Detailed Course Curriculum

Lesson by lesson

    1. Welcome to the Python for Mechanical Engineers program

    2. How to use Discussions option

    3. Course access duration

    4. Piracy & infringement warning

    1. 1_Introduction

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    2. 2_What is Python ?

      FREE PREVIEW
    3. 3_Is Python really needed ?

      FREE PREVIEW
    4. 4_Installation

    5. 5_Jupyter Notebook

    6. 6_Your First Code

    7. 7_Lab: Your First Code

    8. 8_Data types

    9. 9_Lab: Data types

    10. 10_Operations

    11. 11_Lab: Operations

    12. 12_Type Conversion

    13. 13_ Lab: Type Conversion

    14. 14_Input statement

    15. 15_Lab: Input statement

    16. 16_IF

    17. 17_else

    18. 18_Lab: If else

    19. 19_While

    20. 20_ break and continue

    21. 21_Lab: While, break and continue

    22. 22_Functions

    23. 23_Lab: Function

    24. 24_for loop

    25. 25_Lab: for loop

    26. 26_Practice

    27. Week 1 feedback

    1. 1_List

    2. 2_Lab: List

    3. 3_Slicing

    4. 4_Lab: Slicing

    5. 5_Dictionaries

    6. 6_Lab: Dictionaries

    7. 7_Tuples

    8. 8_Lab: Tuples

    9. 9_Exceptions

    10. 10_Module, Package & Library

    11. 11_Lab: Numpy Part: 1

    12. 12_Lab: Numpy Part: 2

    13. 13_Lab: Numpy Part: 3

    14. 14_Lab: Numpy Part: 4

    15. Dataset for Pandas

    16. 15_Lab: Pandas Part: 1

    17. 16_Lab: Pandas Part: 2

    18. 17_Lab: Matplotlib

    19. 18_pip

    20. Week 2 feedback

    1. Introduction to Super Charger and Engine

    2. Super Charger

    3. Engine

    4. Supercharger Modeling Case 1

    5. Supercharger Modeling Case 2

    6. Supercharger model correction

    7. Introduction to Quadruped robots

    8. Quadruped robot trajectory planning

    9. Quadruped robot : Defining required variables

    10. Quadruped robot : Programming trajectory plan

    11. Quadruped Robot : Inverse Kinematics

    12. Quadruped robot : Programming Inverse kinematics function

    13. Quadruped robot motion

    14. Quadruped robot : Programming forward kinematics

    15. Quadruped robot : Programming robot's animation

    16. Quadruped robot : Results and Discussion

    17. Week 3 feedback

    1. Quadruped robot quiz

    2. Introduction to Computational fluid dynamics

    3. Introduction to airfoil

    4. Geometry (CFD)

    5. Flow over an airfoil (Geometry programming)

    6. Flow over an airfoil (Angle of attack programming)

    7. Meshing (CFD)

    8. Flow over an airfoil (Meshing Session 1)

    9. Flow over an airfoil (Meshing Session 2)

    10. Boundary Conditions (CFD)

    11. Flow over an airfoil (Boundary Conditions programming)

    12. Flow over an airfoil (Boundary condition potential flow)

    13. Flow over an airfoil (Programming boundary conditions potential flow)

    14. Flow over an airfoil (Boundary condition potential field)

    15. Flow over an airfoil (Potential flow programming)

    16. Flow over an airfoil (Program verification)

    17. Flow over an airfoil (Results and Discussion)

    18. Computational fluid dynamics quiz

    19. Flow over an airfoil (Assignment briefing)

    20. Flow over an airfoil (Assignment submission)

    21. Flow over an airfoil (Assignment results and discussion)

    22. Week 4 feedback

    1. Instructions to generate your certificate

    2. Leverage your certificate to get Internship or Job

About this course

  • 92 lessons
  • 20.5 hours of video content
  • 3 mentor guided projects
  • 4.8 course rating & 2800+ learners

Course Highlights

  • Duration

    4 Weeks & 20+ hours

  • Mode of delivery

    Online with recorded lectures

  • Applicable for

    Mechanical, Mechatronics & Robotics streams

  • Projects in this course

    Modeling of Super Charger, Quadruped robot & Flow over an Airfoil

  • Prerequisites

    Taught from basics (No prior coding knowledge required)

Software tools used

Why you should learn Python


Python leads the top 1st position as a programming language in the world as published by Northeastern University. Python is preferred because, it's easy to learn, due to its simple syntax, a large library of standards and toolkits, and integration with other popular programming languages.

Python is a mandatory skill for the engineering jobs roles for Mechanical engineers like Aerodynamics, Thermal simulation, CAE simulations, CFD modeling & simulations, (in most of the FEA/FVM applications), System Validation engineer (Testing), Production Test System Developer, Robotics, Automation, Reliability Engineer, etc. Python is asked as a mandatory skill in interviews at the largest hiring engineering service firms like TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Mindtree, etc. And the most preferred skill set in Startups across the world. 

So for any aspiring mechanical engineer, Python is the mandatory skill that should be on your resume. Learning Python can make your resume competitive & widen career opportunities for you. 

The 4-week course will involve you to build real-world applications using the Python language. It will be 100% practical & hands-on oriented content, taught online to meet the industry requirements. Learning this course will give you the opportunity to extend yourself to build any system and take up the projects of your interest.

Note: Content is structured in a practical & organized approach with fundamentals. Any participant with no or minimal coding background can learn & build the projects.

Start with Python Fundamentals & motivation to master Python

Week 1

Kickstart the Python learning, and lay a solid foundation as a beginner. We will start with understanding the wide range of applications Python is being used in Industries, startups & Governments, etc., We shall build a clear motive & motivation to learn the language during this course & the outcomes you can get. You will begin to learn the Python programming with live coding sessions on topics such as operators, data types, Operations in Python (Integers and floats, Strings, Type Conversions & Booleans), Statements and Loops ( IF, IF - else & elif), Functions (Arguments, Return & In-built functions), Loops ( for & while), break & continue.

Practice with examples & gain confidence to start projects

Week 2

During Week 2, we will be exploring the vast and fabulous domains of Intermediate and Advanced Python programming with hands-on coding. Interns will go through solid theory as well as practical sessions for each new topic to gain confidence & expertise to build the real-world projects in ahead of week 3 & 4. Topics such as Lists (Operations, Functions, Slices & Comprehensions), Dictionaries, Tuples, Sets, Arrays, Exceptions, Advanced File Handling, Modules & Packages, Libraries in Python (Numpy, Pandas & Matplotlib), Plots & Matrix Operations will be covered during the week 2.

Start to build amazing realtime projects & gain experience

Week 3

Practice during week-3 will focus on projects such as Kinematic system design of quadruped robots (Ex: Boston Dynamics robot dog) & Supercharger using Python. You will be guided to learn the inverse kinematics mechanism used for robotic applications and how we could visualize the motion of the robot. The entire inverse kinematics of each and individual leg of the quadruped robot will be explained and ensured to make you build a fully functional program. We will also help you learn & create an animation to visualize the robot's motion. In the Supercharger design project, You will be guided to learn about the various engine parameters and the influence of the engine's volumetric efficiency & performance. We will be building the fully functional code in python to analyze the effect of change in engine speed on the Supercharger's performance.

Major project, attention to detail & mastery

Week 4

During week 4, we will focus on the major such as the study of fluid flow over an Airfoil. You will be guided on understanding computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The need for CFD, CFD of an airfoil, and analysis of the flow over the airfoil. You will be guided to understand the equations behind the Modelling of the component, gain insights on problem-solving, and formulate the program in Python in an industrial manner to analyze the flow over the Airfoil.

Reviews from Participants

AKSHAT MISRA

5 star rating

“A unique blend of concise material with good references and hands-on projects, it's much better than courses in Coursera and gives a similar experience as edx with more interactive sessions with the course leads.”

“A unique blend of concise material with good references and hands-on projects, it's much better than courses in Coursera and gives a similar experience as edx with more interactive sessions with the course leads.”

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Ardra V

5 star rating

“I absolutely enjoyed every second of this course! Indeed, it was a good decision from my side to get enrolled. I was able to understand why each and every line of code was important for the entire program to work well. Now, I am quite confident of...”

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“I absolutely enjoyed every second of this course! Indeed, it was a good decision from my side to get enrolled. I was able to understand why each and every line of code was important for the entire program to work well. Now, I am quite confident of my foundation in python. Thank you so much, Decibels for giving me the opportunity!”

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Kousalya Kalaparthi

5 star rating

“A well structured program within the set time frame, helped me gain enough understanding to know about and use Scilab Xcos software, and work on projects which were amply challenging to help me understand about the model, go back and correct my mi...”

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“A well structured program within the set time frame, helped me gain enough understanding to know about and use Scilab Xcos software, and work on projects which were amply challenging to help me understand about the model, go back and correct my mistakes and understand the analysis of the output. What I learnt through this internship serves as the perfect foundation and the skills I've gained will help me work on future projects with confidence. Apart from the technical part itself, you take us through the industry persepctive and what could we be doing to improve ourselves (work on more projects etc), delve more into what we've learnt, what to showcase in CVs which wholly rounded out my experience ”

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Nishidh Naik Burye

5 star rating

“1. Best mentoring 2. Excellent doubt solving 3. Content and videos are extremely good in terms of technology and software-based learning 4. Easy access for LMS and self-scheduling of lectures is one of the best features of this internship ”

“1. Best mentoring 2. Excellent doubt solving 3. Content and videos are extremely good in terms of technology and software-based learning 4. Easy access for LMS and self-scheduling of lectures is one of the best features of this internship ”

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Pratik Tembhurne

5 star rating

“As a student I try to learn something new everyday and this internship offered all the knowledge of MBD and gave hands on experience on Scilab Xcos. Looking forward to use this skills in future.”

“As a student I try to learn something new everyday and this internship offered all the knowledge of MBD and gave hands on experience on Scilab Xcos. Looking forward to use this skills in future.”

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Sabreesh S

5 star rating

“It was great doing this course for 4 weeks and I'm happy that I've learnt so much and frankly it was really interesting, I was waiting for the next class right from the previous day as the way of teaching makes us want to learn more.”

“It was great doing this course for 4 weeks and I'm happy that I've learnt so much and frankly it was really interesting, I was waiting for the next class right from the previous day as the way of teaching makes us want to learn more.”

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Rahul K P -

5 star rating

“The program is well designed and its pretty much useful for guys like me who are interested in Mechatronics like me as we are gonna build more complex models.”

“The program is well designed and its pretty much useful for guys like me who are interested in Mechatronics like me as we are gonna build more complex models.”

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Rahul Sen Gupta

5 star rating

“Loved the deep concepts of drones. It was an amazing experience as always. This was my second internship from Decibels lab”

“Loved the deep concepts of drones. It was an amazing experience as always. This was my second internship from Decibels lab”

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Ananthu T Mani

4 star rating

“The course was wonderfully organized, with keen attention to detail. The topics covered were of sufficient depth for the duration of the course, and the 8th session covering hand calculation was excellent exposure for the attendees. One con howeve...”

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“The course was wonderfully organized, with keen attention to detail. The topics covered were of sufficient depth for the duration of the course, and the 8th session covering hand calculation was excellent exposure for the attendees. One con however is that the videos seem to be very lengthy, and since this was posted as a self paced course, giving shorter videos of 1/2 hour durations would have been much better for attendee satisfaction.”

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Bharadwaz KDS

5 star rating

“At the end of 4 weeks, I had gained an ample amount of knowledge in designing the dynamic control system for a Drone which includes Pitch and Stability controls. Apart from these flight controls, the course covered in-depth knowledge on Transfer F...”

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“At the end of 4 weeks, I had gained an ample amount of knowledge in designing the dynamic control system for a Drone which includes Pitch and Stability controls. Apart from these flight controls, the course covered in-depth knowledge on Transfer Functions, solving real-time problems on Race Car Resistive Forces, Plotting 3D graphs, data visualization, etc. The mentors are well experienced in the field of Electronics and control systems and the way they handled the course deserves appreciation.”

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Shubhangi Balajirao Pimpalgaonkar

4 star rating

“It was a great learning experience. I enjoyed the learning. The projects are also concept-oriented, I learn many new things. Thank you Decibels for such a great internship, it helps me build new skills. ”

“It was a great learning experience. I enjoyed the learning. The projects are also concept-oriented, I learn many new things. Thank you Decibels for such a great internship, it helps me build new skills. ”

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Sample Certificate

Learners will receive a digitally verifiable & LinkedIn shareable certificate by the completion of this course/educational internship with a unique Certificate ID. Decibels Lab Pvt Ltd (Recognized as Start-up by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India) (Certificate Number: DIPP45372)

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Should I have any prerequisite knowledge to learn this course?

    The course will be taught from fundamentals with real-world examples & hands-on sessions. It should not be a concern if you do not have prior exposure to programming/software used.

  • Should I need a computer?

    Yes, you will need a computer to practice.

  • How the teaching will happen?

    You will get full access to the course upon the completion of payment.

  • What should I do, if I get a doubt?

    You need to report the doubts/issues over the Discussion box available in the course. The course coordinator will clarify your doubts by replying via the discussion box. If needed, we will arrange meetings with the mentor, to clarify your doubts via Zoom.

  • How many projects I will work on?

    You will work on 3 projects.

  • How will I build projects?

    Projects will be guided by the mentor with the help of recorded lectures.

  • How much time do I have to spend everyday?

    We suggest 2 hours per day, an average of 10 hours per week.