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    9-001-SkinBurnModelNumericalMethods-TechniqueNarrative
    The heat equation is an important partial differential equation (PDE) which describes the distribution of heat in a given region over time. Numerical methods play an important role in solving these.

    Keywords: Maternal-Fetal interfaceheat equationConservation of Energytheat fluxEuler's forward methodcentral differenceskin burnhyperthermiathermal conductivitylayers

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    5-005-StiffDifferentialEquations-TechniqueNarrative
    This material introduces the topic of ``stiffness'' for a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE's), through a series of examples. Stiffness is a property that a system of ODE's may...

    Keywords: Euler's methodexplicit methodsimplicit methodsstiffsitffnessstiff differential equationinstability

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    9-030-WaterHammer-ModelingScenario
    We develop and apply a numerical algorithm that solves a system of two nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) that describes the time evolution of the water hammer phenomenon.

    Keywords: Stock and Flow modelhyperbolic equationsfinite differenceswater hammerhydrodynamicscompressibilitywave celerity

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    Altruism Simulation Activity
    An altruism activity that uses a NetLogo altruism simulation.

    Keywords: Evolutiontool:netlogoanimal behavioraltruism

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    2012-Brian_Ingalls-Mathematical Modelling in Systems Biology An Introduction
    This is a comprehensive text with much biology background to motivate the mathematical modeling, exercises and answers, and many rich examples.

    Keywords: spatialsensitivity analysisgene regulatory networksstochasticbifurcationmetabolic networkselectrophysiologytransductionrate lawsbiochemical reactions

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    2020-TeachingModule-SpreadOfCommonColdSimulation
    This simulation is meant to introduce the idea of a differential equation model and investigate the impact of heightened hygiene and decreased interactions on the spread of an infectious disease....

    Keywords: simulationmoduleinfectious diseasediseasespreadTeaching Modulespread of disease

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    2000-Erdman-Morelock-A Study of Kinetics The Estimation and Simulation of Systems of First-Order Differential Equations
    This paper introduces new and old features of the SAS System for the estimation and simulation of systems of first-order differential equations with emphasis on examples in kinetics.

    Keywords: kineticsSAScompartmentpharmacokinetics

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    1-002-Tossing-ModelingScenario
    We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and...

    Keywords: Modeling and simulationexponentialdecaydice

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    2003-Knorrenschild-Gross-Text Books on Mathematical Modeling in Biology
    Text Books on Mathematical Modeling in Biology Compiled from the Internet by Michael Knorrenschild,

    Keywords: biologyMathematical Biologytextbooktext

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    2017-GR_Gustafson-Differential Equations Course Materials
    There are many applications from compartment and cascade analysis, recycling brine tank, home heating with multiple rooms, chemostat, microbes, heartbeats, lidocaine, nutrient flow in an aquarium,...

    Keywords: chemostatmicrobesbiomassforecastingtransfercompartmentpesticidesearthquaketankheatinglidocainebrineheartbeatsnutrient flowaquariumelectric networkscircuitsloggingbuildingcascade

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    2017-Biswasa-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling Applied to Sustainable Management of Marine Resources
    We study a nonlinear mathematical model of fishery management to understand dynamics of a fishery resource system in an aquatic environment that consists of two zones; one free fishing zone and...

    Keywords: natural resourcesmarine resourcesfishery model

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    2017-Alex_Honchar-Neural Networks For Solving Differential Equations
    In this post I want to show how I applied simple feed-forward NNs to different differential equations with increasing complexity: ODEs, second order ODEs, and, finally, PDEs.

    Keywords: neural networksCybenko theoremdiffusion equationfluid dynamics

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    2015-Sivakumar-EtAl-Approximate Analytical Expression of Concentrations in a Kinetic Model for Biogas Generation from Banana Waste
    The initial value problem in a kinetic model for biogas generation from banana waste is discussed. The model involves the system of non-linear differential equations which has variety of non-linear...

    Keywords: chemical kineticsMichaelis-Menten kineticsanaerobic digestionacidogenic stepsbananamethanogenic stepswastes

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    2015-Dios-EtAl-How Engineers deal with Mathematics solving Differential Equations
    The students of fourth course, of the bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences or Industrial Engineering at the University of Salamanca (Spain), they learn mathematics solving real problems with the...

    Keywords: assessmentengineering educationSimulink

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    2002-Fay-The Pendulum Equation
    We investigate the pendulum equation q’’(t) + l2 sin(q) = 0 and two approximations for it.

    Keywords: pendulumFourier seriesTaylor seriesnumerical solution

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    3-050-CometOrbitalMechanics-ModelingScenario
    The broad goal of this activity is to use a basic numerical method to approximate the solution of an initial value problem. In this particular case, we will use Euler's method to help model the...

    Keywords: trajectorySpaceEuler's methodorbital mechanicscometorbit

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    3-060-DataToDifferentialEquation-ModelingScenario
    Students use knowledge of second-order linear differential equations in conjunction with physical intuition of spring-mass systems to estimate the damping coefficient and spring constant from data.

    Keywords: Association & Data Fittingmassspring-mass systemspring\total distancenumerical differentiation

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    6-024-DronePackageDelivery-ModelingScenario
    Students will derive a system of first order differential equations which describe the flight path of a drone delivering a package.

    Keywords: VectorsTrigonometryFlightdronesparametric curveImproved Euler MethodRunge-Kutta

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    2017-Chávez-EtAl-Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Pest Control Strategies via Impulsive Differential Equations
    The paper is concerned with the development and numerical analysis of mathematical models used to describe complex biological systems in the framework of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

    Keywords: bifurcationschaosimpulsive modellimit cycleshysteretic effectsperiod-doubling cascades

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    9-020-HeatDiffusion-ModelingScenario
    This project guides students through experimental, analytical, and numerical techniques for understanding the heat (diffusion) equation with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions. In particular,...

    Keywords: laboratoryDiffusionheat

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