Material Science/Polymer Science

Syllabi, schedules, course notes

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Materials Science and Engineering Courses
• Coursera: Materials and Polymers
• OpenLearn: Introduction to polymers

Textbooks

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): more than 50 short screencasts on materials science and polymers
• Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (Texas A&M University): 40 screencasts

Interactive Simulations

• LearnChemE: Materials Science Interactive Simulations: Thirteen Mathematica-based interactive simulations that can be run with a free CDF player plug-in

Modules

• University of Cambridge: Teaching/Learning Packages, demonstrations, and videos
• MatEdU Modules
• Materials Science and Technology Teacher’s Workshop Modules
• Materials World Modules
• Organic Photovoltaics (modeling)
• Crosslinked polymer networks for biomaterials applications (modeling)

Other Useful Resources

• Multimedia Resources for Learning and Online Teaching: Materials Science
• Teaching Materials Engineering
• The Macrogalleria: Cyberwonderland of Polymer Fun
• CORE-Materials: Interactive resources, videos, presentations, etc. for Materials Science & Engineering
• Selected Relevant Research Articles:
  • Simulation Approach to Learning Polymer Science
  • Hybrid Course Design: A Different Type of Polymer Blend
  • Modeling Stress Relaxation of Crosslinked Polymer Networks for Biomaterials Applications: A Distance Learning Module