Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering; and Director, Composite Materials & Engineering Center Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1997-present
Interim Dean, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2016-2017
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
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
Research Interests
Engineering analysis and design of timber structures
Laboratory testing and analysis of engineered wood components
Deck safety and balcony
Post-frame construction
Nondestructive evaluation of wood materials
Wood durability
Building envelopes
Teaching
Design of Timber Structures
Advanced Wood Engineering
Probability and Statistical Models in Engineering
Selected Publications
Broers, M.A. and D.A. Bender. 2021. Span rating of solid-sawn deck boards. Forest Products Journal 71(2):171-176.
Broers, M.A., D.A. Bender, F.E. Woeste and A.R. Phillips. 2020. Residential floor failure from dynamic occupant loading. ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 35(4):04021017-1-9.
Dolan, J.D., A. Wilson, K. Brandt, D.A. Bender and M.P. Wolcott. 2019. Structural design process for estimating cross-laminated timber use factors for buildings. Bioresources 14(3):7247-7265.
Mai, K.D, D.A. Bender and J.D. Dolan. 2016. Development of seismic design coefficients for steel-clad wood-framed shear walls. Frame Building News 28(3):18-21.
Parsons, B.J., D.A. Bender, J.D. Dolan and F.E. Woeste. 2014. Deck and porch floor lateral loading by occupants. ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 19(3), 04014012.
Bender, D.A. and F.E. Woeste. 2011. Creep deflection in design of metal plate connected wood trusses. ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 16(1):10-14.
Kimble, R.E. and D.A. Bender. 2010. Stability of built-up timber beams and columns – accounting or modulus of elasticity variability. ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 15(4):272-277.
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.
Lebow, S., J. Winandy and D.A Bender. 2004. Treated wood in transition: a look at CCA and the candidates to replace it. Wood Design Focus 14(2):3-8.
Skaggs, T.D. and D.A. Bender. 1995. Shear deflection of composite wood beams. Wood and Fiber Science 27(3):327-338.
Hernandez, R., D.A. Bender, B.A. Richburg and K.S. Kline. 1992. Probabilistic modeling of glued‑laminated timber beams. Wood and Fiber Science 24(3):294-306.
Bender, D.A., F.E. Woeste, E.L. Schaffer, and C.M. Marx. 1985. Reliability formulation for strength and fire endurance of glued‑laminated beams. USDA Forest Service Research Paper FPL 460, U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI. 43 p.
