Suggested preparation: Introductory materials science; some mathematics or coding helps with demonstrations.
About this course
Explore materials-science concepts through student-created visualizations and computational demonstrations. Examples include diffraction, quantum evolution, Brillouin zones and stress representations; this is a case-study collection.
Topics and lesson examples
- Student Video: Creating Mathematica Functions to Determine Degree of Crystallinity from XRD Plots
- Student Video: Quantum Time Evolution Using the Split Operator Fourier Transform Algorithm
- Student Video: A Visualisation of Crystallographic Point Groups
- Student Video: Mohr’s Circle
- Student Video: Particle in a Tube
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 27 |
| Video duration | 4h 21m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: Introductory materials science; some mathematics or coding helps with demonstrations.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
WikiFree independently organizes these resources for self-paced study. Watching does not award an MIT certificate, academic credit or admission to MIT.
Video provider and credit: MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube. WikiFree titles, descriptions and cover artwork are independently prepared.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Materials Science Visualization | Beginner | Student Video: Creating Mathematica Functions to Determine Degree of Crystallinity from XRD Plots · Student Video: Quantum Time Evolution Using the Split Operator Fourier Transform Algorithm · Student Video: A Visualisation of Crystallographic Point Groups | 4h 21m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Solid-State Chemistry and Materials Science | Intermediate | 1. Introduction (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) · 9. Lewis Structures I (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) · 18. Introduction to Crystallography (Intro to Solid-State Chemistry) | 30h 58m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Materials Modeling and Molecular Simulation | Intermediate | 0. Introduction to Part II: Quantum mechanical methods · 2. Practice makes perfect · 5. Application of QM modeling: Solar thermal fuels (II) | 13h 22m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: MIT. Videos play from the MIT OpenCourseWare channel on YouTube.
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