Course Name: Physics of Materials

Course abstract

Materials display properties. What is the physics behind these properties? Starting from an electronic or atomic level, how can we arrive at the properties of the materials? These are the questions this course will attempt to answer. Focus will be on electronic properties, but other properties will also be looked at.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Prathap Haridoss

Prof. Prathap Haridoss has been a faculty in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, since 2001. He has a B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras, and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Before joining IIT Madras as faculty, he worked as a Senior Scientist at Plug Power a Fuel cell company in Latham New York. He has published papers in the areas of Carbon nanomaterials, Fuel Cells, Lithium ion batteries, semiconducting nanomaterials, and recycling of electronic waste. He also has three US patents in the area of PEM Fuel cells.f PEM Fuel cells.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

VANI R

IIT Madras

 Course Duration : Jul-Nov 2015
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 Enrollment : 18-May-2015 to 12-Jul-2015
 Exam registration : 01-Sep-2015 to 15-Oct-2015
 Exam Date : 01-Nov-2015

Enrolled

669

Registered

53

Certificate Eligible

48

Certified Category Count

Gold

5

Silver

0

Elite

29

Successfully completed

12

Participation

2

Success

Elite

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite+Gold
60-89 - Elite
35-59 - Successfully Completed
<=34 - Certificate of Participation

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 7 out of 13 assignments
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 50% of Exam Score + 50% of Assignment Score.
Physics of Materials - Toppers list

DR RAM CHHAVI SHARMA 99%

DCE GURGAON

RASMITA MOHAPATRA 98%

F M UNIVERSITY BALESWAR ODISHA

VISHAL VENKATESH 95%

NIT TRICHY

PAVITHRA G 92%

JNANODAYA P U COLLEGE

ANKUR BHATTACHARJEE 91%

NIT DURGAPUR

AYAN KUMAR CHATTERJEE 89%

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P ABHISHEK JAIN 89%

MNM JAIN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

YASHWANT SINGH YADAV 89%

DRONACHARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ANKIT BHATTACHARJEE 87%

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

KATE SACHIN RAMESH 86%

NOWROSJEE WADIA COLLEGEARTS SCIENCE

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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.