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SDG 15 – Life on Land

  • Laboratory

    Part of the exploration of the materials and engineering aspects of each case study will be accomplished through hands-on laboratory experience with the materials in question: glass, copper and its alloys, and rubber.

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  • Written Assignments

    Each student will be responsible for two short papers on the material from the two units not included in his/her presentation. For example, if a student makes a presentation on metallurgy, the two papers will be on glass and rubber; if the presentation is on rubber processing, the papers will be on metallurgy and glass.

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  • Group Presentations

    Students will be assigned to choose one material represented by each of the three case study groups: glass, metal, or rubber. Each group will research one aspect of the chosen material and make a group presentation at the end of the corresponding unit.

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  • Exam 2

    Exam questions for the course Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability

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  • Exam 1

    Exam questions for the course Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability

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  • Problem Set 6: Resource Allocation

    The objective of this problem is to allocate agricultural water to maximize profits, subject to environmental constraints.

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  • Problem Set 5: Particulate Transport

    In this problem set you will be simulating particulate emissions from a single vehicle moving along a straight road with a cross wind. You will develop a particle tracking model to visualize the particulate plume and to compute atmospheric concentrations.

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  • Problem Set 4: MATLAB Practice

    This problem set is designed to give you some practice with MATLAB programming. You should develop your own programs rather than modify those handed out in class. The programming problems given here are based on simplified versions of the Exam 1 problems.

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  • Problem Set 3: Thermal Analysis for a Small House

    In this problem set you will be evaluating the energy performance of a house using a MATLAB model you construct. Your model will include heat gains and losses from heat conduction, convection, and radiation as well as heat gains from a thermostatically controlled furnace. You will be examining the effect of changing windows, and other structural components.

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  • Problem Set 2: Species Competition

    This problem builds on the class lectures about predator-prey ecosytems. Rather than predation, we consider two similar species competing for a common resource. We use the Lotka-Volterra competition model, which embodies the “competitive exclusion” principle:

    "If two competing species coexist in the same niche in a stable environment then one species will eventually crowd out the other.”

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