Polymer Engineering
Synthetic polymers get the full engineering treatment in this MIT OpenCourseWare course, covering materials properties selection, mechanical characterization, and processing methods used to design load-bearing and environmentally compatible structures. The course works through how polymer molecular structure translates into mechanical behavior, how to select materials for specific engineering applications, and how processing choices affect final part performance. Materials include lecture notes and problem sets drawn from MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering curriculum, aimed at students who already have a basic engineering or materials background. There is no instructor interaction or certificate, since this is a self-paced OpenCourseWare release, but the full set of course materials is free to download and use. The focus stays practical throughout: turning polymer science into design decisions for real structural and environmental applications.