Rerun of the course in Jan-April 2018

Dear Student,


This course, Physics of Materials, is going to be rerun January - April 2018. It is now open for enrollment. If you are aware of anyone who may find this course useful, I request you to pass on this information to them.


They can join the course by visiting

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_mm01/preview

-NPTEL Admin


Feedback for Physics of Materials

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/1IXYSFw-hQqMYXZWo124Vbta_tRb8ZkTQpMPFGIErmMY/edit

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Hall ticket for Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.


Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the Oct 16/Oct 23rd NPTEL Online certification exam

We have sent the hall tickets to your registered email id and also sms regarding the same is also sent out from our exam partner.

You can also download it from the below link:

https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/50508/login.html

 
Please login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the Oct 16/Oct 23rd exams, from the link.  

Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on Oct 16/Oct23rd 2016
.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note:- If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on Oct 16th and another on Oct 23rd, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.

 
NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam(s).

For any other queries: please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in.


Assignment key (1-5)

Dear all,
The answer key for assignment 1-5 is available in the following link.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3pNdV9D9bl5Rk82WVJPSERyUDg

Course TA


Physics of Materiala

Dear student,
8th week materials and assignment are available now.


Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2016 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from now - 31st AUGUST 2016 (Wednesday) until 19th SEPTEMBER 2016 10.00 AM (Monday).

The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course that started on July 18th or September 05th, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 16th October 2016 / 23 October 2016 (You can choose either date according to your convenience for writing the exam)
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/resources/List%20of%20examcities_October%202016.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct certificate)

Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or cash/spoc (if the college has agreed to collect the money and pay it to NPTEL)
Type of exam: Offline (paper and pen exam - answers will have to be written on answer sheets that will be graded by the faculty)

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively from 7th October 2016. We will confirm the same through an announcement.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It’s not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-

If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college:
a) If your SPOC has given us your photo & signature then your registration is complete but please login to verify the details given are correct using this form.
b) If the SPOC has asked you to fill the details, Please login and fill all the details in the form and select payment as "via SPOC of my college".

If there are any changes/issues/concerns, please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id, course registered for, name and mention the change required. No changes will be entertained in these details after September 22 2016 – 12 Noon.

- NPTEL TEAM


Physics of materials -Assignment 6

Dear student,
Assignment 6 is available now.  Last date for submission is 02.09.2016, 11.30PM
For the final score, we will take 25% from assignment and remaining 75% from the final exam. From the 12 assignments, we will take the best 9 and convert it to 25.


Physics of materials

Dear student,
Assignment 4 is available now. Last date for submission is 18.08.2016 10.00 PM


Physics of materials- Week 4 materials

Dear student,
Week 4 materials are available now. Assignment will be uploaded soon.
We have included one more related video in the week 3 unit kindly go through that.
Note: Last date for assignment 3 submission is today 10.00PM


Physics of Materials: Third week materials

Dear student,
Third week materials are available in the course outline. Last date for assignment submission is 08.08.2016, 10.00PM

Reminder: Last date for assignment 1 submission is tomorrow (02.08.2016), 10.00PM. 


Week 2 materials

Dear student,
Week 2 materials are available in the course outline tab. Last date for second assignment submission is 02-08-2016, 10.00PM


Link to download videos

Dear students,
You can download videos in 4 formats (MP4, 3gp,flv,mp3) from the following link.
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113106039/


Physics of Materials- Steps to be followed for assignment submission

Dear student,
Assignment submission deadline is extended to 02-08-2016, 10.00 PM. 
Kindly follow the instructions given in the first mail to share the assignment. Many have shared it to the id mentioned. Only if you follow the instructions and submit it in that format, we can evaluate it.
Follow the instructions given in the video: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mm08/unit?unit=24&lesson=28
Some had asked for written instructions. Please go through it.
1. Complete your assignment in word (or any similar forms)
2. Upload the assignment in your drive.
3. Right click on the file 
4. click " share" and then click on "get sharable link"
5. Below the link sharing, click on the drop down menu, click on "More"
6. Then select link sharing to "On-Public on the web"
7. Save
8.Give the e-mail id as " noc16-mm08@nptel.iitm.ac.in"
9. Click on "Done"
10. Again right click on the document
11. Click on get sharable link
12. Copy that link and then paste it in a notepad
13. Copy the text after = sign
14. Paste it in the area where it is asking for the drive link in the assignment.


First Week materials

Dear student,
You can find the first week materials and assignment in the course outline tab.
Last date for the submission of first assignment is 26.07.2016, 22.00 PM. If you have any doubt in submitting the assignment, kindly go through the following link.
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mm08/unit?unit=24&lesson=28
Feel free to write if you have any doubt.

Thank you
Course TA


Welcome to Physics of materials

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Physics of Materials". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 18 2016. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
  • The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.    
  • The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2,..........and so on.
  • If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.

Details regarding the course: 
Name of the course: Physics of Materials
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mm08
Course duration : 12 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 18 July 2016 - 7 October 2016
Dates of exams :
 
23 October 2016 & 23 October 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Exam Fee:
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000(non-Programming)/1250(Programming) needs to be paid.


Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.


- NPTEL team