This section includes handouts summarizing the lectures; note that many of the handouts span two lecture sessions.
Lecture note files.
| SES # |
LECTURE NOTES |
| Mass balance |
| 1 |
Introduction, basic concepts (PDF)
Modeling: Everglades
|
| 2 |
Mass conservation
Modeling: Everglades
|
| 3 |
Chemical kinetics (PDF)
Modeling: dechlorination
|
| 4 |
Population modeling (PDF)
Modeling: pesticide impact
|
| 5 |
Closed cycles (PDF)
Modeling: nutrient enrichment
|
| 6 |
Networks (PDF)
Modeling: traffic
|
| 7 |
Networks
Modeling: vehicle emissions
|
| Energy balance |
| 8 |
Basic thermodynamic concepts (PDF)
Modeling: building energy
|
| 9 |
First law, heat capacity, conduction and convection
Modeling: building energy
|
| 10 |
Radiative energy transfer (PDF)
Modeling: building energy
|
| 11 |
Open system thermodynamics (PDF)
Modeling: heat discharge to a stream
|
| Mass and energy transport |
| 12 |
Mass transport: advection, diffusion (PDF)
Modeling: air quality
|
| 13 |
Mass transport: spatial moments
Modeling: air quality
|
| 14 |
Mass transport: concentrations
Modeling: air quality
|
| Resource economics and life cycle analysis |
| 15 |
Present value, discounting (PDF)
Modeling: building energy revisited
|
| 16 |
Optimization problems, resource allocation (PDF)
Modeling: crop irrigation
|
| 17 |
Derived demand
Modeling: crop irrigation
|
| 18 |
MATLAB optimization tutorial |
| 19 |
Derived supply, equilibrium analysis (PDF)
Modeling: groundwater supply
|
| 20 |
Multiple objectives, Pareto optimality (PDF)
Modeling: revenue vs. environmental quality
|
| 21 |
Life cycle analysis (PDF)
Modeling: life cycle example
|
| 22 |
Life cycle analysis (cont.)
Modeling: life cycle example
|
| 23 |
Student presentations |
| 24 |
Student presentations (cont.) |