New introductory course in structural mechanics opens on edX

2.01x: Elements of Structures is a new introductory course in structural mechanics that just started on edX. Anybody can  register  to audit the course for free. 

Course material includes lecture videos, tutorials, example problems, recitation problems with video walkthrough, homework problems, "boardnotes" (condensed lecture notes) and synoptic tables.

MATLAB has been embedded in the course and the students can write scripts to solve problems in axial loading, trusses, torsion and bending, without installing the software locally.

The course will last 12 weeks and mirrors 2.01, the first residential class in Mechanical Engineering  (course 2A)  at MIT.

We will be glad to share instructional material with any other instructors interested in using it in their own courses.

Thanks, hope to meet you online,

Simona