor, and J.D. Roberson. 1998. Using GPS to Evaluate Traffic Patterns of Forest Harvesting Equipment. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

McDonald, T.P., R.B. Rummer, E. Carter, S.E. Taylor, and J.D. Roberson. 1998. Using GPS to Estimate Site Impacts from Forest Harvesting Equipment. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering, COFE.

Welch, R.A., S.E. Taylor, K.H. Yoo, J.D. Thompson, R.B. Rummer, R.A. Albright. 1998. Life-cycle Water Quality Impacts From Low-Water Stream Crossings. ASAE Technical Paper No. 98-7027. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E. 1998. Statistical Characterization of E-rated Southern Pine Laminating Lumber. Project 8901R. Research Report Presented to the American Institute of Timber Construction. American Institute of Timber Construction. Englewood, CO. 468 p.

Gober, J., M.H. Triche, and S.E. Taylor. 1998. Modern Timber Bridges: An Attractive Option. Video production of the Alabama Forestry Commission. Montgomery, AL. 16 min.

Durrans, S.R., M.H. Triche, S.E. Taylor, F.E. Woeste. 1997. Parameter and Quantile Estimation for the Distributions of Failure Strength of Lumber. Forest Products Journal 47(4):80-88.

Triche, M.H., and S.E. Taylor. 1997. Monitoring of Timber Bridge Superstructures in Alabama. Proceedings of the 15th ASCE Structures Congress. pp. 305-309. ASCE. Reston, VA.

Taylor, S.E., M.A. Ritter, P.A. Morgan, J.M. Franklin. 1997. Performance of Portable T-section Glulam Timber Bridges. ASAE Technical Paper No. 97-4083. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E. 1996. Earthquake Considerations in Post-frame Building Design. Frame Building News 8(3):42-49.

Taylor, S.E., and M.A. Ritter. 1996. Portable T-section Glulam Timber Bridge for Low Volume Roads. Proceedings of the National Conference on Wood Transportation Structures. Edited by M.A. Ritter, S.R. Duwadi, and P.D. Hilbrich Lee. Gen. Tech. Report FPL-GTR-94. Madison, WI: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 494 p.

Taylor, S.E., M.A. Ritter, K.P. Keliher, and J.D. Thompson. 1996. Portable Glulam Timber Bridge Systems. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Wood Engineering. Edited by V.K.A. Gopu. Omnipress, Madison, WI.

Thompson, J.D., S.E. Taylor, J.E. Gazin, and R.B. Rummer. 1996. Water Quality Impacts from Low Water Stream Crossings. ASAE Technical Paper No. 96-5015. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E., M.H. Triche, D.A. Bender, and F.E. Woeste. 1995. Monte-Carlo Simulation Methods for Engineered Wood Systems. Forest Products Journal 45(7/8)43-50.

Taylor, S.E., M.A. Ritter, G.L. Murphy, K.P. Keliher, and J.D. Thompson. 1995. Portable Glued-Laminated Timber Bridge Design for Low-Volume Forest roads. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Low Volume Roads. Transportation Research Board - National Research Council. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. Pp. 328-338.

Thompson, J.D, S.E. Taylor, K.H. Yoo, R.W. Brinker, R.A. Tufts. 1995. Water Quality Impacts from different Forest Road Stream Crossings. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering, Cashiers, NC. COFE.

Keliher, K.P., S.E. Taylor, M.A. Ritter. 1995. Performance of Portable Bridges for Skidder Traffic. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering, Cashiers, NC. COFE.

Wilhoit, J.H., S.E. Taylor, P.K. Turnquist. 1995. Forest Engineering Degree Program at Auburn University. ASAE Technical Paper No. 95-7667. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.