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FNR 301 Wood Products and Processing (Cassens) |
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Wood Research Laboratory Homepage |
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Sem. 2, Class 3, cr. 3.
Instructor: Daniel Cassens Professor Forest Products Building, Room 101B Phone: 49-43644 Email: dcassens@purdue.edu
Course Description: Wood processing methods for hardwood and softwood sawmilling; veneering; plywood; pallets; lumber drying; reconstituted products including particleboard, medium density fiberboard, and oriented strandboard; wood preservation including lumber, crossties, poles, and piling; secondary products including furniture, cabinets, millwork; and others; wood residues and others as appropriate will be covered. In addition to processing methods, the grading of material, including logs, hardwood and softwood lumber and consideration of applicable standards, and trade press and trade associations will be covered.
Course Objectives: 1. To provide insight into the many products and processes which are used to help convert round timber into consumer and industrial products. To provide you with an adequate background in order to be employable by the wood manufacturing industry.
Required Text: Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineered Material Forest Products Laboratory General Technical Report FPL-GTR113. This book is online at www.fpl.fs.fed.us. or can be purchased with student ID for $39.95 + $6 handling from the Forest Products Society, 2801 Marshall Court, Madison, WI 53705-2295. Phone 608-231-1361. FAX: 608-231-2152 or www.forestprod.org
Wood Products Processing Class Notes for FNR 301. Available from http://webct.cc.purdue.edu. You are expected to review the posted materials in preparation for class.
Plant Visit: Plant Visit: You will be asked to visit a wood manufacturing facility preferably in or near your hometown. You will need to initiate the visit and set up your own appointment. A five to ten page report (PowerPoint) must be presented in class and submitted by April 21, 2004. By March 24, a one page summary of who you have visited and what you have found is due. Details on the content of the report will be provided in class.
Attendance: You are expected to attend every session and be on time. There will be lots of handouts. If you are not present to get yours the first time, don’t ask me for it!
Cheating: Cheating on quizzes and exams will result in dismissal and class failure. Otherwise, working together to learn is encouraged. See: http://www.purdue.edu/odos/administration/Responding%20to%20Academic%20Dishonesty.htm
Quizzes & Exams: Pop quizzes may occur at any time. Major exams include a mid-term and final. The final will cover material presented after the mid-term.
Grade Policy: Students are expected to complete all assignments, quizzes, and exams. No make-ups will be given on quizzes or exams.
One time class attendance (taken at random) 50 points
Quizzes (ten points each with a minimum of 5 And a maximum of 10 given. You will be awarded Points from your five highest scores) 50 points Plants visit and report 100 points Mid Term 75 points Final Exam 75 points Total 350 points
A = 315+ points B = 280-314 C = 245-280 D = 210-245 F = <210
At the discretion of the instructor, final grades for the course may be based on a “curve” rather than upon the above grading scale. If a curve is used, it may improve your final grade (but it will not lower it) from what it would have been if the above grading scale had been strictly followed. |
