Essentials of Composites Manufacturing

What you will gain:

Upon completion of this course, you will walk away with the following skills:

• Describe basic material and process (M&P) parameters for prepregs and effects on resulting structures
• Identify and discuss major M&P issues, including material properties, material placement, manufacturing defects and their influence on mechanical properties, quality control strategies, cost reduction, and post-processing steps (e.g. inspection, machining, joining, and repair)
• Provide a high-level overview of major fabrication methods for aerospace composite
• Describe basic material and process (M&P) parameters for liquid molding processes (RTM and vacuum infusion) and effects on resulting structures
• Discuss major M&P issues, including preform preparation, molding, manufacturing defects and quality control strategies.

Location:

On-Campus: Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area.

Overview of on-campus option:

• The ability to interact with faculty and peers in person.
• Access to hard copy course materials.
• Parking, refreshments and lunch are provided for on-campus participants – unless otherwise specified.

Course Instructors

Dr. Steve Nutt is the M.C. Gill Professor and the founding Director of the M.C. Gill Composites Center, where he supervises a group devoted to research in composites processing and manufacturing.  He joined the USC faculty in 1994, and was previously Associate Professor at Brown University.  He earned his PhD in Materials Science at the University of Virginia in 1982.

Dr. Lessa Kay Grunenfelder is on the faculty of the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, with an appointment in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in materials science and performs research on out-of- autoclave processing of composites.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CEUs: 1.6

Course participants will complete a multiple-choice quiz as a knowledge assessment, available online at the end of the course. When the course and quiz have been successfully completed, participants will receive USC Continuing Education Units.

Program Cost & Registration Options:

On-Campus Participants: $6,250

Reduced Pricing:

Trojan Family: $5,625
USC alumni, current students, faculty, and staff receive 10% reduced pricing on registration.

Edcor Client: $5,625
Eligible Edcor participants receive 10% off registration for open enrollment executive education programs (please use company email address when registering to receive pricing).

Boeing: $5,000
Boeing employees receive 20% off registration fees (please use Boeing email address when registering).

Course Registration:

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