Topic

Week

Introduction

1

Fiber Reinforcements

2

Glass Fibers

2

Carbon / Organic Fibers

2

Ceramic Fibers

2

Thermoset Matrices

3

Thermoplastic Matrices

3

Surface Treatments

4

Fiber Forms

5

Cutting

5

Manufacturing Fundamentals

5

Layup

6

Vacuum Bagging / Autoclave

6

Compression Molding

8

Cost Modeling- SMC

8

Liquid Resin Molding

9

Tooling

9

Pultrusion

11

Filament Winding

11

Injection Molding

12

Combining Fibers and Thermoplastics

12

Thermoplastic Processing Techniques

12

Automated Tape Lamination

13

Quality Inspection and Testing

14

Recycling

17

Natural Fiber Composites

17