Dr. Don Bender, P.E.
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Weyerhaeuser Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Phone: (509) 335-2829 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., 1984 - Purdue University
- M.S., 1980 - Virginia Tech. University
- B.S., 1979 - Virginia Tech. University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering; and Director, Composite Materials & Engineering Center Washington State University, Pullman, WA 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
- Weyerhaeuser Distinguished Professor, WSU, 1997 - present
- Leon Luck Faculty Award. 2007. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, 2002
- Six national-level journal article awards from SWST, FPS and ASABE
- Two national-level award from post-frame building industry
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
- Design and construction of timber structures
- Engineering properties of wood-based materials
- Hygrothermal properties of building envelopes
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. 2009. Monotonic and reverse-cyclic loading of lag screw connections for log shear wall construction. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (accepted).
- Ross, L.A., D.A. Bender and D.M. Carradine. 2009. Performance of post-frame shear walls with wood-plastic composite skirtboards subjected to monotonic racking loads. Transactions of the ASABE 52(2):583-589.
- Schildmeyer, A.J., M.P. Wolcott and D.A. Bender. 2009. . ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (accepted).
- Woeste, F.E. and D.A. Bender. 2009. Design responsibilities for metal-plate-connected wood truss building construction. Structure magazine (in print).
- 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.
- Schwab, S.C., D.A. Bender, D.M. Carradine and F.E. Woeste. 2007. Tensile strength of oriented strand board as affected by specimen width. Forest Products Journal. 57(6):39-45.
- Carradine, D.M., D.A. Bender, J.R. Loferski and F.E. Woeste. 2006. Residential deck ledger connection testing and design. Wood Design Focus – A Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering. 16(2):9-12.
- 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.
- Tichy, R. and D.A. Bender. 2006. Wood/natural fiber-plastic composite decking products. Wood Design Focus – A Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering. 16(2):19-21.
- 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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