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
• 20th Feb, 2023
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Materials Science

Periods of our civilization have names associated with materials – stone age, bronze age, iron age and the silicon age. Materials impact all aspects of your daily life and will continue to do so in the future. The more we understand materials, the more w…

• Coursera
• 29 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Hardening, Polymers, Properties

This course will introduce age hardening and how to use a phase diagram to identify an alloy that is eligible for age hardening. The key factors that affect nucleation and crystal growth will be investigated. In addition, an introduction to polymer scien…

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ceramics and Composites

This course will introduce the major types of ceramics and their applications. We will learn about the different methods used for glass strengthening; the factors that determine a ceramic’s crystal structure; the key characteristics of composite material…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Crystal Structures and Properties of Metals

In this course, we will present atomic bonding and its relation to crystal structure and physical properties. A particular focus will be on the different types of cubic structures. There will be an introduction to planes and Miller Indices. We will discu…

• Coursera
• 24 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Shape and Property Control of Metals I & II

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of shaping materials and their impacts on properties and structure. An introduction to the fundamentals of diffusion in a solid follows. We present different types of diffusion mechanisms and their de…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Transmission electron microscopy for materials science

103 ratings at Coursera

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
• 13th Feb, 2023
• 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)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Fundamentals of Materials Science

96 ratings at Coursera

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
• 20th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Nature and Properties of Materials

This course introduces to the basics of metals and metallic alloys, polymers, composites and smart materials which have extensively broadened the scope of engineering design in the fields of Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace and other structural applications.…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 19th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Bombay;  NPTEL

Cathodic Protection Engineering

Course on Introduction to Corrosion Science and Engineering is offered by several academic institutions, including IITs, NITs, colleges affiliated to various universities. But a specialized course on “Cathodic Protection Engineering” is not b…

• Swayam
• 4 weeks long
• 19th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Scanning Electron / Ion / Probe Microscopy In Materials Characterization

This course “Scanning Electron / Ion / Probe Microscopy in Materials Characterization” will provides in- depth understanding on three different microscopy techniques to students as well as engineers, technicians, and researchers (material and…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 19th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Properties of Materials (Nature and Properties of Materials : III)

The course is an introduction to mechanical and electrical properties of materials. The course will introduce notation of mechanical properties, elastic properties of various materials, plastic deformation in metals and mechanisms therein and strengtheni…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 19th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course