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    A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
    Most undergraduate instructors would agree that learning to write about data in the style of a scientific research paper is a worthy goal for their students.  However, many hesitate to tackle...

    Keywords: data analysisprimary literaturescientific writingcommunicating science

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    2018-Franklin_Chen-Teaching Kinetics through Differential Equations Constructed with a Berkeley MadonnaTM Flow Chart Model
    This kinetics manual has been successfully implemented in Physical Chemistry at UW-Green Bay in the fall semester of 2017, with the students’ success rate greater than 80%.

    Keywords: kineticsPhysical ChemistryLotka Volterra equationsBerkeley Madonna platform

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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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    1992-Jude_Sommerfeld-More Applied Math Problems on Vessel Draining
    From a chemical engineering point of view emptying processing and storage tanks is important and this article considers many issues and shapes of containers. The main interest is in the total time...

    Keywords: Torricelli's LawemptyTorricellivesselcontainer

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    1994-Paul_Davis-Asking Good Questions about Differential Equations
    A general essay about the Rule of Three – numerical, algebraic, and graphical perspectives + modeling with one illustration about Irish population.

    Keywords: questionspopulationnumericalphysical contextgraphicalalgebraicIreland

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    1-102C-CancerGrowth-ModelingScenario
    This module guides students in the use of differential equation models to predict cancer growth and study treatment outcomes. Several classical models for cancer growth are presented including...

    Keywords: optimizationcancerlogisticexponentialpredictiontumorgrowthdata fittingpower lawBertanffyGompertz

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    Using Data in Limnology
    Poster on the interdisciplinary study of limnology as a "PEAK" integrative learning experience at Concordia Collegepresented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: student researchinterdisciplinary educationlimnologyeco-informaticsSummer Workshop 2018

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    Good Drug, Bad Practice: Tackling the Ivermectin Fiasco
    Throughout history, biomedical advancements have alleviated suffering worldwide and significantly advanced human well-being. As researchers and educators, we are well-familiar with the...

    Keywords: Peer reviewCOVID19fraudtherapeutic drugIvermectin

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    1988-EY_Rodin-N_Taber-Yeast Growth Modelling in a Laboratory
    Modeling simple growth with some missing data and doing linear regression for parameter estimation in closed form solution of differential equation model and data.

    Keywords: regressionyeastgrowth

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    Biodiversity Show and Tell: An Accessible Activity to Encourage Students to Explore the Tree of Life
    An appreciation of organismal diversity is a requirement for understanding evolution and ecology, and can serve as a source of amazement and wonder that inspires students to enjoy biology. However,...

    Keywords: EvolutionecologyBiodiversity

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    SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - Ethics Modeling
    A Practical Guide for Incorporating Ethical Reasoning into Mathematics Courses through Modeling Problems

    Keywords: modelinginterdisciplinaryguideethicsgroup workethical reasoning

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    2016-Pennell-Avitabile-White-Engineering Applications Differential Equations
    General discussion of an engineering based differential equations course with examples from RC Circuit, mass spring dashpot.

    Keywords: circuitvoltagecapacitornondimensionalization

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    2011-W_Wood-Squigonometry
    The differential equations used to define a unit circle, namely x’(t) = - y(t), y’(t) = (t), x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0 are generalized to produce interesting functions which...

    Keywords: Trigonometric Functionscirclesquigonometryinverse functiontrigonmetry

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    2004-Ledzewicz-Schattler-Application of Control Theory in Modelling Cancer Chemotherapy
    In this paper we discuss how to incorporate more realistic medical aspects of chemotherapy which hitherto have been neglected in the models.

    Keywords: optimal controldrug resistancepharmacokineticspharmacodynamicschemotherapy

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    2015-Carl_Lutzer-Using Expected Value to Introduce the Laplace Transform
    We propose an introduction to the Laplace transform in which Riemann sums are used to approximate the expected net change in a function, assuming that it quantifies a process that can terminate at...

    Keywords: Expected ValueRiemann sumnet change

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    2015-Beier-EtAl-Building Context with Tumor Growth Modeling Projects in Differential Equations
    Here we present two projects related to tumor growth appropriate for a first course in differential equations. They illustrate the use of problem-based learning to reinforce and extend course...

    Keywords: tummor growthresearch experience

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    2012-Bech-EtAl-Resources For Engineering Applications Of Math
    Illustrations of applied mathematics including statics, truss, heat equation, column analysis, coupled oscillators, feedback control, AC circuit, chemical reactions, kinetics.

    Keywords: kineticsheat equationcolumn analysiscoupled oscillatorsfeedback controlAC circuitchemical reactions

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    2011-W_Wood-Squigonometry
    The differential equations used to define a unit circle, namely x’(t) = - y(t), y’(t) = x(t), x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0 are generalized to produce interesting functions which...

    Keywords: TrigonometryTrigonometric Functionsparametric equationscirclesinecosinesquigonometryinverse function

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    2010-Randy_Boucher-Determining Dissolved Oxygen Levels
    This is a full module given to students and the article contains comments for instructors as well.

    Keywords: Environmental Engineeringbiochemical oxygen demandoxygen level

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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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