1. Week 01: Introduction
Yung-Ping Chou is an associated professor
in the department of industrial design and
also a jointed member in the center of
common courses. He has a doctoral degree
in applied physics. His current research
interests are e-learning for design
education, intellectual property rights for
design industry, and innovative product
design. rchou17@gmail.com

2. Element 1:
the utilization of Calculus in Physics
An obvious difference between
university and high school physics
courses lies in the mathematical tool of
analysis, from algebra to calculus. In a
larger sense, mathematics is not only a
tool but also new perspectives of
solving problems.

3. Is the
basic of
tools Calculus Eng. Math
Is the
basic of
sciences Physics Eng. Mechanics
Thermodynamics
Chemistry Other courses
Is the
basic of

4. Element 2:
linkage of Physics to solid mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Statics Dynamics Mech. of
Materials
Physics (I)
Stress &
Equilibrium Motions Strain

5. Please draw a free
body diagram for this
truck.

6. back

7. back

8. Falling Water, since

9. Element 3:
merging design thinking into the
instruction of Physics
Introduce a human‐centered
perspective in whatever technology
you are teaching. Note: Design
thinking is not appropriated by
designers.

10. Segway Human Transporter Movie

11. CCTV Buildings

12. MJ’s antigravity illusion
問題：
人體前傾45度而不
倒下可能嗎？
‧你認為MJ是怎麼做
到的？
‧這個問題比較
tricky：如果學到
了MJ的訣竅，可以
自己去表演這個舞
台效果嗎？
答案

13. An excellent example of
applying nanotech:
http://www.ted.com/

14. Reading Materials:
Firstly, there is not textbook assigned for this
course. Students will mainly study on my lecture
notes, which are PDF versions of my PPTs used in
the classroom. The PDF version of my notes will
appear on the course blog right after my lectures.
However, there are some suitable physics
reference books:
1. Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday & Resnick
2. College Physics, Alan Giambattista

15. 40% of the term score: a written final exam
30%: a written midterm exam
18%: 6 online quizzes
12%: attendances
•The written exams will be held jointly
with some other physics classes, in which
70% of the test problems is the same.
•The online quizzes are published at the
university Bb platform*; for each, you can
do 3 times before a deadline.
* bb7.nuu.edu.tw