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    5-002-RelationshipDynamics-ModelingScenario
    The different possible dynamics of a two-person romantic relationship are modeled -- as a linear two dimensional system of equations -- and analyzed.

    Keywords: love affairRomeo and Juliet

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    4-055-ShatterWineGlass-ModelingScenario
    This module takes students through real life scenarios to examine resonance and its destructive power using differential equation models. What is resonance? How does it happen? Why is it important?

    Keywords: frequencydampingamplituderesonanceoscillationshatteringwine glassbridgesaircraftexternal force

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    3-105-FrequencyResponse-ModelingScenario
    We describe the frequency response to a second order differential equation with a driving function as the maximum steady state solution amplitude and perform some analyses in this regard.

    Keywords: transient dynamicscircuitspring massdriverfrequency responseamplitudesteady state

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    3-020-ChordPathTime-ModelingScenario
    Using Newton's Second Law of motion we can determine the time it takes for a mass to slide along a chord of a vertical circle from high point to any point along the circle. Initially, the result is...

    Keywords: Unit CirclepathfallinggravitychordNetwon's Second Law of Motion

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    1-107-ClothDry-ModelingScenario
    We build a mathematical model for the rate of drying in a wet cloth while hanging in air. A model can be based on underlying physical principles (analytic) or based on observations and reasoned...

    Keywords: dryingclothevaporation

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    7-008-MachineReplacement-ModelingScenario
    Students build an integro-differential equation model using a convolution for machine replacement strategies for two different machine failure models.

    Keywords: Probabilityreplacement numberLaplace transformindustrial engineeringmachineconvolutiondistributiojstep functionderivative definition

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    10-001-TilingHallway-ModelingScenario
    Students investigate difference equations through tiling hallways. They observe patterns in the tiling which lead to a difference equation. Solutions will be calculated by iteration. and the shift...

    Keywords: Geometryiterationtilingrecurrenceshift operatorpatternsclosed formanalytic solution

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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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    3-030-SecondOrderIntro-ModelingScenario
    We outline the solution strategies involved in solving second-order, linear, constant coefficient ordinary differential equations, both homogeneous and nonhomogeneous and offer many application and...

    Keywords: parameter estimationnon-homogeneousSpanishfrequencybuoyancyinverse problemthrustunderdampedfirst passagespring mash dashpotrealcomplexhomogeneoussuperpositionparachuteoverdampedcritically dampedbuoyquadratic equationrootsrocket flight

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    1-160-HeartDeathRate-ModelingScenario
    Students simulate experience from a given data set which represents the heart death rate during the period 2000 - 2010 using several approaches to include exponential decay, difference equation,...

    Keywords: dataheart death rate

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    5-015-RunnersSynchronize-ModelingScenario
    In this modeling scenario we practice finding and classifying equilibria of a one-variable differential equation. We do this in the context of a phase model which is often a simpler way of studying...

    Keywords: predatorAutonomous equationsoscillationcoupled oscillatorsynchronyrunnerpreyKuramato model

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    9-015-UnearthingTruth-ModelingScenario
    This project introduces \textit{electrical resistivity tomography}, a technique of interest for geophysical imaging, used to produce images of underground features or structures by using electrical...

    Keywords: geophysicalImagingStatistical inverse problemtunnelconductionHolocaustVilniusDivergence TheoremfluxLaplace's equationimpedanceelectrical resistivity tomographytomographyresistivity

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    9-014-TurkeyCook-ModelingScenario
    The goal of this project is to investigate several models for the cooking time for a turkey based on weight, test these models with data obtained from heating curves for turkeys of various weights,...

    Keywords: sphereheat equationturkeyPanofskyradial symmetry

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    1-078-MonodGrowthModel-ModelingScenario
    Students model growth of bacteria E. coli in a limiting nutrient environment using data from a historical study.

    Keywords: bacterianutrient cyclesgrowthMonodconsumption

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    1-070-FisheryHarvest-ModelingScenario
    Students model with logistic growth, harvesting, and diffusion in analyzing ocean fisheries of the Atlantic cod. We help students build models, ever more complex, to capture physical realities. At...

    Keywords: logisticDiffusionmanagementharvestfishery

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    3-065-UpDown-ModelingScenario
    We model the height of a launched object which is subject to resistance proportional to velocity during its flight. We ask questions about the motion as well, e.g., highest point or apex and...

    Keywords: terminal velocityNewton's Second Law of Motionvelocitymotionapex

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    7-011-CoupledSystemLaplace-ModelingScenario
    Differential equations and Laplace transforms are an integral part of control problems in engineering systems. We consider a baby warming device.

    Keywords: transfer functionpolycarbonatebaby heatercoupled systemheating

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    1-010-AtmosphericCO2Bifurcation-TechniqueNarrative
    Students are introduced to the concept of a bifurcation in a first-order ordinary differential equation (ODE) through a modeling scenario involving atmospheric carbon dioxide whish is taken as a...

    Keywords: carbon dioxideSurface Atmosphere Exchangebifurcationfold bifurcationsaddle node

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    1-013-SleuthingWithDifferentialEquations-ModelingScenario
    We present several situations in which differential equation models serve to aid in sleuthing and general investigations.

    Keywords: projectile motionaccelerationNewton's Law of Coolingspeeding

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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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