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Units Covered |
Focus is placed on the first 8 chapters
1. Introduction and Vectors.
2. Motion in One Dimension.
3. Motion in Two Dimensions.
4. The Laws of Motion.
5. More Applications of Newton's Laws.
6. Energy and Energy Transfer.
7. Potential Energy.
8. Momentum and Collisions.
All units covered in the course as follow:
Introduction and Vectors, Motion in One Dimensions, Motion in Two Dimensions, The Laws of Motion, More Applications of Newton's Laws, Energy and Energy Transfer, Potential Energy, Momentum and Collisions, Relativity, Relative Motion, Gravity, Planetary Orbits, and the Hydrogen Atom, Oscillatory Motion, Mechanical Waves, Superposition and Standing Waves, Fluid Mechanics, Temperature and Kinetic Theory of Gases, Energy in Thermal Processes, Laws of Thermodynamics, Heat Engines, Entropy, Electrical Forces and Electric Fields, Electric Potential and Capacitance, Current and Current Circuits, Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields, Faraday's Law and Inductance, Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection and Refraction of Light, Image Formation by Mirrors and Lenses, Wave Optics, Quantum Physics, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics.
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Lecturer Profile |
Associate Professor Gah-Kok, Jacob Gan
He started his apprenticeship as an EDB projects officer in 1975 after graduating from the then University of Singapore with a mechanical engineering degree. Lured by the opportunities in Saudi Arabia, he joined a Singapore-based company to manage a cargo handling operation at Jeddah Port in 1977. After failing to strike black-gold there, he returned to Singapore in 1978 and worked for a firm to set up and manage a manufacturing plant as its general manager until in 1983 when NTU (then NTI) made him an offer that excited him. He went for his graduate studies at the University of Michigan in 1984 and has been working with NTU ever since.
In addition to face-to-face learning and teaching, he also has great passion for eLearning and has been developing and conducting eLearning courses, both scientific and soft-skill based courses. To hone his presentation skills he has been active practicing his babblings in Toastmasters clubs, including taking parts in many speech contests which he failed to win until recently when he emerged Champion in the District 80 Area Z Humorous Speech Contest. |
