National University of Singapore

This course covers torsion of open and closed non-circular thin-walled sections; bending of unsymmetric thin-walled beams; idealized beams; multi-cell torque boxes and beams; tapered beams; introduction to mechanics of fiber-reinforced composites; classical lamination theory; failure theories for composites. This course is intended for students who are interested in the design and analysis of thin-walled structures, especially aircraft structures.

This course examines the rapid development of Information Technology and the relaxation of regulations in the financial industry. Topics include how tech firms can enter the financial industry to reach and provide financial services to customers at scale and the market that is neglected by traditional financial institutions. Under this backdrop, many tech firms build online platforms to mobilize the under-utilized financial resources among customers. This allows customers who need financial services to bypass traditional financial institutions (e.g., banks and venture capital funds) and get served. Students examine peer-to-peer lending platforms, equity-based crowdfunding platforms that link individual investors with founders of startups and how the emergence of these new platforms substantially reduces the financing cost on the borrowers’ side and increases the rate of return on the investors’ side. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course examines the philosophy OF film, the philosophy IN film, and philosophy AS film. The course includes film theory, philosophy in films as abstract ideas and arguments, and has a different film genre each week to review.

This course introduces students to fundamental concepts of numerical analysis as a powerful tool for solving a wide variety of engineering problems. Topics include numerical solution of linear systems of algebraic equations, numerical solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and systems of equations, elementary unconstrained optimization techniques, regression and interpolation techniques, numerical differentiation and integration, as well as the numerical solution of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE). Applications are drawn from a broad spectrum of diverse disciplines in Mechanical Engineering. The course also introduces the use of scientific computing software packages for the numerical solution of practical engineering problems. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course focuses on the viability of innovative product ideas, one of the three domains that make up the desirability-feasibility-viability innovation framework. Through a series of lecture classes, workshops, case studies, industry talks, and a major group project, students learn several tools that help them to: (a) understand industry value chain and competitive strategies, (b) develop value propositions for their product ideas, (c) explore various business models, and (d) craft effective go-to-market approaches. Students with promising product ideas can pursue them for further development and prototyping in subsequent project courses.

This course explores social, cultural, economic, and structural factors influencing individual and population health risks and outcomes beyond predisposed biological factors and access to healthcare. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach to critically examine the complex emerging public health problems, their causes, and potential solutions. Students engage in contemporary technological, ethical, political, and cultural debates in health, healing, and well-being. Through the analysis of these factors and the development of strategies to address them, students gain the knowledge to promote health, and develop critical insights into health equity and strategies to address social factors for improved health for all, for a just society.

This course highlights behaviors such as learning, sociality, territoriality, predation and defense, courtship and communication, with examples from across animal diversity. Students examine how behaviors have evolved to fit specific ecological conditions. Students gain an understanding of and empathy for animals and examine how animals live and survive in their environment.

This course covers the main concepts of data engineering, including data pipeline, data organization, efficient analysis of large data volumes, distributed data storage (depending on the system architecture, e.g., multi-core systems, multiprocessor systems, clusters), distributed and parallel data analysis, and map/reduce techniques and their generalization to distributed query processing. The course requires students to take prerequisites.

This course offers a broad survey of the evolution of travel and tourism, delving into its historical foundations and contemporary complexities. Students examine the history of travel and exploration and its impact on cultural exchange, empire-building, economic development, and global connectivity. Students trace the historical roots of the booming travel and tourism industry, and are introduced to contemporary issues related to travel consumerism, sustainability, and the influence of technology and social media. Students develop an understanding of the multifaceted nature of travel and tourism within the broader historical and contemporary context of societal, cultural, and environmental dynamics.

This course introduces students to the diversity of major groups of living organisms, and the importance of maintaining diversity in natural ecosystems. With emphasis on the need for conservation of biodiversity to maintain a balance of nature, the course highlights the biodiversity in the major habitats and vegetation types in and around Singapore.