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

1 Introduction to Mathematical Biology

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:45 Short Break

2 Introduction to Mathematical Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

3 Cont': Introduction to Mathematical Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

Thursday 29 May

4 Single Species Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:45 Short Break

5 Single Species Modeling Cont'

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

6 Computing and Simulation Session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Friday 30 May

7 Two Species Modeling

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

12:00 Lunch Break

8 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Monday 2 June

9 Discrete Nonlinear Models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

12:00 Short Break

10 Practice session

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

11 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Tuesday 3 June

12 Non-dimensionization of models

11:00 Short Break

13 Introduction to Model Analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

14 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Friday 6 June

15 Behavoir of Solutions - steady state and stability analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

13:00 Lunch Break

16 Computing and Simulation session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

Monday 9 June

17 Phase Plane Analysis

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

18 Limit cycle solutions of the models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

19 Computing and Simulation session

Tuesday 10 June

20 Turning Instability of models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

11:30 Short Break

21 Travelling wave solution of the models

Speaker: Prof. Daniel Bentil (University of vermont)

14:00 Lunch Break

22 Computing and Simulation Session

Speaker: Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)