I would like to learn as much as humanly possible as I can about all things comosite. I found a few schools that give a cert after 6 months. Is this a good idea? Have any of you done it?
Thanks guys!
Also if anyone wants to let me be their intern. That would be good too!
get your google out and search universities that have a composites program
i.e.
http://catalog.winona.edu/preview_entity.php?catoid=7&ent_oid=1679&returnto=747
remember: Be careful of what you wish for
Well, I’m just throwing this out there, but you live in Florida, a pretty major boat place. You could likely intern, or entry-level employee type situation at a fiberglass boat construction, or repair place and learn a good bit of the basics. Then, after 12-18 months, reassess and look into advanced composites education once you have stuffed your brain with the basics, or run in the other direction because you realize how messy it can be(and itchy).
I went to school at a community college here in california, Cerritos Community College. Cerritos has a plastics department and offers AS degrees in composite manufacturing and a few others.
There are also universities like Washington State, BYU, and one other on the east coast that have specifically composites engineering programs.
Of course going through school to be an engineer is a bit of an undertaking and requires you jump through all the hoops.