List of Online Courses and Certifications

A microgrid is an electricity distribution system that is locally operated in a regulated way and includes electricity users and electricity producers (renewable electricity generation). More often than not, photovoltaic systems are integrated into microgrids. To learn more about this integration process, take the Solar Energy: Integration of Photovoltaic Systems in Microgrids certification course.

The Solar Energy certification syllabus covers topics like AC microgrids, DC microgrids, smart grids, virtual power plants, distribution networks, control strategies, markets, components, power electronics interfaces, etc. All this material is available free of cost for all learners for a limited period of time. However, verified learners get access to more advanced content, practical exercises, simulation assignments, and peer reviews.

To learn about photovoltaic energy conversion systems and technologies, and all other aspects of photovoltaics (relevant from a physics and engineering standpoint), take the Solar Energy Engineering MicroMasters program. The Delft University of Technology offers both the Solar Energy: Integration of Photovoltaic Systems in Microgrids online course and the MicroMasters program. 

The MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers online training will help you become a certified MATLAB professional in the field of mechanical engineering. You will learn powerful simulation skills using the versatile libraries of the MATLAB programming language. This course will help you understand MATLAB use cases in mechanical engineering, various terminologies, and the mathematical models it supports.

MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers training course is an all-round training course specially crafted to teach core project mechanical engineering concepts and MATLAB programming skills. Candidates will gain expertise in the MATLAB programming language and modern tools and techniques necessary to design simulations for industry-related problems.

Furthermore, the Skill-Lync’s MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers course sports high-quality pre-recorded video lectures, mentored and curated by industry experts hailing from fortune 500 companies. Candidates receive dedicated support in the form of community forums and a support engineer. Besides, you will get a course-completion certificate upon the satisfactory conclusion of the programme. If you’re in the top 5% of your batch, you are also eligible to receive the merit certificate.

Diploma in Automation & Control is a government certificate online training program administered by INSTITUTE FOR DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS (IDEMI) Extension Center, Bangalore. The Diploma in Automation & Control certification syllabus will walk the learners through all the concepts related to automation and control. 

Offered by IDEMI, Diploma in Automation & Control online course is designed in a hybrid model in which the mode of teaching will be both offline and online. The course duration is two months. After the completion of the Diploma in Automation & Control Certification by IDEMI, the learners will be awarded a certificate that will help them to find a good professional opportunity in the sector.

The Design of RCC and PSC Superstructures using the LUSAS online course is developed for the students to explore the design and analytical techniques involved in building reinforced concrete cement and prestressed cement structures. The online program is provided by Skill Lync for the students and engineers who are interested in learning about precast structures. This civil engineering course is conducted for two months.

The course study involves the students gaining knowledge of the finite element analysis software tool LUSAS and enables them to explore the design techniques along with MS Excel software. The students are given a demo session and an opportunity to work with two industrially relevant projects to acquire hands-on experience of design concepts and technical skills. 

The Design of RCC and PSC Superstructures using the LUSAS training program helps the students gain technical skills and a course completion certificate to be recognized by employers for skill acquisition and career development.

The Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design certification course is an AICTE approved course which is available on the website at zero cost. The course deals with the topics of aerospace engineering which includes launch vehicles that are used in space for transporting objects. Participants will get deep knowledge and information on the topic as each topic is discussed separately with examples and activities throughout the Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design certification syllabus. The course is available throughout the year in the online mode for the students. The course takes 8 weeks to get completed, however,  candidates will get access to the program after the mentioned time. 

Candidates get to be certified participants in the Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design training. The certificate can be achieved through the registration fees for the exam and a qualified proctored exam. Students can learn from the program according to their conditions. Students do not have to meet any deadlines or requirements for this course and can study from the program without any limitations. The Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design online course not only includes lectures but also provides discussion groups, tests, quizzes, etc. for a better understanding of the subject to the students. This is self-paced training and students are allowed to learn from the provided notes whenever they require.

The Feature Engineering certification course is of an intermediary level of training which is a hundred percent online course and it can be viewed on the website of Coursera. The programme is within the easy reach of the enrolled students at zero cost. The training is a part of the course named Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform Specialization that is available on Coursera. Aspiring participants who join the online course of Feature Engineering will be able to comprehend several features used for distinct functions in order to make an accurate model of machine learning.

In the Feature Engineering online course, students are not limited to follow a particular set of reading materials and they can learn from the external study matter along with the one provided by the platform within the programme. The programme does not limit students with any fixed schedules or deadlines and participants are allowed to set their own study schedules according to their preferences and requirements.

This intermediate level of the programme can be concluded by spending a total of approximately 8 hours. If the participant successfully completes the curriculum, he or she will be able to receive a certificate for the online course from the platform.

The Design, Technology, and Innovation online course is an eight-week-long program created by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay's IDC School of Design. The course sheds light on how innovation links together various sectors, including technology, management, design and humanities. You will gain insightful information about innovation through theoretical concepts, case studies and real-world examples.

Several well-renowned scholars from multiple departments are a part of this course. They will impart practical knowledge through their own research-to-information journey and how it benefited society as a whole.

The Design, Technology and Innovation certification course will walk you through the entire innovation process. You will learn essential topics like innovation methodology, pitfalls of innovation, collaborative innovation model, the transformation of research into innovation and its stages, etc. The course is sure to spark curiosity and encourage you to innovate in your work field.

Ethnography, one of the most interesting forms of qualitative research, has gained popularity in academics and other areas in the last decade. The Understanding Ethnography online program aims to help you explore the uses of ethnography in several practice-based disciplines such as management, engineering, design, and social work. You will be acquainted with many tools and techniques of ethnographic practice.

Understanding Ethnography certification course also discusses the debates and theories of ethnographic research. The concepts taught in the course are based on real-world examples and case studies. During the course duration, many experts from numerous fields will share their unique experiences of research. So, you will get an enhanced perspective of various dimensions of ethnographic practice.

The Understanding Ethnography program throws light on the application of the ethnographic approach in multiple areas like education, craft, and product design, and film-making. You will learn how this approach enables you to gain knowledge from phenomena, people, and places that focus on study.

The Hardware modeling using Verilog online course is offered by Swayam, an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. In this course, candidates will be introduced to the Verilog hardware description language during the course. The Hardware modeling using Verilog training will assist them in learning about various issues of digital circuit designing using Verilog and developing test benches. Hardware modeling using the Verilog syllabus covers digital circuit design, Verilog variables, modeling sequential circuits, modeling issues like memory, pipelining, and several case studies.

The Machine Learning ML program focuses on the scientific discipline that is related to the genre of Machine Learning and helps the students to develop algorithms to help the students find patterns that are related to make predictions from the domain of empirical data. In the online course on Machine Learning, ML by Swayam, the students would be finding patterns or will be making predictions from the given empirical data. 

The certification program over the course of eight weeks will be focusing on the following- Forms of representation, Examples, demos and exam preparations, Learning enabled by prior theories, Tools and resources + cognitive science, and Machine learning-based artificial neural networks. The Machine Learning ML certification course will be benefiting the students to incorporate the knowledge of machine learning in real-world examples and tree-based inductive learning along with logic programming. The session will be making the candidates professionally ready.

The Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas certification by IIT Kharagpur via Swayam is an 8-week online course. The course deals with the basics of microwave radiation to numerical computation of antenna currents, antenna pattern synthesis, and Impulse Radiating Antennas (IRAs). The Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas certification syllabus provide undergraduate and graduate students with fundamental concepts of antenna theory. It will also help the design engineer to acquire different state-of-the-art techniques of antenna analysis and design.

The Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas certification course requires candidates to have basic knowledge and understanding of Electromagnetic Theory, Electronic network theory, and Transmission line. Students will be provided with a digital certificate on the successful completion of the exam. Undergraduate and graduate students from an engineering or science background can enrol in the Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas online course offered by IIT Kharagpur via Swayam.

The program on ‘Sustainability through Green Manufacturing Systems: An Applied Approach’ is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning free course developed and organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The online course is provided by the Swayam online education portal initiated by the ministry of education in India.

The online program is scheduled for eight weeks and the course instructors are faculty from IIT Kanpur namely, Prof. Deepu Philip working in the industrial & management engineering department and Prof. Amandeep Singh from the mechanical engineering department. The course study helps the students discuss the innovative ways that lead to green manufacturing systems that provide sustainability. By the end of this undergraduate-level course, the students will gain two credit points and a course completion certificate for which the proctored final exam is mandatory. This ‘Sustainability through Green Manufacturing Systems: An Applied Approach’ training program, a part of the management studies and manufacturing processes and technology is an elective course.

The Manufacturing Process Control I certification by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is an 8-week online course. This online certification course is designed to provide fundamental concepts of manufacturing processes. Offered via edX, the Manufacturing Process Control I online course will help learners build powerful statistical process control methods that are the foundation of world-class manufacturing quality. The Manufacturing Process Control I certification syllabus will expose learners to statistical methods applied to any unit manufacturing process.

By enrolling in the Manufacturing Process Control I certification course, participants will be able to identify inherent variability in continuous production. They will also be able to apply basic concepts of probability and statistics to characterize process variation and differentiate between design specifications and process capability.

The Manufacturing Process Control I training programme is a part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program which is designed and delivered by MIT’s top-ranked Mechanical Engineering department in the world. Learners who pass the eight courses in the program will get the MicroMasters Credential and qualify to apply to gain credit for MIT’s Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing & Design program.

The Manufacturing Systems I certification by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge via Edx is an 8-week online course. This online certification course is designed to provide learners with an understanding of seemingly indistinct production lines with a particular emphasis on disruptive events like their effects and how to cope with them, along with inventory dynamics and management. A part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, the Manufacturing Systems I online course from MIT via edX exposes learners to how to assess manufacturing systems to optimise performance and control cost.

The Manufacturing Systems I certification syllabus covers essential topics that provide learners with the basis to enter the manufacturing field and get placed in roles such as operations managers, supply chain managers and others. This online certification course can be pursued by anyone who studied calculus, probability and statistics at the undergraduate level. The Manufacturing Systems I certification course has Verified Track through which students will get access to complete course materials, video lectures, graded assignments, and assessments with a shareable certificate. Students can enrol in the free audit track with limited access or they can look to upgrade directly to the paid verified track.

The Manufacturing Process Control II certification by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge is an 8-week online course. This online certification course is offered by edX and is part of the Manufacturing MicroMasters program. The Manufacturing Process Control II online course emphasises the foundations of statistical process control to add process modelling and optimisation. In this online certification course from MIT via edX, learners will understand how to design experiments for process improvement and methods to optimise processes and accomplish robustness to noise inputs.

The Manufacturing Process Control II certification syllabus is designed in a way that helps students develop skills in engineering and management essential for competence and competitiveness in the modern manufacturing industry. The curriculum will conclude with a capstone activity that integrates all the Statistical Process Control topics. Participants can attend the Manufacturing Process Control II classes through video lectures by subject matter experts from MIT and graded assignments. Participants will be able to either enrol in the free audit track that has limited access or if they want lifetime access can look to upgrade to the paid verified track so that they do not find any interruption.

Designed exclusively for mechanical and production engineering students, the Materials Science and Engineering online course by Swayam focuses mainly on structural materials. The course covers both the theoretical as well as practical aspects of materials engineering. The syllabus has been divided into three categories, Crystallography, Mechanical properties, and Phase diagrams and heat treatments, each of which will be studied in detail. 

IIT Roorkee curates the Materials Science and Engineering certification program. The course will be taught by a top instructor from the institute, Professor Vivek Pancholi. This course is an elective type, undergraduate-level program. The course falls under the category of Mining engineering, Material sciences, and Metallurgy. 

The Materials Science and Engineering training will take around eight weeks to complete. Candidates will be taught online via video tutorials and graded assignments for self-assessment. There will also be an optional certification exam at the end of the term for candidates who want to receive the e-certificate.

The Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Materials online programme is curated by IIT Kanpur. It is an elective course which runs for a duration of eight weeks. It is designed for both UG and PG level students and falls under the category of Electronic materials, Metallurgy and Material sciences and Mining engineering. This programme is an FDP course approved by AICTE. 

The aim of the Solar Photovoltaics training by Swayam is to introduce the candidates to the different photovoltaic materials and their role and functioning in solar cells' operation. Other important topics such as semiconducting materials, semiconductor junctions and their basic properties will also be discussed. This programme will also focus on first, second and third-generation solar cells and photovoltaic devices' essential characteristics.

The Solar Photovoltaics certification programme is taught online and rife with study materials and video tutorials. Candidates will be able to access all course material free of cost and at their own pace. They can also apply for certification and appear for the proctored exam at the end of the term.

The Fluid Machines certification programme will cover the basic principles governing energy transfer in a Fluid Machines and take up the different kinds of air and hydraulic machine systems, along with their performances. You will learn about the physical concepts, mathematical operations, along with exercise problems and examples of practical importance.

Moreover, the Fluid Machines course curriculum includes topics such as Hydraulic Impulse Turbine, Air Compressor, Hydraulic Pump, and more comprehensively. By the course end, you will have a firm grip over the fundamental concepts of Fluid Machines. Not to mention, you will become adept at applying the laws and principles to requirement-specific applications. 

Prof. Suman Chakraborty, who is currently an institute chair professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, will be the course coordinator for the Fluid Machines programme by Swayam. An expert in the field, she is the recipient of the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, the highest scientific prize from the government of India. 

Besides, after the conclusion of the Fluid Machines course, students will be eligible for positions in companies like G.A.I.L., O.N.G.C., Shell, I.O.C.L., G.E., and more.

During the past 20 years, the world has seen a rapid increase in the demand for Refrigeration as well as Air Conditioning Mechanics. There was also a rise in the employment opportunities available to these mechanics, with a total of around 11,000 new vacancies being added, or created, between the years 2019 and 2020. 

While refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space for reducing as well as maintaining the temperature of the contents of that space, on the other hand,  air conditioning helps in regulating the amount of air in any large building. The aforementioned Certified Basic Refrigerator and Air Conditioning course is offering the students a comprehensive study of the refrigeration cycles as well as a proper insight into the psychrometric processes used in air conditioning. 

It also provides the students with skills that are required for seeking employment in various companies. 

Additionally, the course will help you understand the correct process for verifying technical and mechanical gaults for HVAC systems, while also providing you with technical assistance and job training. 

The Steam Power Engineering Course’s syllabus design is made with the complete dedication and hard work of a skilled tutor. The first half of the course deals with the study of the simple steam power cycle, regeneration, reheat, and superheating. Then in the latter part of the course, actual cycle and component efficiency will also be taught. 

As the course mainly deals with Steam Power Plants, each part of the plant is discussed in detail too. The key parts which are first discussed are the kinds of steam generators, and their parts, steam turbines, their efficiency, types, and arrangements. The main motive of this course is to provide knowledge to individuals about electricity generation when steam is used as a medium. 

Swayam Steam Power Engineering Course is suitable for people in need of good teaching guidance regarding the topic of the steam power plant and its importance in today’s time. The course is ongoing and will continue for 8 weeks. This course can be selected by candidates desiring to develop a career in thermal power plants, steam power plants, or as a power engineer. 

The Automatic Control by Swayam offers a theoretical and practical knowledge of Automatic Control. The course will clear the fundamental and advanced concepts of Automatic control systems. This course will introduce the candidates to the modelling and designing of a control system. The candidates will learn the theory of transfer functions, transient response analysis of first and second-order systems, error analysis, and root locus techniques. The course will show how to apply the theories into practice in MATLAB.

The candidates can pursue this program online without paying a single penny. This is a free learning program. The course will also follow books and references given on the course website. The cost of this course is free.

The Automatic Control certification is offered in the e-certification mode. The certification is easily shareable on all platforms. The candidates can share the certification for academic recognition and also new professional networking. The certification will help leverage one’s career and gain new opportunities.

The Acoustic Materials and Metamaterials certification course is offered to the participants by IIT, Roorkee through Swayam. The course is a verified postgraduate program in the domain of mechanical engineering and advanced dynamics and vibration. The course teaches the students about sound waves, noise pollution, methods to control them and manipulate them, and other aspects related to the field. The Acoustic Materials and Metamaterials program is said to be the first-ever organized coursework prepared in the domain of acoustic materials which also talks about acoustic metamaterials. 

The program is a free online course and can be availed at zero cost. The course has adopted the self-paced learning technique so that students can take their own time to complete the course. The Acoustic Materials and Metamaterials certification syllabus can be completed in the estimated time of 8 weeks as well as more than 8 weeks. The program does not have any last admission date and candidates can take part in the program whenever they want according to their willingness. Candidates can also be a part of the certification process by getting through the proctored exam fulfilling the eligibility criteria announced by the platform.

The Gear and Gear Unit Design: Theory and Practice certification course will focus on detailed facets of functional construction in industries and will be concentrated above and above the outline of gear design taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels through the general design course of machine elements or the advanced mechanical drives course.

The course will begin to fill the information gap at graduation and transition through the development of comprehensive modeling and drawing of industrial gear units. The course is focused on long-term research, teaching and working in sectors in this field. The Gear and Gear Unit Design: Theory and Practice training will provide an immense learning of the structure of the programme in a comprehensive and practical approach.

The course will help the enrolled candidate by providing the Gear and Gear Unit Design: Theory and Practice certification by the end of the programme in engaging with different aspects of the field in the upcoming future. The candidate can pursue the course by completing the given criteria for application process and this is an eight-week elective learning training. The candidate will learn the core and fundamental aspects of the major field.

The online certification program on Introduction to Soft Matter by Swayam serves as an introductory course on the principles of soft matter and complex fluids. The online session will be providing the students with a  review of the preliminaries of continuum mechanics, which are required and are necessary while dealing with the core concept of soft matter. The course also contains the details of the general concepts that are involved in viscous and elastic deformations and are explained with the relevant models. The Introduction to Soft Matter training also provides the students with the experimental approaches that are related to the soft materials such as stress relaxation and creep response. The Introduction to Soft Matter certification syllabus includes the core concept of- Historical context and Deborah number, Viscoelastic materials, Classical elastic and viscous materials, Macromolecules and viscoelasticity, Typical experimental results, Shear thickening/thinning fluids, and others. Upon completing the course the students will be learning about the concepts that are related to soft matter.

The Kinematics of Mechanisms and Machines certification course will help the candidate to know in detail about the mechanism and machines that will include both comprehensive and practical learning, pursuing with an illustration that will lead by the real-life incidents examples. Kinematic study of structures and devices will be discussed in this course. Analysis of motion and force transfer of connection systems, open and closed-chain planar robots and geared transmission will be included. The Kinematics of Mechanisms and Machines training will begin with an introduction to the subject and nomenclature and will cover direct and inverse kinematics, the study of velocity and acceleration, generation of kinematic paths for robots, singularities in kinematic chains, virtual work and force analysis concepts, and gear transmission kinematic analysis.

By finding out questions related to real-life implementations of mechanisms, the course will explain multiple principles. The course is intended to assist students with their fundamental knowledge of kinematic analysis and its application. The Kinematics of Mechanisms and Machines certification will be given at the time of the completion of the course. This is an elective eight-week complete online training for the students who want to learn about the major.

The field of evolutionary computation is derived from Darwin’s theory of evolution and applies the principles of evolution to computational intelligence. The online course on Evolutionary Computation for Single and Multi-Objective Optimization by Swayam will help candidates master this technique to solve complex optimization problems. 

The Evolutionary Computation for Single and Multi-Objective Optimization training is an eight-week course provided by IIT Guwahati. It is available for free enrolment on Swayam. After completing this course, candidates will be able to offer solutions to large-scale optimization problems arising in industries and research. Throughout the course, candidates will build and experiment with various types of EC designs. 

This Evolutionary Computation for Single and Multi-Objective Optimization online course is an FDP course approved by AICTE. Some of the topics covered by the faculty include evolutionary algorithms, particle swarm optimization, binary and real-coded algorithms, and statistical assessments. After completing the syllabus, candidates can opt to appear for the final exam and receive the certificate.

The Introduction to Abrasive Machining and Finishing Processes certification course will be providing the students with a detailed definition of the areas that are connected to the application of non-traditional as well as traditional abrasive finishing processes that are incorporated in the manufacturing industry. The lectures that will be conducted in the course on Introduction to Abrasive Machining and Finishing Processes by Swayam will be introducing the applicants to the basic principles and functions of the materials that are removed by the use of abrasives particles. 

The Introduction to Abrasive Machining and Finishing Processes certification benefits the students by providing them details of the material removal mechanism that are involved in the different abrasive processes. In the Introduction to Abrasive Machining and Finishing Processes certification syllabus, the effects of various input parameters and the output results will be covered so that the students get to learn about the various cutting fluids.

The Fundamental Of Welding Science And Technology certification course is being offered to the students by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. It is an online course which can be joined freely. Candidates who join this course learn about the traditional welding methods, applications, techniques, and other aspects related to the subject. The course works on the principles of self paced learning and thus students are allowed to have access to the course for a long period of time once they join the course. The study material is included in the programme so that students can get benefited from it and learn the concepts properly. The study material consists of case studies and assignments, etc. to help the students gain practical insights.

The Fundamental Of Welding Science And Technology certification also provides certification to the students which can be availed only after paying the exam fees. The exam will be held offline and the exam centres will be decided by the platform. The course does not need the student to spend a particular amount of time attending the classes every day. There is no limit to the access of the course. The programme is available for all the students for full time. The Fundamental Of Welding Science And Technology certification syllabus of the course takes 8 weeks to be concluded by the assigned mentor. Students are free to access the course even after the said duration is completed.

The Fundamentals of Combustion for Propulsion programme is provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The course belongs to the department of propulsion in the field of mechanical engineering. The users can avail of the course for free, and the programme is conducted in online mode throughout the whole duration. Participants will gain valuable insights into the working and optimization of propulsion and combustion by pursuing the Fundamentals of Combustion For Propulsion certification. The course is made for postgraduate students and the course can be joined at any given time since it is available the whole time on the website.

The programme will take up to 8 weeks to successfully finish the Fundamentals of Combustion for Propulsion certification syllabus. Students have the liberty to access the course according to their willingness. The course is available for the students full time. There is no admission procedure for the course and students can directly take admission in the programme. There is an option of certification in the Fundamentals of Combustion for Propulsion training for which students have to pay the exam fees and give an offline exam. The sessions provided in the course are made interactive for the students through case studies and discussions.