Difference between revisions of "CS382:Unit-descriptions"

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Nate

Philip

Chemical modeling - Using resources to model molecules and looking at the kind of molecule a certain combination of atoms make. Goes into using this kind of modeling to make new drugs. Would include a lecture that harks back to an (most likely) earlier lecture about how modeling is the third leg and then go into how drug companies have saved billions of dollars by being able to get through the early phases of drug development with just models. Would have a lab to come up with a feasible possibility for a new type of drug, and what it would/could possibly treat. Need to look into the availability of a computational chem server, as it might not be for use for beyond high school.

Possibly a more structured/simpler version of the parachute lab done in CS290. Obviously having them perform the parachute drops and such would not be feasible but we could have them start out with the videos and some figures and they would do the netlogo aspect of the lab for themselves.

Bryan

Modeling a woodwind instrument - Could demonstrate how changing the hole positions would affect pitch/timbre. Might need some introduction to the physics of music, general properties of sound.
Modeling airflow in a wind tunnel - This could be introduced as a follow-up to the woodwind unit, except now the class could look at the increased complexity of airflow around a simulated object. How detailed and complex can a virtual object become before modeling airflow around it becomes computationally infeasible? This unit might be able to use some of the physics background introduced in the Woodwind modeling unit described earlier. The fluid dynamics aspect might add a significant learning curve, however.

Forth person

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-* Modeling a woodwind instrument - Simpler than fluid dynamics, because air moves through the tube in one direction. Could demonstrate how changing the hole positions would affect pitch/timbre. Might need some introduction to the physics of music, general properties of sound.
+* Modeling a woodwind instrument -  Could demonstrate how changing the hole positions would affect pitch/timbre. Might need some introduction to the physics of music, general properties of sound.
 *Modeling airflow in a wind tunnel - This could be introduced as a follow-up to the woodwind unit, except now the class could look at the increased complexity of airflow around a simulated object. How detailed and complex can a virtual object become before modeling airflow around it becomes computationally infeasible? This unit might be able to use some of the physics background introduced in the Woodwind modeling unit described earlier. The fluid dynamics aspect might add a significant learning curve, however.