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    Demography from “virtual” cemeteries
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Demography from physical cemeteries, “virtual cemeteries,” and census data" authored by Janet Lanza in 2012.

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryfmnLectureData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    2008-Ahmed_Mohameden-Solving initial-value second order ordinary differential equations on an Excel spreadsheet
    This paper presents a friendly method of solving initial-value second order differential equations (DEs) analytically on a MS Excel© workbook.

    Keywords: ExcelSpreadsheet

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    Data from: Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Chapter 5, Exercise 10 [Elevation]
    Supplemental data for ABM

    Keywords: elevationChapter 5exercise

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    Learn Biological Sciences and Physics through scientific process, creation, experimentation and analysis
    Microbes remain attached and grow on various surfaces whether living or non-living. These surfaces provide differential growth substances for microbes to remain attached or grow. The differential...

    Keywords: data analysisscientific methodphysicshands-onScientific InquirymicrobesBiological SciencesSpectrophotometer

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    1-031-CoolIt-ModelingScenario
    We offer data on the temperature of water in a beaker in a room of constant temperature and in a room of nonconstant temperature. Students consider both empirical and analytic modeling...

    Keywords: SpanishNewton's Law of Coolingcooling

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    2004-Denny-Yackel-Temperature Models for Ware Hall
    This paper offers some very nice extended models for cooling off a new office area for a mathematics department.

    Keywords: Newton's Law of Coolingcoolingoffice building

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    1-076-ClimateBifurcation-ModelingScenario
    We cover simple zero and one dimensional models for the mean temperature of the Earth. These models can exhibit bifurcations.

    Keywords: energy balanceclimateenergyalbedoHysteresisbifurcationice-agegreenhousebalanceStefan Boltzmann Law

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    1-033-SouthernBarbeque-ModelingScenario
    We offer raw data collected from two thermometers used in the smoking process of Southern barbecue. One thermometer measures the temperature inside of the smoke chamber and the other measures the...

    Keywords: nonlinear regressionlogisticNewton's Law of Cooling-Warmingbarbecue

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    1-043-CoolingUpAndDown-ModelingScenario
    We consider modeling the attempt of an air conditioner to cool a room to a ``constant'' temperature.

    Keywords: temperatureoscillationNewton's Law of Coolingcoolingthermostatair conditioner

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    1-045-TimeOfDeath-ModelingScenario
    Students are asked to determine the time of death given both environmental temperature situations and two observations of body temperature under several different circumstances.

    Keywords: body masstemperaturedeathNewton's Law of Coolingbody temperature

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    1-068-WaterBottleCooling-ModelingScenario
    Students create of a differential equation describing how fluid in a water bottle will change its temperature to approach the ambient temperature in a room.

    Keywords: bNewton's Law of Coolingwater bottleautonomousbottle

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    Regulating Carbon Emissions
    Learn how to incorporate these teaching materials into your class. Find out what's included with each module. Learn how it can be adapted to work in your classroom.

    Keywords: climate changeenvironment

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    2007-Graham-Lerch-Parameter Recovery for a Differential Equation Model
    This article presents a project for a differential equations class using an inverse problem based on the second order differential equation that models and electrical circuit.

    Keywords: laboratorydata collectionRLC circuitinvers problemelectrical circuit

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    2015-Brian_Winkel-Informed_Conjecturing_of_Solutions_for_Differential_Equations_In_a_Modeling_Contex
    We examine (1) first order exponential growth or decay and (2) second order, linear, constant coefficient differential equations, and show the advantage of learning differential equations in a...

    Keywords: exponential growthsolutionslinear systemsdecayconjecture

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    2016-Simon_Malham-Differential_Equations_and_Linear_Algebra
    This is a nice set of notes on which a course can be based. There is ample material on first and second order, linear systems, and Laplace Transform methods for setting up and solving differential...

    Keywords: textbooklinear algebraLaplace transform

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    2008-Duran-Caginalp-Parameter optimization for differential equations in asset price forecasting
    The optimization procedure is used in conjunction with daily market prices (MPs) and net asset values to determine the parameters for which the AFDE yield the best fit for the previous n days.

    Keywords: financeinverse problemnumerical nonlinear optimizationasset flowfinancial market dynamicsmarket return prediction algorithm

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    5-026-Evictions-ModelingScenario
    In this project, students develop two SIS models to study eviction trends in a population of non-homeowner households using an actual eviction rate. Students can calculate solutions, sketch the...

    Keywords: carrying capacitycompartmentevictionhomeownerSIS modelhomelessness

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    2009-Das-EtAl-Bioeconomic harvesting of a pre-predator fishery
    This paper deals with the problem of non-selective harvesting of a prey–predator system by using a reasonable catch-rate function instead of usual catch-per-unit-effort hypothesis.

    Keywords: predator-preyharvestingPontryagin’s maximum principlebioeconomicbionomic equilibriumbiotechnical productivitycatch-rate functionoptimal equilibrium

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    2003-Fay-Graham-Coupled spring equations
    Coupled spring equations for modelling the motion of two springs with weights attached, hung in series from the ceiling are described.

    Keywords: massoscillationspring\coupled springsperiodicfporcing

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    1-029-ConeToCubeFlow-ModelingScenario
    An inverted right circular cone with a hole at the bottom is suspended above an open-topped cube which also has a hole in the center of the bottom. The cone is filled with water and we model...

    Keywords: waterflowTorricelli's Lawconecube

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