GEN1000 for students admitted to Year 1 before AY2025/26, Year 2 before AY2026/27, or Year 3 before AY2027/28, except with the permission of the Module Coordinator
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This module explores how advancements in science and technology have influenced warfare from World War I to the present day, shaping society along the way. By looking at how science intersect with the military technology innovations, students will see how these innovations have impacted our modern world. Throughout the course, students will learn about some key techno-military innovations used indifferent conflicts and how they played a critical role in the technological applications of the digital era. Furthermore, it will explore scientific approaches utilized in military decision making, prompting students to use their creativity to discover and resolve contemporary problems in their daily lives.
Topics covered include understanding the trajectory calculations of cannon fire, the mechanism of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), encryption methods used during WWII, casualty modelling insignificant battles, enemy position locating technologies, the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the evolution of computers during wartime. Students will gain insights into how these technological innovations have influenced society nowadays and the scientific principles underlying them.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Ballistic and projectile
1.1. Cannons and its projectile
1.2. Mechanism of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)
1.3. North Korea’s long-range missiles
1.4. Is there a nuclear war in the future?
1.5. Impact of war technology on human society
2. Casualty prediction and related applications
2.1. Casualty in the Battle of Iwo Jima
2.2. Predicting casualty in wars
2.3. Other application: prediction of infections and recovery in COVID-19
3. Enemy positioning system
3.1. How to locate enemy positions in World War I?
3.2. Global positioning system (GPS) and its mechanism
3.3. Civilian use of GPS in daily life
4. Encryption
4.1. Principle of encryption
4.2. Encryption in Nazi Germany during WWII
4.3. Information security on the internet nowadays
5. Operational problems in wars
5.1. Berlin Airlifts problem in Cold War
5.2. What is the optimized strategy?
5.3. Daily life application: a healthy diet problem
6. Evolution of computer
6.1. History of calculation devices
6.2. First general-purpose computer in WWII
6.3. Computers nowadays
6.4. Impact of computer on modern society
