Workshop: Lectures on Mathematical Modeling

28 May 2014, 09:00 → 10 Jun 2014, 17:00 Africa/Accra

Postgraduate Lecture Room (KNUST)

Daniel Bentil (University of vermont), Isaac Kwame Dontwi (KNUST), Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

The goal of these lectures is to give participants:

1. Critical understanding of the use of mathematical methods in biology, ecology, bio-geochemistry and industry.
2. Exposure to mathematical/Computation techniques which are required to study equations that arise in modeling diverse processes.
3. Derive, interpret, solve, understand, discuss and critique models.

Wednesday, 28 May

09:00 → 11:45 Introduction to Mathematical Biology

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:45 → 12:00 Short Break

12:00 → 14:00 Introduction to Mathematical Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Cont': Introduction to Mathematical Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

Thursday, 29 May

09:00 → 11:45 Single Species Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:45 → 12:00 Short Break

12:00 → 14:00 Single Species Modeling Cont'

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation Session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Friday, 30 May

09:00 → 12:00 Two Species Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Monday, 2 June

09:00 → 12:00 Discrete Nonlinear Models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

12:00 → 12:15 Short Break

12:15 → 14:00 Practice session

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Tuesday, 3 June

09:00 → 11:00 Non-dimensionization of models

11:00 → 11:20 Short Break

11:20 → 14:00 Introduction to Model Analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Friday, 6 June

09:00 → 13:00 Behavoir of Solutions - steady state and stability analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 17:10 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Monday, 9 June

09:00 → 11:30 Phase Plane Analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:30 → 14:00 Limit cycle solutions of the models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation session

Tuesday, 10 June

09:00 → 11:30 Turning Instability of models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:30 → 11:50 Short Break

11:50 → 14:00 Travelling wave solution of the models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 → 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 → 17:00 Computing and Simulation Session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)