Materials Science Courses

Materials Science: 10 Things Every Engineer Should Know

5 reviews

We explore “10 things” that range from the menu of materials available to engineers in their profession to the many mechanical and electrical properties of materials important to their use in various engineering fields. We also discuss the principles beh…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications (Spring 2015)

This course reviews the processing and structure of cellular materials as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites, develops models for the mechanical behavior of cellular solids

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 21 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Transmission electron microscopy for materials science

Learn about the fundamentals of transmission electron microscopy in materials sciences: you will be able to understand papers where TEM has been used and have the necessary theoretical basis for taking a practical training on the TEM. This course provid…

• Coursera
• 46 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 1: Linear Elastic Behavior

3 reviews

Explore materials from the atomic to the continuum level, and apply your learning to mechanics and engineering problems.

• edX
• 11-13 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 2: Stress Transformations, Beams, Columns, and Cellular Solids

2 reviews

Explore materials from the atomic to the continuum level, and apply your learning to mechanics and engineering problems.

• edX
• 11-13 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

SJTU

Fundamentals of Materials Science

Materials are the physical foundations for the development of science and technology. The human civilizations are historically designated by the evolution of materials, such as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Nowadays, materials science a…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 16 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cellular Solids Part 1: Structures, Properties and Engineering Applications

Learn how to model the mechanical properties of honeycombs and foams and to apply the models to material selection in engineering design.

• edX
• 11-13 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microstructural Evolution of Materials Part 2: Defects and Diffusion

Discover the principles of point defect evolution that explain materials science phenomena.

• edX
• 8-10 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microstructural Evolution of Materials Part 3: Surfaces & Surface-Driven Reactions

Discover the principles of Surfaces & Surface-Driven Reactions that explain materials science phenomena.

• edX
• 8-12 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

From Chemistry to Living Materials: Matter & Sound

MIT professor and materials scientist Markus Buehler discusses how scientists can design new proteins that can revolutionize materials engineering through manipulating vibrations that have been changed from matter into sound and from sound back into matt…

• World Science U
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Delhi

Materials Science

This course covers lessons in internal energy enthalpy, crystal geometry and structure, non-crystalline solids, phase diagrams and transformation, plastic deformation, conductors, resistors, superconductors and semiconductors.

• YouTube
• 33 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Phase Diagrams in Materials Science and Engineering

The course is intended to make the students and research familiarize with binary and ternary phase diagrams and microstructure of different materials. It is to be noted that microstructure plays a vital role in deciding the properties of the materials. T…

• YouTube
• 25 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

The course covers the basic aspects of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Topics covered in this course include Spectacular failures that triggered the birth of fracture mechanics, Modes of loading, Classification as LEFM and EPFM, Crack growth and fracture…

• YouTube
• 35 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Introduction to Biomaterials

This course provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts of biomaterials science. Topics covered in this course include Introduction to basic concepts of Biomaterials Science; Salient properties of important material classes; Property requiremen…

• YouTube
• 33 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Guwahati

Introduction to crystal elasticity and crystal plasticity

The aim of this course is to bridge the gap between continuum mechanics and material science where the behavior is described at different length scales. The course emphasizes on basic understanding of the related topics by mathematical and physical probl…

• YouTube
• 21 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course