[Cob] Fwd: Cob Thesis Defense Announcement

[Ocean Liff-Anderson]

Would be nice if some local cob experts showed up to cheer this guy on!

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> From: pullenq at onid.orst.edu
> Date: May 19, 2009 2:43:28 PM PDT
> To: canbuild at deatech.com
> Subject: [CANBuild] Cob Thesis Defense Announcement
>
> To cob enthusiasts,
>
> I am a civil engineering student at OSU and have been conducting cob
> research over the course of the last year. You may have heard about my
> work through the grapevine, or remember my initial request for samples
> sometime last summer. Well, I'm finally done and would like to invite
> anyone who is interested to attend my thesis defense (details below).
> To give you a quick overview, I collected six cob samples from local
> builders and put them through a series of material tests. From the
> results, I was able to find average values for all the major
> engineering parameters, how much variation existed between builders,
> and some preliminary correlations between different properties. It is
> not an exhaustive study of cob, but may help towards the development
> of a cob building code someday.
>
> What: "Strength and composition of Willamette Valley cob: an earthen
> building material"
> When: Tuesday, May 26th, 2-3 pm
> Where: Room 205, Kearney Hall (what used to be Apperson Hall), OSU,  
> Corvallis
>
> Quinn Pullen
>
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