Dr. Michael Starke

Project Leader (National Biomass Inventory Outside Forest Areas (REFEWOODLAND); Industry 4.0 and Digital Twins: Module zur Digitalen Vernetzung)

Researcher

Teacher in own Responsibility (Forest Road Restoration, Project Management, Forest Road Network Reengineering)

Contributing Teacher

Forest Sciences (BSc)

CAS (Course of Advanced Studies) of Forest Management as part of the Master Studies

Environmental and Resource Management (URM BSc)

Planning of Technical Projects (Forest Road re engineering and project realization) (BSc) (2023 - )

Forest Operations (URM BSc) (2024 - )

Logging Cost Estimation (forest operations basics) (BSc) (2016- )

Forest Adaption under Climate Change (URM BSc) (2024 - )

Carbon-Stock Monitoring Outside forest Areas (BSc) (2022 - )

Biomass Estimation Outside Forest Areas (BSc) (2022 - )

Forest Access Planning and Utility Value Analysis (BSc) (2021 - )

Cable Yarding (BSc) (2016 - 2023)

LiDAR in Forest Operations (CAS) (2022)

Environmental Assessment of the Use of Forestry Machinery (CAS) (2022)

IT in Forest Machinery (CAS) (2022)

Remote Sensing Basics in Forestry (CAS) (2016)

Forest Operations

LiDAR

Image Processing with AI

Process- Optimization

Digitalization

Industry 4.0

Biomass modeling (ALS)

Biomass / Trees outside forest areas

Urban Forestry (Effects of Vegetation, Forest Operations under the influence of Urban Environments)

Some programming languages, methods and frameworks: R, Python, TLS, MLS, ALS , Git, Linux-Shell

Contribution in: Initiative Wald und Holz 4.0: Feasibility Study of Connecting the Timber Supply Chain in an Industry 4.0 Environment (2020)

Sforza, F., Starke, M., Dietsch, P. et al. Maximizing the economic benefit for cable yarding timber harvesting operations by spatially optimizing tree selection. Eur J Forest Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-024-01700-1

Starke M., Dietsch P., Ziesak M., 2023. Für eine bessere Holzernte mit Seilkrananlagen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 174 (S1), s47-s47, https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2023.s0047.

Starke M., 2023. Innovative monitoring approaches in forest engineering to enhance ecological and economic decision support. Dissertation. BOKU (University of Life Sciences), Vienna, Austria.

Starke, Michael; Geiger, Chris (2022). Machine vision based waterlogged area detection for gravel road condition monitoring International Journal of Forest Engineering, 33(3), pp. 243-249. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14942119.2022.2064654 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2022.2064654>

Starke, Michael; Geiger, Chris (2021). Field Setup and Assessment of a Cloud-Data Based Crane Scale (CCS) Considering Weight- and Local Green Wood Density-Related Volume References Croatian journal of forest engineering, 43(1), pp. 29-45. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry 10.5552/crojfe.2022.1186 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2022.1186>

Starke, Michael; Kunneke, Anton; Ziesak, Martin (2021). Monitoring of Carriageway Cross Section Profiles on Forest Roads: Assessment of an Ultrasound Data Based Road Scanner with TLS Data Reference Forests, 12(9), p. 1191. MDPI 10.3390/f12091191 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12091191>

Starke, Michael; Derron, Cédric; Heubaum, Felix; Ziesak, Martin (2020). Rut Depth Evaluation of a Triple-Bogie System for Forwarders — Field Trials with TLS Data Support Sustainability, 12(16), p. 6412. MDPI 10.3390/su12166412 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12166412>

Geiger, Chris; Greff, Daniel; Starke, Michael; Geimer, Marcus (2019). Development and evaluation of a weighing system for forestry cranes based on artificial neural networks Landtechnik, 74(5), pp. 102-117. Landwirtschaftsverlag 10.15150/lt.2019.3213 <http://dx.doi.org/10.15150/lt.2019.3213>

Francesco Sforza, Michael Starke, Patrick Dietsch, Peter Thür, Emanuele Lingua, Martin Ziesak, 2024: Single-tree level optimization model for cable-based forest operations planning in steep terrain. IUFRO Conference 2024, Stockholm

Price B., Mey R., Kolecka N., Huber N., Thürig E., Ginzler C., Starke M.: Nationwide mapping and characterisation of woody features outside forest using ALS. Silvilaser Conference, London 2023; UK. Contribution to poster presentation.

Starke M., Schinke L., Wahl A., Dietsch P., Sforza F., Schluse M., Ziesak M., Rossmann J. 2023: Setting up an experimental digital twin for cable yarding systems. FEC / FORMEC Conference Florence 2023; Italy. Oral presentation.

Starke M. 2022: Concept and Implementation of a Deep Learning-Based Android App for Waterlogged Area Detection in a Modular Industry 4.0 Context. FORMEC / COFE Conference Corvallis 2022; Oregon, USA. Oral presentation.

Starke M., Aebischer P. 2021: Machine vision based water-logged area detection for gravel road condition monitoring. FORMEC/COFE Online-Conference 2021; Oregon, USA. Online presentation.

Dietsch P., Starke M., Ziesak M. 2019: Work safety improvement for motor-manual felling operations - General toughts and presentation of a prototype tool. FORMEC Conference, Sopron 2019; Hungary. Contribution to oral presentation.

Dreher M., Starke M., Menk J., Schaller C., Diefenbach L., Dietsch P., Dorren L., Ziesak M. 2019: Consideration of near optimal forest road densities for Switzerland. FORMEC Conference Sopron 2019; Hungary. Contribution to oral presentation.

Geiger C., Greff D., Geimer M., Starke M., Ziesak M. 2018: The potential of a weight detection system for forwarders using an artificial neural network. FORMEC Conference Madrid 2018; Spain. Oral presentation and conference paper.

Starke M., Ziesak M., Rommel D., Hug P. 2016: An automated detection system for (forest) road conditions. FORMEC Conference Warsaw 2016; Poland. Oral presentation and conference paper.

Starke M. 2022: Wie eine App die Nutzbarkeit von Forststrassen einschätzt [How an App Assesses the Usability of Forest Roads]. SocietyByte.

Starke M., Clausnitzer O., Eibenstein T., Heubaum F. 2022: Erprobung eines 10-Rad-Forwarders mit Superbreitreifen: HSM 208F TripleBogie/BigFoot – Befahrungsversuche in Sachsen. Forsttechnische Information (FTI) 2022 (6), p.37-42.

Starke M. 2019: Aktueller Status im Forwarder2020-Projekt. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 170, 2019.

Starke M. 2015: Mobilisierung von Holz aus Waldbeständen mit geringem Deckungsbeitragspotenzial. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 166, 2015.

Vonarburg, Vittoria Evaluierung von seitlichen Aufwölbungseffekten bei der Spurrillenentwicklung 2024

Giacomelli, Nicola Erschliessungsprojekt «Val d’Anzon»: Variantenstudie für die Verbesserung der Erschliessung im Val d’Anzon in der Gemeinde Mesocco 2023

Schwegler, Dominik Test des Schlagloch-Algorithmus auf unterschiedliche Einflussparameter Untersuchung des Objekterkennungs-Algorithmus bei unterschiedlichen Wettergegebenheiten und Detektionsdistanzen 2023

Rennhard, Viviane Extrahierung von Baumparametern aus LiDAR-Daten Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Forest Structural Complexity Tool und dem R-Package «lidR» 2022

Brodbeck, Niclo Erarbeitung von geometrischen Parametern zur Quantifizierung von forstlichen Strassenzuständen mit echtzeitfähigen LiDAR Systemen: Verfahrenserarbeitung zur Implementierung der LiDAR Messtechnik im forstlichen Wegeunterhalt 2021