Achieving Equilibrium

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Achieving Equilibrium

• Team Borden, Garrison, Holley, Malaugh, Mayer

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• Modeling Tools
• Links
• Goals
• Plan
• Timeline

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Modeling Tools

• Stella
• (secondarily, Excel)

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Links

• Physical experiments1. Water height achieving
  equilibrium between two connected containers.2.
  Water temperature achieving equilibrium between
  two volumes mixed together.3. Potato slice
  immersed in sugar-water solution achieving
  equilibrium in water concentration.

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Goals

1. Understanding dynamic equilibrium in various
   scientific settings.
2. Using computer technology for problem-solving and
   real-world applications.
3. Using technological tools to model nature.

• 4. Hypothesizing mathematical relationships and
  verifying/falsifying through experimentation.
• 5. Simulating systems first studied in wet-lab
  setting, then using simulation to motivate
  further experiments.

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Plan

• 4. Modify, add layer of complexity, to first
  Stella simulation to model experiment 3.
• 5. Observe further details in any of experiments
  add additional layer(s) of complexity to second
  Stella model make prediction perform experiment
  again
• 6. (dis)confirm validity of model.
• 7. Iterate step 6.

1. Perform experiment 1 or 2 in wet-lab. Gather
   data and graph in Excel.Build simple Stella
   simulation of system 1 or 2 achieving
   equilibrium.
2. Compare simulation to recorded results
   (dis)confirm validity of model.
3. Perform experiment 3 in wet-lab.

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Timeline

1. SC2000 select tool and topic make outline and
   timeline.
2. March experiments 1-3 designed Stella models
   validated.
3. May possible directions for step 5 of Plan
   explored, described, models built.
4. July UAH Workshop complete equilibrium module.