List of Online Courses and Certifications

The African Cities: An Introduction to urban planning course by Coursera explains the brief about the urban planning in African cities through environmental, social, economical and technical dimensions. It talks about the development which could be brought to create a change. 

Development is needed everywhere and it's also something to be learned carefully. One can access this knowledge easily at their convenience. This course helps the learners to gather all the necessary information needed for their careers in this field ahead. 

Under this course, practical knowledge is provided for better understanding as well. This course is great for learners interested in the urbanization field. They could easily acquire all the knowledge they require. Africa is one of the countries that have new business ideas coming up. Setting developments can lead up to huge success over there. 

The Robotics: Capstone Online Course is the 6th course in the 7 course series of Robotics Specialization provided on the Coursera website. In the specialization programme, candidates will get an opportunity to find practical solutions for real-world problems using the techniques learned throughout the course. 

The Robotics: Capstone Certification Course is conducted by the University of Pennsylvania under the guidance of Sid Deliwala belonging to the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering. The open online course will equip learners with mathematics and programming skills and methods used by researchers in robotics engineering labs. 

The Robotics: Capstone Training Course can be scheduled according to the preferred timelines of learners. The 100% online course is only open to learners who have completed the first 5 courses of the Robotics Specialization. The course will be taught with the help of video lectures and academic readings, and earn a digital shareable certificate at the end.

The Robotics: Aerial Robotics Certification Course is the first out of six of the Robotics Specialization Programme offered by the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. The course provides a detailed introduction to the mechanics of flight, the working of quadrotor flying robots and the robotics engineering mechanism that supports other micro aerial vehicles.

The Robotics: Aerial Robotics Online Course will provide a window towards different dynamic models, device controllers, and planners operating in three dimensional environments. Through this 100% online course, learners will be able to witness real world examples from the immensely growing drone industry along with its practical applications.

The Robotics: Aerial Robotics Training Course is taught by Prof. Vijay Kumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics of the University of Pennsylvania. The course would require learners to have some mathematics knowledge in linear algebra, single variable calculus, and differential equations along with basic programming experience with MATLAB or Octave.

The Introduction to Battery-Management Systems programme by Coursera is the first course in Algorithms for Battery Management Systems Specialization. This Specialization comprises five courses devoted to requirements and understanding of the Battery Management systems. This course takes approximately 24 hours to finish, and the teaching medium is English.

The University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado System jointly offer the Introduction to Battery-Management Systems online course. The course instructor is Professor Gregory Plett, who is a faculty in the University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The concepts are explained clearly with a unique teaching style, making the subject more compelling.

Furthermore, the Introduction to Battery-Management Systems programme starts from a basic level and progresses to develop a deep understanding of lithium-ion cells and battery management systems. The certification course has a broad curriculum spread over five weeks of lectures and activities. Students are awarded a certificate when they successfully complete the course.

Electric Engineering is one of the best course studies to be a part of and it is one that has a definite position in both present and future, offering stable career opportunities for a long time to come. A certificate of this course from a university as prestigious as the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado System is guaranteed to make many doors and windows open through.

The Equivalent Circuit Cell Model Modulation programme by Coursera has been brought to the candidates with excellent content materials and real world based projects for an intermediate level. It teaches the values, properties, and simulation of each of the components of a lithium Ion cell and hones these skills to perfection.

Not only that, the experience gained here along with the course studied in such great detail will put the candidates at the top bar for Electronic Engineers and give them an early and the very important head start in the competition of today.

The course Motion Planning for Self-Driving Cars is the final course among four courses in Self-driving cars specialisation offered by the University of Toronto. The level of the course is advanced and is designed for the learners having a background of robotics and knowledge of controllers and models taught in course 1 of the specialisation.

In the course, the participant will be introduced to major planning related tasks in an autonomous mode of driving along with various other types of planning like behaviour planning, local planning, and mission planning. At the end of the programme, the participant will be able to find the shortest and direct path over a road network or a graph by making the use of A* algorithm and Dijkstra’s. They will be using machines in the finite state for selection of smooth paths, optimal designs, and identification of velocity profiles required for the navigation around the obstacles with safety and in accordance to the traffic rules. The participants will also get a chance to develop occupancy grid maps for the static objects prevailing in the environment and use them to check efficient collision.

The course will provide the opportunity to develop a complete self-driving planning solution that will provide a contemporary driving experience as well as safety while taking an individual from home to work. As a part of the final project, the candidate will be implementing the planner of hierarchical motion by navigating through the sequence of scenarios in the CARLA simulator, safe navigation during intersection, and avoiding the already parked vehicles in the lane.

The Visual Perception for Self-Driving Cars certification course will introduce candidates to the key perception tasks and survey popular computer vision methods for robotic perception in autonomous driving, and dynamic and static object detection. Candidates will acquire the skills to work with the pinhole camera model by the end of this course. Along with them they will detect, explain and fit image characteristics, conduct intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of the camera and build their own convolutional neural networks. For drivable surfaces, estimation candidates can apply these methods to object detection and tracking, visual odometry, and semantic segmentation.

Candidates will build algorithms for the final project in the Visual Perception for Self-Driving Cars training course that defines the limits of the drivable surface and recognise bounding boxes for objects in the scene. On a realistic dataset, students learn to work using synthetic as well as real image data. 

The Visual Perception for Self-Driving Cars online course is part of a self-driving car specialisation programme. It is the third one of a total 4 courses. This specialisation gives a detailed understanding of state-of-the-art engineering approaches used in the self-driving automotive industry. 

Coursera’s Battery State-of-Charge (SOC) Estimation course is the third part of the five-course Algorithms for Battery Management Systems Specialisation. It can also be taken as an academic credit course as ECEA 5732, which is part of the University of Columbia Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.

The Battery State-of-Charge (SOC) Estimation online programme trains you about the implementation of various state-of-charge estimation methods. It teaches you how to evaluate their corresponding merits for lithium-ion battery cells. You will be introduced to the sequential-probabilistic-inference solution and the Octave/MATLAB script for linear Kalman filter while also evaluating the results.

The intermediate-level Battery State-of-Charge (SOC) Estimation course by Coursera is offered by the University of Colombia Boulder and the University of Colombia Systems, which are well-known globally for their standard of education. The instructor for this course will be Professor Gregory Plett, who teaches Electrical and Computer engineering. At the end of the Battery State-of-Charge (SOC) Estimation course, you will work on the Capstone project, which will help you apply all the skills you have learned practically.

A branch of mechanical engineering called mechanics of materials uses numerical simulations to study deformable solids. The property of an element to withstand actions and forces exerted without breaking, lasting deformation, or acquiring degradation is referred to as resistance. Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories certification course is designed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and taught by Dr. Wayne Whiteman - PE & Senior Academic Professional, which is made available through Coursera.

Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories online classes provides 8 hours of comprehensive lectures that aims to assist the participants in exploring the analysis and design of engineering structures taking into account the factors of combined loading, deflection, buckling, and failure theories. With Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories online course, participants will be taught about basic and advanced concepts like differential equations, double integration method, superposition, and singularity functions to study beam structure and mechanics of materials including loading, deflection, buckling, failure and more.

Introduction to Engineering and Design online certification is created by BrownUniversity and taught by Karen Haberstroh - Lecturer, School of Engineering & Associate Director of Engineering Programs, School of Professional Studies at Brown University, which is offered by edX which is aimed at candidates who want to learn the fundamentals of engineering and discover the engineering design approaches, from concept generation and optimized choice assessment,

Introduction to Engineering and Design online training incorporates 3 weeks of comprehensive lectures, which is a great approach for candidates looking to enhance their technical knowledge and apply engineering and design principles to their current employment. Introduction to Engineering and Design online classes also concentrate on specific engineering fields such as biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and material engineering as well as provide insight into specific design difficulties within their respective engineering disciplines.

Sustainable development is economic development that is environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. Coursera offers a course in The Age of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Columbia University. Students will learn about what sustainable development means, how to achieve it and what challenges it faces.

The Age of Sustainable Development training will provide you with the skills to comprehend and perform energy, sustainable energy, environmental protection, and urban planning. Jeffrey D Sachs who is a world-renowned economics professor, UN advisor, champion in sustainable development, and an esteemed professor of Columbia University will be your instructor.

The Coursera Age of Sustainable Development programme consists of pre-recorded video lectures. Each video is anywhere between 10 minutes and 30 minutes long. A quiz marks the end of each module, and its duration is 30 minutes. The programme is 100% online, which enables students to learn at their schedule and convenience.  Students will require approximately 30 hours to complete this course, and at the end of it, they will have to appear for a final exam.

Coursera’s Imagining Other Earths course, is a comprehensive, 3-week training that delves deep into the astronomical, physical, and biological aspects of human life, and tackles the much-pondered question, are we alone? This programme will enable you to create entire universes through the medium of thought experiment. 

Moreover, the curriculum also features lessons on the various other planets of the solar system, their atmospheric characteristics, and their thermodynamics. The Imagining Other Earths programme comes with flexible deadlines, which can be reset according to your schedule and preferences. The course is also 100% online and takes approximately 25 hours to complete.

Apart from the usual high-quality video lectures, the Imagining Other Earths training by Coursera also includes interviews with astronomy experts, to provide you with extensive insights about the astronomical research experience. There are also a ton of practice tests to help you solidify the knowledge garnered every week. Since the programme is free of cost, no course completion certificate is provided. If you’ve completed the course, the Coursera accomplishment page will display the details regarding the programme completion.

Automobile designing and its development prosper with the passage of time. The presently available vehicles are culminated by several departments joining hands together. Hybrid Electric Vehicles are powered by an electrical motor propulsion system and internal combustion engine. It is clear that hybrid electric vehicles will be playing an important role in the future as an immediate improvement of conventional technologies.

The syllabus of the Introduction to HEV using MATLAB & Simulink programme is based on the technical foundations of electrical machines, control theory and power electronics. There is a brief overview of the theories and initiates towards simulating vehicle power systems. MATLAB simulation platform is used for the programme because it is very commonly recognised by designers and manufacturers. Many automotive and electrical powertrain R&D organisations using methods and techniques are set out in this programme. 

After completing the Introduction to HEV using MATLAB & Simulink programme, candidates will be developing their knowledge of the study. As a mechanical or automotive engineer, candidates will be enhancing themselves by acquiring the latest knowledge in the particular field which will be a benefit in their career.

The Mechanics: Motion, Forces, Energy, and Gravity, from Particles to Planets Certification Course is a 100% online beginner-level course that is based on the important aspects of mechanics. The course is suitable for senior secondary students and university freshers who are interested in the domain of physics. The course can be easily accessed on the online learning platform Coursera.

The Mechanics: Motion, Forces, Energy, and Gravity, from Particles to Planets Training is provided by the expert faculty at the UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales). The mode of delivery for the course includes videos, reading materials, and practice exercises along with animations, experiments, and practice problems. The course will reward learners with a Mechanics: Motion, Forces, Energy, and Gravity, from Particles to Planets Certification by Coursera after completing all assessments.

Arduino Boards can detect inputs like a touch on a button, sensor light, and transform them into outputs like powering a motor, switching on an LED, or broadcasting something on the internet. Arduino has developed as the centre of hundreds of projects in the past, starting from basic domestic devices to complex scientific equipment. The Ivrea Interaction Design Institute developed Arduino as a basic tool for quick prototyping. Arduino online certification is presented by the Millionlights program that intends to provide considerable value to teaching and learning methodologies through digital courses.

Arduino online course teaches individuals the principles of programming and interfacing to the Arduino Board. The program begins with the fundamentals, such as introducing Arduino Boards and how to use them. Arduino online training will help individuals create small programs that include applications such as traffic signal lights. The course contains 15 hours of HD video lectures, as well as exams at the end of each session to assess the individuals' understanding.