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
• 28th Nov, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Material Behavior

1157 ratings at Coursera

Have you ever wondered why ceramics are hard and brittle while metals tend to be ductile? Why some materials conduct heat or electricity while others are insulators? Why adding just a small amount of carbon to iron results in an alloy that is so much s…

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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

Materials Data Sciences and Informatics

306 ratings at Coursera

This course aims to provide a succinct overview of the emerging discipline of Materials Informatics at the intersection of materials science, computational science, and information science. Attention is drawn to specific opportunities afforded by this ne…

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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
• 32 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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
• 26 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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
• 22 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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
• 26 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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
• 22 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 5th Dec, 2022
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Advanced Functional Ceramics

123 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
• 12th Dec, 2022
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Fundamentals of Materials Science

83 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
• 28th Nov, 2022
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)