Mathematical Modeling Course
8200. Topics in Applied MathematicsCourse Instructors
Course Description
This course is very different than the typical mathematics course. Participating students work in groups on projects that arise in industry or in other disciplines of science. While advised by the course instructors, in all projects, an external partner is present. The problems are formulated in non-mathematical language, and the final results need to be formulated in a language accessible to the industry partner. This means in particular that the mathematics to solve the problem at hand has to be selected and/or created by the students.
Course Goals
Students learn modeling by doing. On the way, they train a wide variety of skills, such as creative modeling, literature and internet research, group discussions, applied analysis, scientific programming, and presentation skills. Each student will be a master of his project, and in addition understands and learns about the projects treated by the other students.
Grading
The course grading is based on the weekly presentations, the project reports, and on class participation. The are no exams. More than in traditional lectures, the success of the project research depends on the students' work. We expect each student to devote at least 10 hours per week to the project work.
Projects and Partner Companies
The modeling projects have been in collaboration with the following companies:
Elixr Coffee, Philadelphia, PA, USA, is the coffee place with the best cappucino in the western hemisphere.
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Hsieh Lab, Temple University.
Prof. Tonia Hsieh and her postdoctoral researchers and students study the
locomotion of lizards, cockroaches, and other animals. |
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Gamry Instruments,
Warminster, PA, USA, is a company that designs and manufactures electrochemical
instruments, in particular impedance-scanning quartz crystal microbalance
systems. |
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Meteomedia AG
is one of the leading weather services in Europe, with subsidiaries in
Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the USA. One of their products is weather
forecast for television. Meteomedia produces weather reports for the German
state TV broadcaster ARD and numerous other TV and radio stations in Germany. |
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Modeling Course - Fall 2011
- Course Syllabus
- Course hours: MW 11:00-12:20