Instructor:
Roger D. Meicenheimer
Office:
358 PSN
Phone #:
529-7012
Office Hours:
By appointment
Email:
MeicenRD@muohio.edu
Internet Home Page: http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~meicenrd
Biographical Information:
Native
of eastern Oregon
BA (1975) - University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
MS (1978) - Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
Ph.D. (1980)
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Postdoctoral
Position (1980) - North Central
Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander,
WI
Assistant Professor
(1981); Associate Professor (1987); Professor (1992) - Miami
University, Oxford, OH
Research Interests:
Developmental
Plant Morphology and Plant Anatomy.
Emphasison stem,
leaf, and vascular components of the plant.
Expert
Systems.
BOT 605 Objectives:
To provide teachers with an intensive and broad experience with respect to knowledge of trees (Dendrology). This experience will include identification, distribution, and utilization of native and introduced trees and their products. Teachers will customize a MUDES CD for incorporation into their own individual curricula as an independent project during the course.
BOT 605 Grade Information:
Final Grade based on [ Midterm Exam + Final Exam + (Laboratory Quiz)/7 + MUDES Project ] / 4
Meeting Times:
Sprint Format
in Summer III Class will meet for the four week period
beginning June 2 and ending July 21
Lectures
MWF 9 -10 AM, MW 1 - 2 PM
306 PSN
Laboratories
MWF 10 -12 AM, MW 2 - 4 PM
Field Studies Primarily on Oxford Campus
Textbooks / Resources:
1. Harlow
W. M.; E. S. Harrar; J. W. Harding; F. M. White. 1996.
Textbook
of Dendrology. McGraw-Hill, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.
2. Miami
University Dendrology Expert System CD
(Students will have access to Sony 505 MicroNoteBook Computers to run this
Software and complete their projects)
3. Numerous
Taxonomic Resources will be placed on reserve in Brill Science Library