Course Name: Material Characterization

Course abstract

It is the first course at the under graduate level on microstructural characterization of materials. This course will cover the basic principles and techniques of X-ray diffraction, optical, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy along with demonstrations of the instrument details and imaging experiments through videos. This course also deals with the sample preparation techniques for the microstructural analysis with practical examples through videos.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Sankaran.S

Dr. S. Sankaran is presently an Associate Professor in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras. His research interests are deformation processing of materials, mechanical behavior of materials and electron microscopy. He is also presently the faculty in-charge of central electron microscopy of IIT Madras.


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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

1899

Registered

110

Certificate Eligible

18

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

3

Elite

8

Successfully completed

6

Participation

41

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:
We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Material Characterization - Toppers list

NEELESH KUMAR DUBEY 91%

MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

PANKAJ KUMAR LODHI 79%

HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1899

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 110

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.