Mathematical Modeling - MAT 326
Spring Semester 2012 - Shippensburg University
 
Instructor: Ben Galluzzo
Office: MCT 275
Phone: 717-477-1468
E-mail: bjgalluzzo at ship dot edu
 
Syllabus can be found here.
Additional Math Culture Point opportunity: Earth's Environment: A Global Struggle (talk to me about math focused write-up requirements)
FINAL PRESENTATION DAY is Tuesday May 1st 1-3 p.m.; prepare a 10 minute talk & turn in (d2l) an executive summary.
Links to in-class models and projects can be found below:

  

Day Activity Additional Materials
1/17 Intro to Modeling
   
1/19 Assuming you like modeling... COMAP Problems
1/24 Army of the Dead
1/26 Furry Friends Exec. Summary Rubric Project 0 Example
1/31 Furry Friends (continued)
2/2 Logistic Growth
2/7 Project 1 prep @ Wallops (P1 ideas) @ Ship (P1 ideas)
2/9 I'm not dead yet!
2/14 Dear Deer (not a love story)
2/16 Fox versus Rabbit
3/22 Game of Life The Martin Gardiner paper and some interesting sites (here and here)
3/24 Project #1 - Presentations Presentation Rubric
4/3 BAC
4/10 Heat Distribution
4/17 Thanks, Mom and Dad!