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.