| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Mass balance | ||
| 1 | Introduction, basic concepts Modeling: Everglades | Problem set 1 out: irrigation/salination |
| 2 | Mass conservation Modeling: Everglades | |
| 3 | Chemical kinetics Modeling: dechlorination | |
| 4 | Population modeling Modeling: pesticide impact | Problem set 1 in Problem set 2 out: competition/harvesting |
| 5 | Closed cycles Modeling: nutrient enrichment | Paper assignment out |
| 6 | Networks Modeling: traffic | |
| 7 | Networks Modeling: vehicle emissions | Paper proposal in |
| Energy balance | ||
| 8 | Basic thermodynamic concepts Modeling: building energy | Problem set 2 in Problem set 3 out: building energy |
| 9 | First law, heat capacity, conduction and convection Modeling: building energy | Paper topics finalized |
| 10 | Radiative energy transfer Modeling: building energy | |
| 11 | Open system thermodynamics Modeling: heat discharge to a stream | |
| Exam 1 | ||
| Mass and energy transport | ||
| 12 | Mass transport: advection, diffusion Modeling: air quality | Problem set 3 in Problem set 4 out: MATLAB® practice |
| 13 | Mass transport: spatial moments Modeling: air quality | |
| 14 | Mass transport: concentrations Modeling: air quality | Problem set 4 in Problem set 5 out: air quality |
| Resource economics and life cycle analysis | ||
| 15 | Present value, discounting Modeling: building energy revisited | |
| 16 | Optimization problems, resource allocation Modeling: crop irrigation | |
| 17 | Derived demand Modeling: crop irrigation | Draft paper in |
| 18 | MATLAB optimization tutorial | Problem set 5 in Problem set 6 out: resource allocation |
| 19 | Derived supply, equilibrium analysis Modeling: groundwater supply | |
| 20 | Multiple objectives, Pareto optimality Modeling: revenue vs. environmental quality | Draft paper returned |
| 21 | Life cycle analysis Modeling: life cycle example | Problem set 6 in |
| 22 | Life cycle analysis (cont.) Modeling: life cycle example | |
| Exam 2 | ||
| 23 | Student presentations | |
| 24 | Student presentations (cont.) | Final paper due |