Explore the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and its application to material microstructure properties in this 55-minute webinar. Learn how FEA provides insights into the relationship between mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of materials and their complex microstructures. Understand the process of transforming differential equations into tractable linear algebra problems through FEA. Discover the OOF2 tool on nanoHUB and its capabilities in simulating stress distribution in materials, with and without temperature effects. Gain practical knowledge from demonstrations on stress analysis in aluminum crack tips and thermal stress in specimens. Benefit from the instructor's experience in incorporating computational modules using FEA and OOF2 into undergraduate materials science courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.