WVU - Wood Science: Beyond Building
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Wood Science: Beyond Building at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Wood Science: Beyond Building at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 11 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Wood Science: Beyond Building at Coursera Course details
- The central question of this course: ?why study wood?? If ?why study wood? is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products stay the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, shipping pallets & crates and other containers & packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical feed stocks, etc), but the list also keeps changing to meet new needs and challenges as the resource changes.
- In short, wood is a far more diverse, green, and renewable resource than you might have imagined. Join us to learn about the important role of wood in human history, civilization, and our future.
- By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- - describe wood as a raw material and its critical importance to the world economy, and the lives of the people that make that economy work.
- - identify the projected trend for wood consumption to continue to grow in the coming years, despite the image of wood as a "low tech" material.
- - identify the ways in which wood's properties can lead to its efficient and sustainable use.
- -identify wood's positive role in boosting the world economy and ability to lead to unexpected vocations.
Wood Science: Beyond Building at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome and Global Use
Welcome! Why Study Wood?
Book Recommendations
Organization Recommendations
Forest Cover and Harvests: Part A
Forest Cover and Harvests: Part B
Comparing Fuel Values
Managing Forests
Harvesting Wood
About Names
Commercial Species
Hardwoods vs Softwoods
Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods
Module 1 Quiz
Basic Wood Science
Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part A
Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part B
Wood Structure & Moisture Content: Part C
Wood Challenges and Solutions
Solving the Riddle
Stress Tests
Anisotropic Nature of Wood
Wood Decay and Preservation: Part A
Wood Decay and Preservation: Part B
Wood Decay and Preservation: Part C
Moisture and Normal Wood Behavior
Moisture Relations & Physical Properties of Wood
Drying & Control of Moisture Content & Dimensional Changes
Wood Qualities
Stress in Wood
Estimating Dimensional Changes
A Rotten Shame. 1985 Phipps Conservatory Wood Repairs Need Redoing
Module 2 Quiz
Wood Products
Andrew White: Guitar, Part A
Andrew White: Guitar, Part B
Andrew White: Guitar, Part C
Solid Wood Flooring
Engineered Wood Flooring: Part A
Engineered Wood Flooring: Part B
Modern/Engineered Wood Products: Part A
Modern/Engineered Wood Products: Part B
Making Engineered Wood Products
Wood Products: Introducing Andrew White
CITES: The Lacey Act
Engineered Wood Composites
Historic Glued-Laminated Arches Evaluated for Structural Quality
Module 3 Quiz
Wood and the Environment
Climate Science: Part A
Climate Science: Part B
Life Cycle Analysis
Life Cycle Analysis of Railroad Ties
Invasive Species: Part A
Invasive Species: Part B
Land Use
Impact of Supply and Demand
Sustainable Management
Bonus: Outtakes
Understanding the Carbon Cycle; Readings from NASA.
reThink Wood: Life Cycle Assessment
CORRIM Fact Sheet: The Role of Forests, Management, and Forest Products on Carbon Mitigation
Tree-of-Heaven: Ailanthus altissima
Demand and Sustainability
Forests and Population Growth
Bonus: Outtakes
Module 4 Quiz
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