Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Mass balance
1	Introduction, basic concepts Modeling: Everglades	Problem set 1 out: irrigation/salination
2	Mass conservation Modeling: Everglades
3	Chemical kinetics Modeling: dechlorination
4	Population modeling Modeling: pesticide impact	Problem set 1 in Problem set 2 out: competition/harvesting
5	Closed cycles Modeling: nutrient enrichment	Paper assignment out
6	Networks Modeling: traffic
7	Networks Modeling: vehicle emissions	Paper proposal in
Energy balance
8	Basic thermodynamic concepts Modeling: building energy	Problem set 2 in Problem set 3 out: building energy
9	First law, heat capacity, conduction and convection Modeling: building energy	Paper topics finalized
10	Radiative energy transfer Modeling: building energy
11	Open system thermodynamics Modeling: heat discharge to a stream
	Exam 1
Mass and energy transport
12	Mass transport: advection, diffusion Modeling: air quality	Problem set 3 in Problem set 4 out: MATLAB® practice
13	Mass transport: spatial moments Modeling: air quality
14	Mass transport: concentrations Modeling: air quality	Problem set 4 in Problem set 5 out: air quality
Resource economics and life cycle analysis
15	Present value, discounting Modeling: building energy revisited
16	Optimization problems, resource allocation Modeling: crop irrigation
17	Derived demand Modeling: crop irrigation	Draft paper in
18	MATLAB optimization tutorial	Problem set 5 in Problem set 6 out: resource allocation
19	Derived supply, equilibrium analysis Modeling: groundwater supply
20	Multiple objectives, Pareto optimality Modeling: revenue vs. environmental quality	Draft paper returned
21	Life cycle analysis Modeling: life cycle example	Problem set 6 in
22	Life cycle analysis (cont.) Modeling: life cycle example
	Exam 2
23	Student presentations
24	Student presentations (cont.)	Final paper due