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Professor Dennehy
Department of Composite Materials Engineering
Stark Hall 203F (507) 457-5276 kdennehy@winona.edu
CME 390 Composites Manufacturing

Course Calendar

WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY TOPICS LABS
01/08 Course Syllabus
Health and Safety Issues
WSU Lab Safety and Handling of HazMat
Hand Lay-up
 
01/15 Hand Lay-up
01/15 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Wet Lay-up Panel - Fabricate
01/22 Finishing Composites Wet Lay-up Panel - Fabricate/Trim
01/29 Composites Assembly (Bonded Jt)
Environmental Regulations
Wet Lay-up Panel - Cut Test Specimens
Wet Lay-up Panel - Test
02/05 Composites Assembly (Mechanical Jt)
Processes/Equipment Overviews
Introduction to Processes/Equipment
Bonded Joint - Fabricate
02/12
Processes/Equipment Overviews
Mfg of Composite Sandwich Structures
Introduction to Processes/Equipment
Bonded Joint - Fabricate
02/19 Processes/Equipment Overviews Teaching/Learning Processes/Equipment
Bonded Joint - Fabricate/Trim
Sandwich Panel - Fabricate
02/26 Processes/Equipment Overviews
Mid-term Exam (02/28)
Teaching/Learning Processes/Equipment
Sandwich Panel - Fabricate
Bonded Joint - Test
03/04 Spring Break  
03/11 Tooling Sandwich Panel - Fabricate/trim
03/18 Liquid Molding (Infusion, RIM, RTM) Sandwich Panel - Test
Prototype Part - Design
03/25 Spray-up Prototype Part - Plug
Prototype Part - Tooling
04/01 Pultrusion Prototype Part - Tooling
04/08 Compression Molding (SMC, BMC) Prototype Part - Fabrication
04/15 Process Improvement (Lean Concepts) Prototype Part - Fabrication
04/22 Learning Curve Prototype Part - Presentation
Monday, 04/29, 3:30 pm Final Exam