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Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability (1.020)

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() key to symbols Prereq: GIR:PHY1; [18.03 or permission of instructor]
Units: 3-2-7

Review of physical, chemical, ecological, and economic principles used to examine interactions between humans and the natural environment. Applications of mass balance concepts in ecology, chemical kinetics, hydrology, and transportation; energy balance concepts in building design, ecology, and climate change; economic and life cycle concepts in resource evaluation and engineering design. Numerical models used to integrate concepts and to assess environmental impacts of human activities. Problem sets involve development of MATLAB models for particular engineering applications. Some experience with computer programming is helpful but not essential.

D. McLaughlin

Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.