Dr. Don Bender, P.E.
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Weyerhaeuser Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engr. Phone: (509) 335-2829 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, 1984 - Purdue University
- M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1980 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1979 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering; and Director, Wood Materials Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, 1997-present
- Director, Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, 1997-present
- Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1994-97
- Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1989-94
- Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1984-89
- Interim Department Head, Texas A&M University, 1993-94
- Visiting Scientist, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, 1991-92
AWARDS
- Leon Luck Faculty Award. 2007. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University
- Weyerhaeuser Distinguished Professor, WSU, 1997 - present
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, 2002
- Bernon Perkins Award, National Frame Builders Association, 1997
- Rural Builder Hall of Fame, 1995
- Five National-level Journal Article Awards from SWST, FPS and ASAE
- Award for Excellence in Team Research, 1989, Texas A&M University
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
- Design of timber structures
- Engineering properties of wood-based materials
- Timber connections
- Deck safety
TEACHING
- Design of Timber Structures
- Advanced Wood Engineering
- Probability and Statistical Models in Engineering
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Graham, D.A., D.M. Carradine, D.A. Bender and J.D. Dolan. 2008." Monotonic and reverse-cyclic loading of lag screw connections for log shear wall construction" ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (accepted).
- Schwab, S.C., D.A. Bender, D.M. Carradine and F.E. Woeste. 2007. "Tensile strength of oriented strandboard as affected by specimen width" Forest Products Journal 57(6):39-45.
- Carradine, D.M., D.A. Bender, F.E. Woeste and J.R. Loferski. 2007. "Development of design capacities for residential deck ledger connections" Forest Products Journal 57(3):29-33.
- Bender, D.A., M.P. Wolcott and J.D. Dolan. 2006. "Structural design and applications with wood-plastic composites" Wood Design Focus – A Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering 16(3):13-15.
- Parsons, W.R. and D.A. Bender. 2004. "Energy-based design of dowel connections in wood-plastic composites hollow sections" ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 130(4):681-689.
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