Academic Programs
Wood Composite Materials
The Wood Composite Materials option provides the student with knowledge in the manufacture of wood-based materials. This option provides the student with background in statistical methods, adhesion, polymeric materials, theory and practice of manufacture, characterization of both manufactured and raw materials, and final uses of wood-based composites. The following is a sampling of courses that may be included in a plan of study for the materials option:
Selected Courses
- CE 436 Design of Timber Structures. 3 credits.
Engineering Properties of wood products; analysis and design; connection details, durability and moisture effects; lumber, plywood, glulams, poles, adhesives.
- CE 512 Dynamics of Structures. 3 credits.
Behavior of structures under impact, impulse and seismic loads.
- CE 514 Advanced Mechanics of Materials. 3 credits.
Elastic stress-strain relations, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, elastic stability, elastically supported beams, energy methods, thin-plates, shells.
- CE 531 Probability and Statistical Models in Engineering. 3 credits.
Engineering applications of probability and statistics; Monte Carlo simulation; model estimation and testing; probabilistic characterizations of loads and material properties; risk and reliability analyses.
- CE 532 Finite Elements. 3 credits.
Theory of finite elements; applications to general engineering systems considered as assemblages of discrete elements.
- CE 536 Nondestructive Testing of Structural Materials. 3 credits.
Principles of nondestructive testing applied to wood-based materials, steel, concrete, and masonry.
- CE 537 Advanced Topics in Structural Engineering. 3 credits.
Advanced topics in structural engineering, including elastic stability, plates and shells, and other relevant topics.
- CE 539 Advanced Wood Engineering. 3 credits.
Engineering properties of wood materials; theory and design of wood composites, connections and load-sharing systems; performance criteria and durability.
- CE 546 Engineered Wood Composites. 3 credits.
Theory and practice of wood composite materials, manufacture and development.
- ME 534 Mechanics of Composite Materials. 3 credits.
Analysis of micromechanical and macromechanical behavior of composite materials with emphasis on fiber-reinforced composite; prediction of properties; stiffness and strength theories; laminated beams and plates; dynamic behavior; environmental effects.
- MSE 402 Polymeric Materials. 3 credits.
Structural characterization, syntheses, and reactions of polymeric materials; relationships between structure and properties; viscoelasticity, deformation and physical behavior of polymers.
- MSE 547 Basic Principles of Adhesion. 3 credits.
Principles of interfacial bonding applies in the engineering of polymers, wood, and heterophase systems..
- MATH 440 Applied Mathematics I. 3 credits.
Partial differential equations; Fourier series and integrals; Bessel functions; calculus of variations; vector calculus; applications.
- MATH 443 Applied Probability. 3 credits.
Axioms of probability theory; random variables; expectation; generating function; law of large numbers; central limit theorem; Markov chains.
- MATH 573 Reliability Theory. 3 credits.
Statistical concepts; stochastic material strengths and lifetimes; strength vs. safety analysis; reliablility of coherent systems; maintenance models.
- STAT 412 Biometry. 3 credits.
Principles and methods of statistical analysis as applied to biological experimentation.
- STAT 512 Analysis of Variance of Designed Experiments. 3 credits.
Principles of experimental design and analysis and interpretation of data.
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