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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2421yesWVU Morgantown

The Syllabus

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • About Names
  • Commercial Species
  • Hardwoods vs Softwoods
  • Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Woods
Practice Exercise
  • Module 1 Quiz

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • 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
Practice Exercise
  • Module 2 Quiz

Videos
  • 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
Readings
  • Wood Products: Introducing Andrew White
  • CITES: The Lacey Act
  • Engineered Wood Composites
  • Historic Glued-Laminated Arches Evaluated for Structural Quality
Practice Exercise
  • Module 3 Quiz

Videos
  • Climate Science: PartA
  • 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
Readings
  • 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
Practice Exercise
  • Module 4 Quiz

Articles

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