{"ModuleCode":"GEK1524","ModuleTitle":"Living With Fluids","Department":"Mechanical Engineering","ModuleDescription":"The module provides students with non-technical background an appreciation of the roles of fluid mechanics in shaping our life and things around us. A selection of the following topics will be covered: (1)Introduction to basic principles of fluid (2) Flying and swimming in nature (3) Respiration and blood flow (4) Fluid mechanics in sports, buildings, infrastructures and transportations (5)The weather system, not necessarily in the order given.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"O-level in Physics or Physical Sciences","Preclusion":"To preclude students majoring in Mechanical Engineering","Types":["GEM"],"Lecturers":["Lim Tee Tai","Danielle Tan","Yeo Khoon Seng"],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"bbfc0b31-fcc9-44b1-9f7b-7bad4cf7e3c0","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"GEK1524","CourseName":"LIVING WITH FLUIDS","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 2","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1419868800000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2014-12-30T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1431187140000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2015-05-09T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Lim Tee Tai","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"657ef531-6672-424b-af13-2a6d0b25892d","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":true,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":false,"hasClassRosterItems":true,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":false,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":false,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"6f22adcc-dc4d-4914-a16b-fe8ca6202427","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Lim Tee Tai","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"657ef531-6672-424b-af13-2a6d0b25892d","AccountType":null},"Role":"Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null},{"ID":"3564aba2-8a01-4d1c-9d84-cc79bab46786","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Danielle Tan","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"899053dc-b079-4fa4-90e6-63288d737603","AccountType":null},"Role":"Co-Lecturer ","Order":2,"ConsultHrs":null},{"ID":"ea5c0610-017f-4e76-9a6a-3b9b95f4761b","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Yeo Khoon Seng","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"88f7d758-3ab4-41b7-86f7-29273597ca23","AccountType":null},"Role":"Co-Lecturer ","Order":3,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":"The module provides students with non-technical background and appreciation of the roles of fluid mechanics in shaping our life and things around us. The following topics will be covered in Semester 2, 2014/2015:
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\r\n(1) Fluid Mechanics in Weather System.
\r\n(2) Fluids at Home.
\r\n(3) Flying in Nature.
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\r\nThe selection of topics may change from year to year.
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\r\nMONDAY:
\r\nTime: 10:00 am to 11:00 am
\r\nVenue: UTSRC‐LT53
\r\nFRIDAY:
\r\nTime: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
\r\nVenue: UTSRC‐LT53
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\r\nTeaching Schedule
\r\n(a) T.T. Lim: 12 Jan to 6 February, 2015 (4 weeks).
\r\n(b) Danielle Tan: 9 Feb to 13 March, 2015 (4 weeks) [Mid-semester break: 21 Feb to 1 Mar, 2015]
\r\n(c) K.S. Yeo: 16 Mar to 10 Apr, 2015 (4 weeks).
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\r\n(a) Fluid Mechanics in Weather System (Lim T.T.)\r\n\t
\r\n\t(b) Fluids at Home (Tan D.)
\r\n\t(c) Flying in Nature (Yeo K.S.)
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\r\n\t100% Continuous Assessment consisting of THREE QUIZZES (one for each of the above three topics).
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\r\n\tNOTE:
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\r\n\tThe Quiz for Part 1 [Fluid Mechanics in Weather System] will be held on 6th February, 2015 (Friday) during the lecture timeslot.
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\r\n\tThe Quiz for Part 2 and Part 3 will be announced in due course by the lecturers concerned.