| WPS 100 | Introduction to Pulping & Papermaking | 1(0-3-0) F |
| Introduction to the paper industry and the Pulp & Paper Science Curriculum. Overview of pulping and papermaking processes including plant tours and laboratory exercises. Two Saturday field trips to paper mills required. Concepts of professional development including resumes, interviewing, and summer job placement procedures. |
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| WPS 104 | Introduction to Wood Products | 2(2-0-0) F |
| Introduction to College of Natural Resources and University services, including libraries, computer labs, Leadership Development Series. Awareness of size and diversity of wood industry, career potential. Setting career goals, educational and professional development goals. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 201 | Pulping and Papermaking Technology | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Survey of the pulping and papermaking processes. Covers characteristics of wood and different types of fiber, key equipment and process variables for pulping, bleaching and chemical recovery processes, with emphasis on the kraft process. Papermaking variables and equipment, particularly on a Fourdrinier machine, secondary fiber processing, and aspects of printing and coverting discussed. |
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| WPS (FOR) 202 | Wood Anatomy and Properties | 3(2-3-0) F |
| Formation, anatomy and properties of wood. Structural features of softwoods and hardwoods and the relationships among anatomy, physiology, physical and mechanical properties. Variability, naturally occurring defects, and wood deterioration are discussed and related to wood utilization. Techniques on hand lens and microscopic identification of wood. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 203 | Wood Physical Properties | 4(3-3-0) S |
| Physical properties of wood, including specific gravity, dimensional behavior, stress and set, psychrometry, thermal, electrical and moisture relations. Lumber drying. |
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| WPS 205 | Wood Products Practicum | 5(5-0-0) Sum |
| Preq: WPS 202 or 203 |
| Preparation of drawings and bill of materials for a furniture item. Parts are machined, assembled, and finished. Lumber grading, drying, and gluing principles. Four to five days are spent visiting industries to provide an appreciation for products and processes. The student is responsible for room and board; transportation is provided. |
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| WPS 210 | Wood Products Internship | 1(1-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Completion of summer practicum |
| Experience in the forest products or related industries with a departmentally selected employer. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 211 | Pulp and Paper Internship | 1(1-0-0) |
| Preq: Completion of soph. year |
| Experience in the pulp and paper industry. Problem solving in an industrial setting to gain insight of pulp and paper technology. Written report required. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 212 | Paper Properties | 3(2-01.50-3.5) F |
| Preq: WPS 201 |
| Measurement and characterization of the structural, mechanical, and optical properties of paper and board. Effect of raw materials and manufacturing processes on structure and properties. Case studies on troubleshooting product quality variations. |
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info |
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| WPS 240 | Wood Products | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Introduction to forest products industries, including the economic importance, current manufacturing technology, raw material requirements and the future of the industries. |
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| WPS 242 | Wood Fiber Analysis | 2(2-0-0) F,S |
| The macro and micro structure of wood and the relationships of anatomical structures to the physical properties of wood and paper. |
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| WPS 301 | Wood Processing I | 4(3-2-0) F |
| Preq: WPS 202 or WPS 203; WPS 205 |
| The processes of drying, gluing and finishing wood. Insect, fungal, and thermal degradation of wood. Drying procedures, glued wood products, furniture and panel finishing and treatments to prevent biological and thermal degradation. Current industrial equipment and processes. |
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| WPS 302 | Wood Processing II | 4(3-2-0) S |
| Preq: WPS 202 or WPS 203; WPS 205 |
| Theories and techniques of processing raw wood into useable products. Principles of operation of current industrial wood milling equipment including primary and secondary processing. Machining of reconstituted wood products. |
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| WPS 309 | Wood Products Processing: Facilities and Infrastructure | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: WPS 205 |
| Wood Products production methods - simulation, optimization, plant layout. Plant infrastructure - hydraulics, compressed air, electrical, dust extraction. |
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info |
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| WPS 322 | Wet End and Polymer Chemistry | 4(3-3-0) F |
| Preq: WPS 212, CH 221 |
| Prepares students to solve problems related to chemical usage on paper machines. Subjects include water chemistry, paper machine operations, fibers, fillers, alum, sizing agents, polyelectrolytes, colloidal interactions, strength agents, dyes, strategies to optimize retention, dewatering strategies, strategies to achieve more uniform paper, strategies to improve production rates, recycling acqueous coatings, and wet-end chemical process control. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 332 | Wood and Pulping Chemistry | 3(3-0-0) |
| Preq: CH 221, 223; PY 205, PY 208; CH 331 or CH 431 or CHE 315 |
| Introduction to carbohydrate chemistry focusing on the structure and reactivity of wood polysaccharides, hemicelluloses and cellulose and on the chemical structure of lignins and wood extractives. Special emphasis on the chemical reaction of wood components occurring in pulping and bleaching processes. |
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| WPS 344 | Introduction to Quality Control in Wood Products | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: ST 361 |
| Statistical quality control techniques applicable to the manufacture of wood products. Control chart techniques for monitoring defects, defectives and measurements. Acceptance sampling procedures. Examples from the wood products industries will be used. |
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| WPS 350 | Wood Products Literature | 2(2-0-0) S |
| Preq: Completion of WPS 205 |
| Exploration of the wood products literature; use of library services, oral and written reports, with emphasis on independent study. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 355 | Pulp and Paper Unit Processes I | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: CHE 205 with a C or better;Not open to PPT-Chemical Engineering Concentration students |
| Selected topics in chemical engineering as applied in the pulp and paper industry. Emphasis on computational practice. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 360 | Pulp and Paper Unit Processes II | 3(3-0-1) S |
| Preq: WPS 201, WPS 355 or CHE 311 |
| Application of chemical engineering principles to the analysis of pulp and paper unit processes. Emphasis on practical problems in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer and thermodynamics. Problem solution techniques include hand calculationand computer simulation tools. |
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| WPS 371 | Pulping Process Analysis | 3(1-3-0) S |
| Preq: WPS 201 |
| Preparation and evaluation of different types of wood pulp. A new wood raw material is selected each year with the purpose of studying and critically evaluating the principal pulping and bleaching variables. |
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| WPS 415 | Senior Research Projects | 3(1-6-0) F |
| Preq: WPS 371 and Departmental approval required |
| Multi-task problem-solving. Under faculty guidance, student groups will select project, develop experimental design, carry out experiment and analyze results. Major writing and oral presentations required. |
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| WPS 416 | Process Design and Analysis | 3(2-2-0) S |
| Preq: WPS 417 |
| Design, management and analysis of technical projects. Emphasis on concepts and techniques used in economic analysis of projects. Use of computer simulation for process design and cost analyses. Team projects to analyze cost and operating feasibility of proposed major mill modification. Written and oral presentations required throughout the semester. |
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| WPS 417 | Process Design and Analysis Lab | 2(1-2-0) F |
| Preq: WPS 360 |
| Application of modeling and simulation techniques for the analysis of pulp and paper processes. Computer simulation models used to study process variable interactions and process modifications. Oral presentations of case studies and team project assignments required. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS (FOR) 423 | Forest Machinery and Systems | 3(2-3-0) F |
| Preq: Junior standing in FOR, WP or BAE |
| Applications of engineering principles to problems in forest operations: power sources; testing; rating and capabilities of forest machinery; power requirements and utilization efficiencies; effects of vehicle design parameters on stability, safety, and operation under load; traction devices and vehicle mechanics. |
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| WPS 441 | Wood Mechanics | 4(3-3-0) F |
| Preq: MA 231, PY 212, WPS 203 |
| Introduction to orthotropic elasticity. Shear effect on beam deflections. Wood- based composite beams. Shear and bending stress distribution in composite beams. Elastic stability. Influence of density, moisture content, load direction, temperature and load duration on mechanical properties of wood. Creep and mechanosorptive creep. Grading for structural applications. Allowable stresses . Structural fasteners. |
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| WPS 444 | Wood Composites | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: Senior standing in Wood Products |
| Manufacture, properties, and processing of wood-based composites. Commodity products - plywood, particleboard, waferboard, and oriented strandboard - as well as specialty composite products. |
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| WPS 450 | Wood Industry Case Studies | 2(1-0-3) S |
| Preq: Senior standing in WP |
| Presentation of relevant Wood industry problems involving material selection, processing and managerial techniques. Causes of in-use failures of wood products and means of prevention. |
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| WPS 465 | Paper Physics and Product Design | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: Senior standing in PPT |
| Study of fundamental knowledge on the structure and properties of fibers and fibrous products, and the related physical and physiochemical mechanisms. Product design exercises will apply the fundamental understanding to specific end use requirements. |
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| WPS 472 | Paper Process Analysis | 3(2-2-2) S |
| Preq: WPS 216, 310, 371 |
| Product analysis, materials selection, process planning, manufacture of various types of paper using pilot plant equipment, finished product testing and comparison with standard products. Machine unit operations, materials flow balances, energy balances performed on operations. Team assignments with written and oral presentation of results. |
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| WPS 475 | Process Control in Pulp and Paper | 3(2-3-1) F |
| Preq: Senior standing in PPT |
| Coreq: WPS 410 |
| Overview of the various aspects of control including process modeling, design of control loops and stability analysis in pulp and paper. Emphasis on distributed digital control (DDC), including hands-on programming and control loop development on aDDC computer. |
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| WPS 482 | Projects in Wood Products | 2(0-2-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Senior standing in WP |
| Individual library or laboratory research projects selected and conducted with the approval and guidance of faculty. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 | |
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| WPS 491 | Special Topics in Wood and Paper Science | 1-4 F,S,Sum |
| Independent study of management or technology problems selected with faculty approval or the offering of experimental courses. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 510 | Strategic Business Processes for the Forest Products Industry | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Strategic Business Processes is designed to introduce the technically trained student to organizational, management and leadership processes that drive a successful business. The course highlights the differences between principled leadership and "opinion poll" leadership, the need to balance the conflicting wants of major stakeholders in the business, the importance of a unique strategy, the linkage between strategy and day-to-day implementation of the strategy and the ingredients and requirements for a successful career. Real time illustrations are based on the Forest Products industry. |
| Course Offerings: fall | WolfWare Info |
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| WPS 522 | Chemical Principles for the Papermaking Process Engineer | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: One year of chemistry courses. |
| Chemical principles for the Papermaking Process Engineer provides a foundation in aqueous chemistry and the applications of polyelectrolytes. The course is intended for professionals employed in the paper manufacturing industry and related industries, such as chemicals suppliers to paper manufacturers. Topics include the papermaking process, acids and bases, polymers, water-resistance, paper strength, colorants, retention and dewatering aids, deposit control, coatings, recycling, and wastewater treatment. Lectures are by CD or DVD. The course-pack, quizzes, and readings are on the web. For off-campus students. Permission of instructor required. |
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| WPS 527 | Wet-End and Colloidal Chemistry | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| The course objective is to prepare students to solve problems related to chemical usage on paper machines. Subjects include paper machine operations, fibers, fillers, chemistry of additives, colloids, control of paper's interactions with liquids, strength, dyes,strategies to optimize retention, dewatering strategies, strategies to achieve more uniform paper, strategies to improve production rates, and wet-end chemical process control. |
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| WPS (CE) 528 | Structural Design in Wood | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: CE 325 |
| Behavior, strength and design of wood structural members subjected to moment, shear and axial forces. Design of connections and introduction to design of wood structural systems. |
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| WPS (MAE) 534 | Mechatronics Design | 3(2-2-0) S, F |
| Preq: Structured Programming Experience, Senior standing or Graduate standing in WPS/MAE |
| Principles of Mechatronics Design, review of logic gates, microprocessor architecture, sensors and actuators, A/D and D/A conversion techniques, real-time multi-tasking programming concepts, direct digital control implementation. "Hands-on" experience through several laboratory assignments and final team project. |
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| WPS 565 | Paper Physics | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Fibers and bonds, network geometry, sheet structure, formation, thickness and roughness meassurements, pore size distributions, distribution of consistituents and their determination, effects of sheet composition and structure on optical properties. In-plane properties of paper, cyclic loading, failure and fracture mechanics, Page's equation, structural mechanics of paperboard, dimensional stability, rheology and moisture effects, transprort phenomena, absorbency, and swelling. |
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| WPS 577 | Paper Coating and Printing | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Major printing processes and grades of coated paper are presented. Coating base sheet requirements and design of coating formulation are related to end use requirements. Coating additives and rheology are analyzed in terms of coating process requirements. The effect of application and drying systems on transport phenomena of coating into paper will be analyzed. |
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| WPS 591 | Master's Seminar | 1(1-0-0) |
| Preq: Senior standing or Graduate standing |
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| WPS 595 | Special Topics Wood and Paper Science | 1-3 F,S |
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| WPS 601 | Seminar | 1(1-0-0) F, S |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Presentation and discussion of progress reports on research, special problems and outstanding publications. |
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| WPS 620 | Wood and Paper Science Problems | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Senior standing or Graduate standing |
| Assigned or selected problems in the field of wood, paper and pulp science and technology.Credits Arranged |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | WolfWare Info |
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| WPS 625 | Advanced Wood and Paper Science Problems | 1-6 F, S |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Selected problems in the field of wood and paper science.Credits Arranged |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| WPS 685 | Master's Supervised Teaching | 1-3 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 | |
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| WPS 688 | Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration | 1(1-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 689 | Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration | 3(3-0-0) F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 690 | Master's Examination | 1-6 F, S, Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 691 | Methods Of Research In Wood and Paper Science | 1(1-0-0) |
| Preq: Advanced Undergraduate standing or Graduate standing |
| Research procedures, problem outlines, presentation of results; consideration of selected studies by forest research organizations; sample plot techniques.Credits Arranged |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 693 | Master's Supervised Research | 1-9 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 695 | Master Thesis Research | 1-9 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| Thesis research. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 696 | Summer Thesis Research | 1(1-0-0) Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
| Course Offerings: sum1 | |
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| WPS 699 | Master's Thesis Preparation | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Master's student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their theses. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 704 | Timber Physics | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt yrs |
| Preq: WPS 202 |
| Density, specific gravity and moisture content variation affecting physical properties; physics of drying at high and low temperatures; thermal, sound, light and electrical properties of wood. |
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| WPS 713 | Tropical Woods | 2(1-3-0) F, Alt. Yrs. |
| Preq: WPS 202 |
| Structure, identification, properties, characteristics and use of tropical woods, especially those used in plywood and furniture. |
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| WPS 715 | Surface and Colloid Chemistry Of Papermaking | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: CH 331 or CH 431 |
| The fundamental principles of surface and colloid chemistry important in paper making and their application to optimizing wet-end processes. Electrokinetic basis of flocculation, retention and other wet-end phenomena and the science of wet-end additives. |
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| WPS 721 | Chemistry Of Wood Polysaccharides | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yrs. |
| Preq: CH 223 and WPS 332 or BCH 451 |
| Fundamental chemistry and physical chemistry of monosaccharides and polysaccharides with emphasis on hemicellulose and cellulose. Topics including construction and configuration, stereochemistry, solution properties, molecular weight determination and reactivity. |
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| WPS 722 | Chemistry Of Lignin and Extractives | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt. Yrs. |
| The biosynthetic pathways, structure and reactivity of lignin and wood extractives with emphasis on topics important to pulping and conversion to useful by-products. |
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| WPS 725 | Pollution Abatement In Forest Products Industries | 3(3-0-0) |
| Preq: Graduate standing or Advanced Undergraduate standing in science or engineering curricula |
| Pollution sources, in-plant control and treatment of water and air pollution in forest products with concentration on the pulp and paper industry. |
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| WPS 733 | Advanced Wood Anatomy | 3(1-6-0) S, Alt yrs |
| Preq: WPS 202 |
| Fundamental wood anatomy and cell wall ultrastructure. Laboratory techniques for light and electron microscopic studies of wood. |
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| WPS 740 | Wood Composites | 3(3-0-0) S, Alt yrs |
| Preq: WPS 441, Graduate standing or Advanced Undergraduate standing |
| Course designed to acquaint advanced undergraduate and graduate students with rapidly expanding field of wood composites. Presentation of production processes for particle board, plywood, hardboard, fiberboard, and other wood composites. Developmentof elastic theory for the stiffness, strength and buckling resistance of composites. Test procedures for determining mechanical properties and design procedures for glued laminated members, panel products, and built-up members, including I- and box-beams, stressed-skin panels and sandwich panels, outlined. |
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| WPS 750 | Wastewater Treatment In the Paper Industry | 3(1-6-0) |
| Preq: WPS 725 |
| Laboratory practice in pollutant characterization and wastewater treatment processes for the paper industry. |
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| WPS 760 | Advanced Pulp and Paper Process Analysis | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: WPS 215, 216 |
| Design and analysis of pulp and paper mill processes; process control applications in pulping, chemical recovery, bleaching and papermaking; principles of pulp mill chemical and energy recovery; and new alkaline pulping recovery technology. |
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| WPS 791 | Doctoral Seminar | 1(1-0-0) |
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| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 795 | Advanced Special Topics | 1-3 |
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| WPS 801 | Seminar | 1(1-0-0) F, S, Sum |
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| WPS 820 | Special Problems | 1-3 F,S |
| Preq: Senior standing or Graduate standing |
| Assigned or selected problems in the field of wood, paper and pulp science and technology. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 825 | Advanced Wood and Paper Science Problems | 1-9 |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Selected problems in the field of wood and paper science. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 885 | Doctoral Supervised Teaching | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| WPS 890 | Doctoral Preliminary Examination | 1-9 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 | |
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| WPS 891 | Methods Of Research In Wood and Paper Science | 1-3 |
| Preq: Graduate standing or Advanced Undergraduate standing |
| Research procedures, problem outlines, presentation of results; consideration of selected studies by forest research organizations; sample plot techniques.Credits Arranged |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 893 | Doctoral Supervised Research | 1-9 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
| Course Offerings: fall sprg | |
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| WPS 895 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1-9 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| Dissertation research. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |
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| WPS 896 | Summer Dissertation Research | 1(1-0-0) Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| WPS 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Preparation | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Doctoral student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour, full-time enrollment, preliminary examination, and residency requirements for the doctoral degree, and are writing and defending their dissertations. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |