Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability
Lecture Notes
This section includes handouts summarizing the lectures; note that many of the handouts span two lecture sessions.
SES # |
LECTURE NOTES |
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Mass balance |
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1 |
Introduction, basic concepts (PDF) Modeling: Everglades |
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2 |
Mass conservation Modeling: Everglades |
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3 |
Chemical kinetics (PDF) Modeling: dechlorination |
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4 |
Population modeling (PDF) Modeling: pesticide impact |
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5 |
Closed cycles (PDF) Modeling: nutrient enrichment |
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6 |
Networks (PDF) Modeling: traffic |
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7 |
Networks Modeling: vehicle emissions |
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Energy balance |
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Basic thermodynamic concepts (PDF) Modeling: building energy |
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9 |
First law, heat capacity, conduction and convection Modeling: building energy |
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10 |
Radiative energy transfer (PDF) Modeling: building energy |
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11 |
Open system thermodynamics (PDF) Modeling: heat discharge to a stream |
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Mass and energy transport |
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Mass transport: advection, diffusion (PDF) Modeling: air quality |
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13 |
Mass transport: spatial moments Modeling: air quality |
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14 |
Mass transport: concentrations Modeling: air quality |
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Resource economics and life cycle analysis |
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15 |
Present value, discounting (PDF) Modeling: building energy revisited |
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16 |
Optimization problems, resource allocation (PDF) Modeling: crop irrigation |
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17 |
Derived demand Modeling: crop irrigation |
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18 |
MATLAB optimization tutorial |
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19 |
Derived supply, equilibrium analysis (PDF) Modeling: groundwater supply |
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20 |
Multiple objectives, Pareto optimality (PDF) Modeling: revenue vs. environmental quality |
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21 |
Life cycle analysis (PDF) Modeling: life cycle example |
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22 |
Life cycle analysis (cont.) Modeling: life cycle example |
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23 |
Student presentations |
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Student presentations (cont.) |
Assignments
ASSIGNMENTS |
TOPICS |
Problem set 1 |
Salination in irrigated agriculture (PDF) |
Problem set 2 |
Species competition (PDF) |
Problem set 3 |
Thermal analysis for a small house (PDF) Meterological data (TXT) |
Problem set 4 |
MATLABĀ® practice (PDF) |
Problem set 5 |
Particulate transport (PDF) |
Problem set 6 |
Resource allocation (PDF) |
Exams
Practice Exam Problems and Solutions
Exam 1 (PDF)
Exam 2 (PDF)