CORE-Materials repository has been launched

The CORE-Materials repository has been launched offering browsing, accurate searching and guided navigation through nearly 1200 teaching and learning resources. The faceted search interface filters the titles, descriptions, classification and keywords for all resources. Extra filtering by license or resource type provides optimal results and improved searchability. The CORE-Materials repository provides a unique platform for downloading interactive Flash animations and for the sharing of videos.

Mechanical testing from Bradford College

A set of images and interactive Flash animations on mechanical testing procedures and techniques has been released by Bradford College. Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell hardness are all included along with some more portable hardness test machines.

The images and animations are now available for viewing and downloading under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivative Works license.

Textile micrographs from The University of Birmingham

Textile micrographs from School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham have been released  under Creative Commons Attribution licence.

Click here to see the micrograps in Flickr

Over 300 interactive Flash Movies released from the DoITPoMs.

We have released a collection of interactive Flash Movies from the DoITPoMs Teaching and Learning Packages (TLPs)at the University of Cambridge. The DoITPoMS TLPs each focus on a common materials science topic met with in undergraduate teaching and learning. Many of theTLPs include video clips from experiments, along with standard features such as an introduction, summary, questions and answers, references for further study, and links to the MATTER Glossary of Materials Science.

The animations are now available for downloading and running from your local system under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike license.

Click here to view the Teaching and Learning Packages (TLPs) from the DoITPoMs.

Sports Materials collection has been released

A series which comprises lecture, images and videos on a variety of sports materials and their properties has been released by School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham under Creative Commons Attribution licence.


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Electron Microscopy and Analysis book now released

We have now released all seven chapters of the Electron Microscopy and Analysis textbook by Peter J. Goodhew, John Humphreys and Richard Beanland under a BY-SA Creative Commons license.

This is a third edition of the book, which was published by Taylor and Francis Books UK in 2001. It deals with several sophisticated techniques for magnifying images of very small objects by large amounts - especially in a physical science context. The resource incorporates questions and answers in each chapter for ease of learning. Equally as relevant for material scientists and bioscientists, it is an essential textbook and laboratory manual.

The book can be viewed on Scribd and SlideShare.

CORE-Materials Steering Group Meeting

On Tuesday 19th January the CORE-Materials team held their final steering group meeting at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in London.
The event was well attended by project partners and members of the IOM3.

As well as updating the project partners on the significant progress made by the CORE-Materials team, ideas were discussed as to how the repository could be sustained beyond the pilot stage.

If you are interested in the day's discussions you can download the full set of meeting notes. Click here to download.