This course was very useful to remind me the basic concepts of Material Properties and there usage on in modern engineering applications. I learnt the real meaning of the concept “structure leads to properties". All this knowledge acquired will be applicable in my day to day job duties in the automobilistic sector, giving me more base during a technical discussion. I recommend this course for any Product Design Engineer.

This course covers basic topics in materials science. If you want to gain a simple overview of the field of materials science, then you should take this course. If, however, you wish to learn topics in-depth I would not suggest that you start here. Moreover, Dr. Shackelford is a distinguished professor and it was a pleasure learning from him. He formated the course beautifully in a non-traditional manner.

The Course was very well taught and was not a burden on my schedule since I could take an hour or two out of my day and complete the weeks work.

Very much low details and the course instructor has very slow pace when he is teaching on the board that (aaaa,aaaa) is very irritating....

My Professor, Mr. James Shackelford a Distinguished Professor Emeritus is so easy to elaborate facts and things, he makes understand concepts like explaining to small kids and so it gives a feel of the Gurukul Prampara.

The course is really excellent. it bridges the gap between the facts we left at our textbooks while graduating and our today's state of knowledge, achieved by professional competency.

I shall be thankful to team coursera, UCDavis for such a brilliant course and specially for the faculty.

Prof. Schakelford,

My name is Isabella and I have a degree in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (Ufscar) in Brazil. I really enjoyed reviewing these brief concepts that every industry engineer should be aware of. I currently work at CBMM producing niobium alloys. I would be immensely happy if you answered me to discuss a master's or doctorate in this area. Thank you a lot for the opportunity.

Isabella Sousa de Sateles

isabella.sateles@cbmm.com

A wonderful course that helped me refresh useful concepts in material science that I've learned a long time ago. It also helped me clarify some fundamentals which I did not have a good understanding before. The course also relatively short and the assignments are easy to finish. I'd definitely recommend the course to anyone interested in understanding some of the most used jargon in mechanical engineering.

The topics were explained very well in general, and the summary videos reinforced the topics. I think it is a course that every engineer candidate should take. Since I studied especially in the material science department, there was a lot of useful information for me and it made me remember the subjects I learned before. Thank you to everyone who prepared this course.

My major is in Chemistry but I work in thermoelectrics in my masters. So, I wanted to broaden my knowledge in material science. I got the basics from these well-curated lectures and I will add more to this knowledge with my further enthusiasm. Thank you for this opportunity for improving myself and appreciate all the effort that you put into making those lectures.

All tha video contents are straight , crisp and very easy and self explanatory. All videos duration was minimal so that any particiapant do not feel bored during any point of time. Very nice revision of material science subject and all the practical examples provided gives a clear cut picture of all the terms used in material science.

Nice work coursera

This course is a complete package for those who are commoner to materials science and engineering. In this course, we could know the main topic of materials science and engineering. This course include several brief definitions and descriptions about cores of the materials scientific field. Great reminder for those who are actually into the field.

Provides an in-depth yet practical look at Materials Science from an engineering perspective. I am a chemical engineer by training and this course filled in a lot of the blanks by discussing material types, properties, and behavior. This is a great intermediate level course for any engineer interested in learning more about Materials Science.

got a great knowledge about various materials used in engineering and also phase of elasticity to plasticity tansformation . it was very interesting to learn about phase diagram, iron carbon diagram and ttt diagrams . thankyou sir for giving me great knowledge about materials and hence my knowlede got increased after completing this course

Excellent overview of Materials Science to advanced learners, emphasis on structure-property correlation as the heart of MSE, would benefit from more illustrations using SEM micrographs of steel microstructures, beginner-level learners may benefit from further reading for any questions and unfamiliar terms (or engage in course discussions)

I studied this particular course way back in my college years since I am a Mechanical Engineering student here in the Philippines but I found this way of teaching more informative and conducive for learning even with just a short span of time. Thank you Dr. Shackelford. Thank you, Coursera.

- Real Prado, Mechanical Engineer.

Excellent intro to Materials Science. The course covers the fundamental concepts such as yield stress, tensile strength, ductility and toughness without getting too involved in complex formulas. I have a background in mechanical engineering and found this course to be a good review of materials course I took in University.

This course is beneficial for beginners, and it inspires the student to explore further the details of the related topics. When I joined the path, I had only basic ideas about bonding only. Now I understand the basics of deformation of metals and particularly the applications of the Arrhenius equation in material science.

I regret and feel very much i why i did not take this course long before. Fantastic and lucid explanation of related concepts. This course had delivered the entire material science in a nutshell. Thanks to Prof. James and other behind the scene engineers who made this course possible.

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Sivaraman Visvanathan

Thank you sir for teaching in such a different and unique way. The way you teach is indeed very unique and it always kept me attentive during your lecture. Now i have understand all those concepts in a more better way and i am certain that this will help me in my future carrier as a material engineer. Thank you Sir

It was really awesome experience with University of California, Davis. I Would like to thanks professor Dr James F Shackleford, who are really properly explain each and every topic of this course very understandable way.

I would like to thanks coursera to give me opportunity and accept my Financial Aid.

It was a good knowledge enriching experience .I recommend for every material science personnel. Course is well designed with videos on examples and practical demonstrations. A big thanks for Prof.James.Shackelford .Sir my sincere gratitude for your efforts for bringing out good knowledge rich course.

As a B.Sc. student of Metallurgy and Material Science, I did have a great experience by enrolling for this course because the information was so perfect and without any lack. I honestly can offer other threads students to apply for this course, and you will get all you need about Material Science.

The course was very good, each topic led seamlessly into the next. The explanations were excellent. If there was any flaw, it was that it was too short. However, the course was everything that was advertised and I truly believe that I refreshed a lot of concepts while learning some new ones.

Very interesting choice of topics. An interesting mix of new material and things I had learned differently in various other disciplines (physics, chemistry, geology). Good course but not recommended if you haven't done high school and university chemistry unless you are very brave!

This course is of real importance to understand all the baics of material science and how properties changes with respect to temperature and time.

This course helped me a lot knowing even the most smallet details of materials.

Thank you Proffesor James for your brilliant course.