Feedback for Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites

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://goo.gl/forms/04Iw799aSCakArmw2


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Solution for Assignment 8

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 8 under Week 8. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Solution for Assignment 7

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 7 under Week 7. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Hall ticket for September 24th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the September 24th NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

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 the link and click on September exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the September 24th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/52541/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on September 24, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original 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.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team

Contents of Week 8

The Eighth Week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites
have been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 8.

The last date for submission of Assignment 8 is 20-09-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Solution for Assignment 6

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 6 under Week 6. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Contents of Week 7

The seventh week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites have

been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 7.

The last date for submission of Assignment 7 is 13-09-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Solution for Assignment 5

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 5 under Week 5. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Solution for Assignment 4

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 4 under Week 4. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Contents of Week 6

The sixth week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites
have been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 6.

The last date for submission of Assignment 6 is 06-09-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Important Instructions Regarding Final Examination

Dear Students,

Many students had inquired about the pattern of question paper in the final examination of our course 

"Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites"

Kindly find below the important instructions regarding the final examination.

1. The mode of examination will be ONLINE
2. All the questions will be of OBJECTIVE TYPE
3. There will be 20 questions of 1 mark each and 40 questions of 2 marks each.


Regarding the preparation of final examination.

The students can go through the course content (lectures and slides) and the books mentioned below:

List of Books:

1. Plastic Materials and Processing: A. Brent Strong, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-021626-7
2. Composite Materials: Engineering and Science: F.L. Mathews and R.D. Rawlings, CRC press, 084930251X
3. Handbook of Composites: S.T. Peters, ISBN 978-1-4615-6389-1


  ! BEST WISHES!

 Dr. Inderdeep Singh
 (Course Instructor)

Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration have been extended till August 28 10:00 AM (Monday).

Payment for the exam can been made till August 28 5:00 PM (Monday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

Solution for Assignment 3

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 3 under Week 3. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

Contents of week 5

Dear students,

The fifth week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites have

been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 5.

The last date for submission of Assignment 5 is 30-08-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Feedback for week 1, week 2, week 3 & Week 4

Dear student

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

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations about lectures and assignments . This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is : https://goo.gl/forms/iSoejuOwOnyvRCAF3

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Contents of week 4

Dear Students,

The fourth week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites have
been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 4.

The last date for submission of Assignment 4 is 23-08-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Solution for Assignment 2

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 2 under Week 2. 
Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.

A Reminder on Certification Exam - Register Today

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Registration is open from 2nd Aug 2017 until 23rd Aug 2017 10:00am.

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Solution for Assignment 1

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the Solution for Assignment 1 under  Week 1.

Kindly click on the Text Version tab to access the file.

Feel free to ask the assignment related queries in the discussion forum.


Exam and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 -16th September 2017. We will notify the same through email.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/cert_preview/certificate_latest.pdf

-NPTEL Team

Contents of week 3

Dear students,

The third week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites 
have been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 3.

The last date for submission of Assignment 3 is 16-08-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2017 (Wednesday) until 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 24th September 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 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/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/Sep%202017%20Exam%20Cities%20-%20Default+alternate%20cities.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 Community certificate)
Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 -16th September 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of 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 shift, 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 is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.


2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1
1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.
2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.
3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.
4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2
1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature.  Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till August  23, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after August  23 2017.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Contents of Week 2

The second week's Lectures and Assignment for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites have

been released.  

There are five lectures. Kindly find the lectures under the course outline in  Week 2.

The last date for submission of Assignment 2 is 09-08-2017 (Wednesday)-23:59.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

Assignment 1 Released !!!

Dear Students,

Please find the Assignment 1 based on the video lectures uploaded under Week 1. 

This assignment consists of Ten MCQs, go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. 

Please note that you can submit assignment multiple times and the last submission will be considered for evaluation.

The last date for submitting Assignment 1 is August 07 (Monday), 2017, 23:59.


!!! Best Wishes !!!

Week 1 Lectures Released !!!

Dear Students,

The first week's lectures for the NPTEL MOOC on Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites have been released.  

You can access the content by login using your registered email id and password.

There are five lectures, kindly find the lectures under the course outline in Week 1.

We have also uploaded the text version of lectures along with videos.

If you face any difficulty, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

The link for the course is mentioned below;

Link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me36/preview

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 24, 2017. 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 after the course starts. 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 - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Processing of Polymers and Polymer Composites
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me36/
Course duration : 8 Weeks
Dates of exams : September 24, 2017
Time of exam :
Shift 1: 9am-12 noon
Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

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

- NPTEL team.