Materials Science Courses

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 Mar, 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 Mar, 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 Mar, 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 Mar, 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 Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Transmission electron microscopy for materials science

104 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 Mar, 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)

Advanced Functional Ceramics

129 ratings at Coursera

To realize next-generation devices, novel ceramic materials with ultimate physical and chemical properties are required. For this purpose, a few intrinsic and extrinsic approaches for the development of new functional ceramics are proceeding. This course…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Mar, 2023
• 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)

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: Surfaces and 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)

Microstructural Evolution in Materials: Phase Transformations

Learn how the kinetics of phase transformations influence the microstructure of materials

• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course