Materials Science OpenCourseWare: A Free Undergraduate Materials Science Class by MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers this OpenCourseWare titled 'Fundamentals of Materials Science', which comes from the actual MIT course of the same name. The undergraduate course is designed as an introduction to the field of materials science for Materials Science and Engineering students.
Fundamentals of Materials Science: Course Specifics
| Degree Level | Free | Audio | Video | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Lectures/Notes | Study Materials | Tests/Quizzes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fundamentals of Materials Science: Course Description
This course provides a holistic understanding of the 'Fundamentals of Materials Science', which includes thermodynamics and the bonding and structure of atoms and molecules. Specific topics include polymers, x-ray diffraction, batteries, binary phase diagrams, bonding in molecules, thermodynamic laws, chemical potentials, basic quantum mechanics principles, the Flory-Huggins theory and Schrödinger's Equation among other topics. The course is designed for Materials Science and Engineering students. A background in calculus, particularly differential equations, is necessary. The actual undergraduate MIT course is taught by Professors Darrell Irvine and Nicola Marzari in lecture and recitation-style formats.
This OpenCourseWare contains a course orientation, lecture notes, practice problems and solutions, assignments and solutions, quizzes and solutions, links to relevant websites, the thermodynamics syllabus and the MIT Materials Science degree curriculum. If you're interested in taking this free course, visit the science of materials course page.
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