REVISION MIND MAP for CHAP 2, 3 and 4 (ENGRG MATERIALS)

MIND MAP REVISION OF CHAP 2, 3 & 4 ENGINEERING MATERIALS (Photo credit: Muhammad Nur Azhari B Md Ishak, LN12)

ANOTHER REVISION MIND MAP on CHAPTERS 2 to 4 (Photo Credit: MUHAMMAD SYAHIN, LA34)

As there was time left after completing my lecture on Chapter 5, I quickly did an "interactive" mind map revision with my students on Chapter 2, 3 and 4.

One of the strongest advantages of mind maps is that one can do a fast summary and yet, at the end of the mind map, you get a feeling of completeness or a sense that you have made quite a good overview of the topics that you have taught.

Afternote:
Notice I added another revision mind map that I did for another class. Basically the main branches, key words and graphical pictures used are the same except for some minor additional branches. Why? These extra branches comes from questions prompted by the students themselves. See how easy it is to take or make notes in a mind map format?

Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

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MIND MAP SUMMARIES of ENGINEERING MATERIALS (CHAP 3 & 4)

CHAP3 PCS - NOTICE HOW I LINKED BRANCHES TO KEY WORDS LIKE, HARDENING, NORMALIZING, EUCTECTOID, EUTECTIC, ETC. (Photo Credit: MAI SHUN HAN)








NOTICE HOW CHAP3 INFORMATION IS LINKED TO CHAP4? THE NORMALISING, HARDENING, FULL ANNEALING, PROCESS ANNEALING, SPHERIODISATION ANNEALING PROCESSES AS WELL AS THE TEMPERING AND COOLING RATES OF VARIOUS QUENCHING MEDIA IS SHOWN. (Photo Credit: LIU CHAO)

The above postings reflect just one of my different styles of teaching engineering materials to my students. It is so different from the way I remembered how my professor taught me this very important subject during my undergraduate days. At that time there was no powerpoint slides - only OHPs, his voice and the blackboard. He seldom used the board and frequently read the notes from his textbook.

I hope, many of my students find the above graphical illustrations useful and that they find it easy to digest the important key points that will help them remember.

One may wonder why I posted these illustrations as Mind Maps. I regarded them as Central Images for the various Chapters that I am teaching. The branches that "comes" out of the picture provided the necessary association and hence, enable my students to remember useful key information easily. 

Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

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MIND MAP OF PROF ROY J GLAUBER's LECTURE ON "WHAT IS QUANTUM OPTICS?"

15th Asian Physics Olympiad Nobel Laurette Talk on "What is Quantum Optics" by Professor Roy J Glauber, Harvard University on 18 May 2014 in NUS, Singapore

The talk was interesting and I enjoyed mind mapping the lecture and historical anecdotes on over more than 100 years of scientific "quantum" discoveries delivered over one and a half hour.

The first half of the lecture proceeded on brilliantly as Professor Glauber told an extremely wonderful story about Optics from Ancient, Classical and to the "Quanta" ages. Layman like myself, thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful way that Prof. Glauber had related it. However, as the lecture time inched closer towards the start of the APhO2014 Closing Ceremony, the Nobel Laurette had to speed up his otherwise, brilliant lecture on "Quantum Optics" so much so that, I only added some of the keywords mentioned in my mind map. For viewers interested to know Prof Glauber storyline, they could easily 'googled' for more information using the keywords that I left in my mind map above.

Please enjoy and have fun reading the beginnings of 'Quantum Optics' from my mind map!

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APhO2014 - 15th ASIAN PHYSICS OLYMPIAD OPENING CEREMONY MIND MAP

MIND MAP OF THE 15TH ASIAN PHYSICS OLYMPIAD, SINGAPORE 

I was glad to be at the15th Asian Physics Olympiad, 2014 (APhO2014) jointly organised by National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National Institute of Education (NIE), Institute of Physics, Singapore (IPS), Materials Research Society (MRS) and supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The event involving 27 countries and close to 300 delegates, was chaired by Professor BVR Chowdari.



The APhO2014 was declared open by Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President of National University of Singapore



Flags of all participating countries were displayed on both sides in the hall as well as published in the Programme Booklet. While admiring the flags hanging over the side and comparing it with the ones in the booklet, I spotted an extra flag....! Could you? Haha. Try please. Haha.

 

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE APhO2014 in SINGAPORE 

Please enjoy and have fun remembering the events by reading the APhO2014 Opening Ceremony mind map! I wish participants a pleasant and lasting memory of Singapore.

Lastly, I would like to thank Prof Tan Chorh Chuan and Prof BVR Chowdari for kindly autographing my mind map

Afternote:
I enjoyed the programme for opening ceremony very much and am looking forward to attend the Nobel Laureate talk by Professor Roy J. Glauber on "What is Quantum Optics" scheduled on 18th May 2014. You are welcome to see the Mind Map that I did for the talk. You may be in for a surprise?    

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JEROME DOWNES' LANDMARK FORUM MIND MAP - 29 MAR 2005

THE LANDMARK FORUM PRESENTATION by JEROME

I would not have the opportunity to attend this wonderful presentation if not for the kind invitation of my good friend, Robert Koh. It was really an unforgetable evening.

Briefly, the seminar is about some very essential lessons in life and the principles to which everyone should abide by. It was facilitated by Jerome, who very ably presented these facts in an excellent sequence. This really helped me capture a good portion of the lessons learnt. I am glad I could share this mind map with everyone.

I think it is quite readable. Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map.

Afternote:
After posting the above mind map, I wanted to find out more about the very able speaker, coach and excellent presenter of that Landmark Forum seminar that was held at the then Spring Singapore auditorium on 29 March 2005. So....., I googled for him. Sadly, I found that Jerome Downes passed away on 25 Dec 2009.

Reading from my mind map, I could "clearly" hear him, announcing to the audience that after more than 32 years as a Senior Leader in Landmark Forum, he would be a father in about 3 months time. From his voice, I could feel that he was enormously proud of his yet-to-be born child and that he loved his family very, very much.

From hindsight, one could see that I managed to recall what went on at that seminar.....even after more than nine years.

Try to find the key words that transported me back to the auditorium, where I sat together with my good friends, Chiang Gnee and Robert, listening intensively to the wise words of this fine gentleman.

This mind map is really dedicated to the late Jerome Downes and his family.  

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"CASTLES CAN FLY" - MIND MAP OF ALVIN LEE's (aka, the SANDMAN) 28th COURSE ON "BEYOND the BOX....MORE THAN JUST THINKING"

MIND MAP OF ALVIN LEE's "BEYOND the BOX - MORE THAN JUST THINKING"

It was really a joy to attend Alvin Lee's course. There was not a moment of boredom as you listen to this passionate, self-motivated "Sandman", as he is also known, as he relates his own journey of Innovation and Creativity....in this "Beyond the Box --- More Than Just Thinking" course.

One would feel highly motivated just by listening, as he illustrates the basic elements of being an INVENTOR by bringing in his experience of overcoming difficulties to successfully launch his "Castles Can Fly" project.

Please enjoy and have fun reading through the mind map.

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ANGER MANAGEMENT MIND MAP Seminar Notes on 29 July 2008

ANGER MANAGEMENT SEMINAR By Dr Wolff Von Auer & Ms Diana Oh

I was glad that I attended an excellent "Anger Management" seminar conducted by Dr Wolff Von Auer and Ms Diana Oh on 29 July 2008 and was in for a surprise that many in the seminar including myself, did not know the proper way of breathing in order to maximise oxygen intake to the brain. Do you?

Briefly, one can learn from this seminar is that ANGER is a BEHAVIOUR that one can LEARN........and hence MANAGE. The STAGES of Anger starts with SURPRISE, followed by FEAR and this turns into ANGER (due to the emotions that develops within). So, how do we COPE and have a PLAN for a SOLUTION to manage this anger of ours? It is not easy......but, Dr Auer did a fine job.

Please read on, enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

PS:
Normally, from my experience, when you do see a well-balanced "live" mind map, there is a very high probability that those presenters are wonderful professionals who have excellent presentation skills. They would also have taken lots of efforts to plan and think through how to effectively put their materials across to their participants.

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MIND MAP on PROF TN GOH's 8σ (8 Sigma) KEYNOTE SPEECH at SQI SYMPOSIUM 2001

I have always enjoyed listening to Prof Goh Tong Ngee's lectures / speeches, ever since I took his "Advanced Engineering Statistics" module in the 1981 Master in ISE course, NUS. He make this serious module, fun and lively to the extend that you will enjoy analysing / looking at data ( → information) in a simple way and yet, retain the rigors and robustness of a statistical analysis.

In my opinion, this module is definitely indispensible not only for engineers and scientists, but for doctors, managers and other professionals. Quoting from Bill Gates .........
BUSINESS@SPEEDofTHOUGHT - "How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose". This probably sums up the importance of INFORMATION in this 21st Century.

TN Goh, as he is better known, explained the 8 features (with reference to my mind map) in his 8σ Keynote Speech as: SATISFACTION, STRUCTURED, STATISTICAL, STANDARDISED, SOFTWARE, SUSTAINED, SYSTEM AND SCENARIO.

Please enjoy and have fun analysing the mind map!

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MIND MAP of an EXCELLENT INDUCTION PROGRAMME

AIMS, GOALS & OBJECTIVES (A.G.O.) and INDUCTION PROGRAMME

After attending an excellent presentation in the morning (as shown in the mind map above), I was involved in a very exciting "Learning Xcursion" at the Marina Bay in the afternoon, The waterfront trail around the bay is full of exciting things that an Engineer can learn.

The very fact that the bay was constructed showed what engineers are capable of doing. The skills that engineers possess in building the Marina Bay is definitely something that any engineer would be proud of.

Thus, it is good to really look......see.....think....explore..... some of things that are constructed when you stroll along the promenade encircling Marina Bay.

Instead of calling it a Waterfront Trail, one could call it an Engineering Discovery Trail....because of the numerous engineering works that goes to make Marina Bay a class of its own.

As I have been conducting "Learning Journeys" for my first year Engineering Materials module students, I thought, it may also be interesting to have a worksheet to engage and familiarise them with elements of what they would be studying in an Engineering Diploma course. This worksheet was designed along the lines that I helped me win the Academic Development Award in 2008. Needless to say, the "mind map" and "whole-brain learning" mindsets / philosophy also featured deeply in the development of the worksheet.

FUN in learning has always been my philosophy in developing any learning materials for students, especially, BORING subjects that could put most students to sleep.

Below is an example of a FUN learning worksheet. 

 





















Enjoy and have fun.

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MIND MAP of SCOTT McNEALY's KEYNOTE SPEECH in "TECHNOLOGY in the AGE of PARTICIPATION" ON Wed, 14 SEP 2005

 

KEYNOTE SPEECH BY SCOTT McNEALY, CHAIRMAN & CEO of SUN MICROSYSTEMS USA IN SUNTEC CITY, SINGAPORE ON WED., 14 SEP 2005

I was definitely glad to attend this keynote speech by Scott McNealy, Chairman & CEO of SUN Microsystems in Suntec City Singapore on 14 September 2005.

His presentation further reinforced the growing strengths of the Internet, JAVA as the driver and the opening of the INFO AGE where everyone is allowed to PARTICIPATE - e.g. BUSINESS, SKYPE, INTERNET, GOOGLE.....etc.

At the end of his keynote, panel members discussed many issues pertaining to Participation, Skills required and of course the skills necessary for Singapore to be relevant in the INFO-COMMUNICATION AGE.

From HINDSIGHT, lots of stuff that were discussed by the panel came to be realised today. Looks like it is good for one to attend KEYNOTE speeches such as this one, in order to have a bit of the FORESIGHT into the future.

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PRESENTATION at THE GLOBAL MIND MAP CONFERENCE 2007 on 14-15 Nov 2007

 

PRESENTATION SLIDES

MIND MAP OF PRESENTATION

 It was indeed a wonderful experience to be invited to speak to an international audience on my favourite topic of "Real-time Buzan Mind Mapping - Challenges, Difficulties and Benefits" during the Global Mind Map Conference 2007, organised jointly by Buzan Asia and the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), 14-15 Nov 2007.

Naturally, given the hectic pace of working full-time in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, I resorted to my valuable Mind Manager 2002 software to quickly create an overview of my presentation.

Organising my notes, teaching, lesson & curriculum plans, seminar presentations ...etc ...etc using mind maps has perhaps helped me gain a "Good New Habit" (GNH) which has grown larger than ever before and is still growing. It is an indispensible tool for me. I hope it would be for you too!

Attached below is the complete schedule of the Global Mind Map Conference 2007.

Global Mind Map Conference 2007 Schedule

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"ACTIVE vs PASSIVE LISTENING" MIND MAP

HOW TO BE AN ACTIVE RATHER THAN A PASSIVE LISTENER - ST 13 Mar 2014

It was really a coincident that the article of what one should
do to become a more ACTIVE Listener OVER that of a PASSIVE Listener  appeared in The Straits Times on the same day as I was going to do a revision for my students on the above subject.

Of course, I was thrilled and set upon myself to make a mind map summary of the article on an A6-sized paper in about an hour. Using a visualiser, I was able to present a summary of the subject to my students. I hope they manage to see and learn how to make a mind map summary of an article. Enjoy.

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EDITED MINUTES OF DIVISIONAL MEETING MIND MAP

"EDITED MINUTES OF MEETING" MIND MAP ON 12 MAR 2014

One can edit the minutes of a meeting by omitting certain key words from the branches and yet preserve the entire essense of the minutes. This edited minutes of meeting can then be circulated to relevant parties without having to re-write the minutes. Interesting, isn't?

I really enjoyed doing the minutes in a mind map, as it could be circulated almost immediately after the meeting is over.

Think about the benefits one can get by circulating the minutes almost as soon as the meeting is over! Those who are at the meeting will have a better chance of recalling, remembering what is being said and acting on the task(s) that they have been assigned to do so.

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HSBC - BEYOND MONEY MIND MAP at the "Garden at the Bay", Flower Field Hall on 4th Mar 2014

MIND MAP OF HSBC - BEYOND MONEY EVENT at the Garden at the Bay, Flower Field Hall, Singapore, on Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 6-9pm

I spent a wonderful evening at the "Garden at the Bay" listening to 3 groups of panelists  (Photos below) at an event organised by HSBC. The style of conducting the event as a panel discussion without any papers presented by the experts, is quite unique and interesting, as one probably gets the gists of the main ideas and thoughts directly from the panelists. To myself (I hope, other participants as well), one thing is very clear, the success of the evening's discussion lies very much in the very capable hands of the HSBC facilitator, Ms Diana Ser. She was able to draw out much from the expert panel members and steer the discussion very nicely and within the time constraint, towards an enjoyable evening. It was really great.  

Of course, I could not resist doing a simple Mind Map of the three panel discussions to remember and share some NEW perspectives and valuable insights that I have learnt with those who did not have the opportunity to attend as well as those present. I believe, it is very difficult to recall more than 10%, especially if no notes are taken or revision is done.....unless you are a genius.

By taking down notes using the mind map, one could easily recall as much as 60-70%?? I let you be the judge. Now...just pause for a while.....and..... imagine the intellectual capital of a company or organisation skyrocketing through the roof if everyone/majority in the company/organisation mind maps and LEARN! How smart would the company/organisation be? I have always imagine and believe that Google has lots of people who loves to have holistic views of everything and loves to LEARN, RELEARN AND UNLEARN from their mistakes as well as their successes. As a keen user of GOOGLE products since 1999, I have watched GOOGLE improving by leaps and bounds....... haha .......... hope ..... I am not wrong in my observations!

A brief summary of the event is attached below:
1)  One word seems to resonate for all the three panels. "TIME" !! On hindsight, the "Children" panelists says that they should have spent MORE TIME when their children were young and growing up. The "Retirees" panelists says they have MORE TIME as well as MORE OPPORTUNITIES and the "Women" panelists advocated for MORE QUALITY TIME during working hours so as to be with their children.

2)  There is an interesting branch in the "Retirees" panel discussion. Dr Kanwaljit Soin related how she asked our former prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew regarding the question of "What is the meaning of retirement?" The answer Mr Lee gave, according to Dr Soin, was that he would only retire upon his "Death"! Hope you manage to get the same interpretation from the key words (e.g. "LKY" and "DEATH" ) used in the mind map!......haha. 

3)  I would like to gently invite viewers to read the mind map above and to try understand what went on during the nearly 2hour event. It is simple.....and interesting to interpret the views of the panelists. Enjoy! 



"Nurturing Your Children" Panel Members: HSBC Facilitator - Ms Diana Ser, Dr Daniel Fung, Dr Bervyn Lee, Joanna Koh-Hoe, Lydia Ko, Tina Hyon

"Reevaluating Retirement" Panel Members: HSBC Facilitator - Ms Diana Ser, Dr Kanwaljit Soin, Leong Yue Kheong, Thomas Lim, Dick Yip



"Women's Role Today" Panel Members: HSBC Facilitator - Ms Diana Ser, Dr Annie Koh, Irene Boey, Rachel Eng, Wong Meng Meng

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SEATTLE's PIKE PLACE FISH MARKET PHILOSOPHY MIND MAP by DR STEPHEN C LUNDIN, HARRY PAUL & JOHN CHRISTENSEN

"THE FISH PHILOSOPHY" MIND MAP on a A5-sized Paper

Looking through my archives, I came across a mind map I drew of an amazing book, "The Fish Philosophy" by Dr Stephen C Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen, on Sunday, 14 July 2002

Although my wife bought the FISH book during her trip to India in April 2001, I did not really read it about it until I came across the "Pike Place Fish Market" story that the book was based on.

On hindsight, I could hardly hide my joy at creating a A5-sized summary mind map of "The Fish Philosophy".

When I showed it to my eleven year old daughter, she quickly drew another creative picture of the central image of my mind map and wrote "Mine's nicer"......which I totally agree! Here is her creation! Well done!



My Eleven Year Old Daughter's Central Image of "The Fish Philosophy"

 Please enjoy.

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My FIRST MIND MAP WORKSHOP - "Buzan Mind Mapping Technique - Creative Applications and Benefits"

My FIRST BATCH OF MINDMAPPERS' Compliments were Written on the Envelope too!

Further COMPLIMENTS From My FIRST Batch of MINDMAPPERS

Of course...... this post is dedicated to my very first group of 21 mindmappers who attend the 2-day workshop on 2nd & 3rd June 1999 in The Centre for Quality (TCQ), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP). It is also dedicated the thousands (too many to be listed here), who benefitted from attending my mind mapping workshops and talks as a certified Buzan Licensed Instructor (BLI).

There are too many to be listed here (my apologies), thus I am naming just the first 21 mindmappers, who took up the challenge to learn more about their brain, relearn how-to-learn, learn about mind mapping and in the process, change their mindset beyond what they can imagine. They are:

Derek Bay Chin Chye, Chai Shan Shan, Richard Chan Hwa Tat, Chia Kok Heng, Chung Hean Kit, David Tan, Edwin Chan, Ganasha Kumar BT, Lim Chii Tee, Margaret Wee-Tan, Jean Ng Teck Yong, Shanmugam s/o Sidambaram, Shirley Christine Chua, Siaw Kah Chin, Tan Kok Wah, Tan Tat Yam, Tan Too Yong, Tan Wan Chye, Teo Choon Seng, Eileen Tok, Tong-Ong Chai Yan as well as thousands of others after them.

All who have attended my Mind Mapping workshops are free to use any of my mind maps without having to write in for permission to use them. Enjoy and have fun.

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My MIND MAP on the LAWS of MM with CHINESE TRANSLATION

LAWS of MIND MAP with CHINESE TRANSLATION

I am really proud of this mind map as it gives the rules in chinese. The translation was done by my wife. Hope this will open more doors for all to enjoy the joy in creating more mind maps in chinese.

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