Research Projects

• a tree-based stormwater management system using engineered soils
• modeling the influence of soils on canopy development
• urban soil rehabilitation
• tree response to fill soils

Education and Outreach Projects

Green Industry Knowledge Center for Water and Nutrient Management (waternut.org) 
National and International Service

• Member, Soils Sub-Committee, Sustainable Sites Initiative (sustainablesites.org)
• Member, International Society of Arboriculture Science and Research Committee
• Chair, Review Panel for the Garden Club of America Zone VI National Urban Forestry Fellowship

Selected Recent Presentations and Proceedings

• Day, S. D., Dove, J. E., Bartens*, J., and Harris J. R. 2008. Stormwater Management that Combines Paved Surfaces and Urban Trees. Geocongress 2008: The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment, New Orleans, Louisiana. (in press)
• Harris, J.R., S.Day, N. Bassuk, Q. Xiao, J. Bartens*, T. Hafner, J. Dove, T. Wynn.  2007.  Integrating the urban forest into stormwater management: A first step into restoring hydrologic function in urbanized environments.  HortScience 42:824. Abstract.
• Bartens, J.*, S. D. Day, and J. R. Harris. Incorporating the urban forest into hardscape: A novel design for stormwater management. In New Forests After Old Industries. Eds.  10th European Forum on Urban Forestry. May 16-19, 2007, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. pp. 25-27. 
• Bartens, J*, S. D. Day, J. R. Harris, and J. E. Dove. Integrating the Urban Forest into Stormwater Management: A First Step in Restoring Hydrologic Function to Urbanized Environments. In Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces II: Linking Land-use Science and Society. Ed. Laband, David N. pp. 217-220. April 9-12, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.sfws.auburn.edu/urbanruralinterfaces/proceedings.pdf
• Day, S. D., J. Bartens, J.R Harris, and J.E. Dove. Quantifying the contribution of root systems in a tree-centered distributed stormwater management system. Second National Low Impact Development Conference. March 12-14, 2007, Wilmington, North Carolina. http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/extension/training/abstracts/proceed.php?num=5&action=detail&abs=60 (proceedings upcoming from American Society of Civil Engineers)
• Bartens, J.*, S.D. Day, and J.R. Harris. Trees and structural soil as a stormwater management system in urban settings: Tree development and contribution. In Urban Forestry: bridging cultures, disciplines, old attitudes & new demands. Eds. Ferrini, F., Salbitano, F. and G. Sanesi. 9th European Forum on Urban Forestry. May 22-27, 2006, Florence, Italy. pp. 104-106.  www.greenlab.uniba.it/events/efuf2006 .
• “Looking Ahead—Urban Forests and Natural Resource Protection,” Keynote Speaker at Trees: the Oldest New Thing in Storm Water Management, Arkansas Urban Forestry Council 15th Annual Conference. Fayetteville, Arkansas. April 19-20, 2006.
• Day, S.D., J. Roger Harris and R.J. Stipes. 2006. Buried Trunks: How Deep Planting Affects Trunk Tissue, Adventitious Rooting, and Tree Growth. In Proceedings of Trees and Planting: Getting the Roots Right (held Nov. 10, 2005.) Ed. G. Watson. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. pp. 45-48. http://www.mortonarb.org/research/roots/

Recent Peer-reviewed Articles

• Harris, J. R. and S. D. Day. 2008.Fertilization during planting and establishment of the urban forest: A group of five studies. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. (in press)
• Day, S. D. and J. R. Harris. 2008.Growth, survival, and root system morphology of deeply planted Corylus colurna seven years after transplanting and the effects of root collar excavation. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. (in press)
• Day, S. D. and J. R. Harris. 2007. Fertilization of red maple and little-leaf linden trees at recommended rates does not aid tree establishment. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 33(2):113-121.

Professional and Honor Societies

• Arboriculture Research and Educational Academy
• Ecological Society of America
• Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
• International Society of Arboriculture
• Society of American Foresters
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Trees Virginia