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Douglas S. Cairns,
PhD
Doug Cairns is a Professor of
Mechanical Engineering of the Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering Department at MSU. Prior to coming to MSU, he was Manager
of Composites Technology at Hercules Materials Company (Now Hexcel)
where he conducted research on composite materials applied to primary
structure. He has a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Wyoming,
and a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
is a Member of ASME (Composite Materials Subcommittee), AIAA (past
Materials Technical Committee Chairman). He is President of the Montana
Aerospace Development Association (MADA), and President of the Gallatin
Hangar of the Montana Pilots Association. He is a Private Pilot with
multiple ratings and endorsements.
His current professional
interests include the understanding of advanced materials as applied to
primary structure and understanding the materials, manufacturing, and
structural performance link for new engineering systems. Dr. Cairns has
funding from the Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories
– Wind and Water Technology. Prof. Cairns is the Chief Engineer for
Radius Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah and consults for several
industrial and private sector partners.
Resume
Courses:
ME 251
Materials Science Laboratory
ME 458 Aircraft Structures
ME/ChE 463
Composite Materials
Composites in Aircraft
Ilcewicz
FAA Talk
Project Information
Tsai-Wu
Failure Criterion
ME/ChE 464 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
EMEC 368 Introduction to Aerospace
– Fall 2012
The
Aerospace Minor at MSU – Fall 2012
Week 1
Course
Objectives
Course
Overview
Airplane
Design
Learning
Styles
Stall
Video
Week 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter
3
Homework
1
Week 3
Homework
2
Week 4
Chapter
4
Homework
3
Week 5
Aerospace
Cinema
Homework
4
Week 6
De
Havilland Comet
Chapter
4 Equations
Boundary
Layer notes
Chapter 5
Homework
5
Week 7
Boeing
MSU Materials Presentation
Homework
6
Week 8
Chapter 6
Homework
7
Week 9
Study
Guide
Practice
Exam 1a
Practice
Exam 1a Solutions
Correct
Solution to Problem 5
Practice
Exam 1b (Exam and Solutions)
Aerospace
Cinema 2
Week 10
Intro
to Aerospace Week 10
Week 11
Test
1 Statistics
Week 12
Homework
8
Course
Project
SAE
Aero Aircraft Intro
Boeing
Recruiting Talk
Boeing
Jobs
Week 13
Jet
Tour
Week 14
Test
2 Study Guide
Follow-Up
to 11/27 Lecture
Practice
Test
Week 15
Introduction
to Aerospace Project Parameters
Test 2
Solutions
Finals Week
Current
Score Statistics
Longitudinal
Stability
Other Resources
Movie
Websites
A
Ride Through Space
Conformal
Mapping of Airfoils
Richard
Pearse 1
Richard
Pearse 2
Materials and Manufacturing
Design
Allowables
Material
Allowables
Metals
Composites
Introduction
to CADEC
Structural Analysis
External
Loads
Internal
Loads
Documentation
ME 533 Transport Phenomena
ME 550 ME Graduate Seminar
ME 550 Failure of Materials
ME 551 Advanced Composite Materials
Research:
Dr. Cairn’s research has focused on the applications
of advanced materials to primary structures. This research includes
materials development, manufacturing processes, design, analysis, and
testing. In addition, he has developed damage and failure
criteria for advanced composites. He is currently working on
manufacturing and testing new materials for wind turbine blade structures,
and is characterizing new materials for other aerospace, civil, and
marine structural applications. Other areas of interest include
manufacturing process modeling, computational structural mechanics, and
design methodology research. Dr. Cairns works closely with
industry, with an emphasis on transferring research to the production
environment. Research is at the Ph.D. and M.S. levels.
Current and recent research projects include:
·
Wind Turbine Blades (DOE)
·
Manufacturing
·
Materials characterization
·
Damage tolerant design
· Composite
Materials (DOD)
·
Low cost manufacturing
· New
materials for Navy surface ships and aircraft
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