3.00 Credits
Survey of intermediate composite products. Students will acquire and understand core knowledge and have the ability to demonstrate competency in the following areas: filaments, strands, tows, rovings, and yarns; woven and knitted fabrics; non-woven fabrics; thermosetting and thermoplastic prepregs; braided, stitched and 3-dimensional laminates; preforms; hybrids; weaving pattern and physical properties of weaves; random chopped mat and continuous strand mat; SMC and BMC; thermoplastic molding compounds; stitched fabric, and 3-D weave fabric; sandwich structures; core materials; z-direction stiffeners; joints and post-processing operations. Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway.