Does anyone have any experience with any schools or classes that focus on timberframe design and engineering? I see that there are a few in Canada that offer this as a part of their 4 week long courses. But they are a long way from Kansas. Any ideas?

Rocky Mountain Workshops near Ft. Collins, Colorado offers a couple workshops which might fit the bill. They're dependent on enrollment, of course, so get the word out early.

http://www.rockymountainworkshops.com/rmengineeringdesign.html

Forget not the courses offered by the guild at Heartwood School

Steve Chappell holds a great school. 1 week or 2 weeks. His shop is in Maine, but if you go to his website you'll see he does workshops all over. Fox Maple Press. Just google that.

I took his work shop and built my own 32 x 40 cape. I loved every minute of it. The frame came out perfect.

College of the Rockies offers several courses

http://www.cotr.bc.ca/timber%2Dframing/