[Final Project]

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Pitch due: May 8th Project due: May 22nd

Projects should focus on modeling something relevant to the course material -- the final product should be a write-up (LaTeX formatted pdf). The project should be able to test something using the model -- this can be in terms of changing parameters and seeing the effect on the model results, comparing to prior models, or in comparing the model behavior/results to an observed quantity. An overleaf template is provided here: template under main.tex. Note: That link also includes a sample student project (shared with permission) example.tex that may give you an idea of the appropriate scope and format for this kind of project.

• Introduction
  • A description of the problem/system that your model is for, with relevant references to establish the background and motivation. - What is the origin of the model you are using?
  • How does this model compare to other techniques being used?
  • What are you going to test with this model and why?
  • Must include: relevance of your chosen topic to the course material.
• Model Description
  • Establish the physical assumptions that you are using and how they are being incorporated into your model
  • Define the relevant parameters of the model and motivate the choices of parameters (either using a physical argument or with values from the literature).
• Model Results
  • Basic presentation of results of computing the model test
  • Figures, Tables, etc.
• Discussion and Summary
  • Assess your results -- is this expected/unexpected? Is this consistent with past models/results from the literature or what we've learned in class? Why or why not?
• Bibliography
  • Should cite at least 5 papers from the literature

Your pitch should include:

1. topic
2. what kind of model you would want to do (you can bring some papers that you are considering)
3. what you would like to test using the model
4. how this project relates to the course material

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Potential project jumping off points:

• An extension or parameter test of any models we've worked on in the homework
• A model described in a paper relevant to the course material
• Models behind the figures in our ISM textbook's website

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To submit: Upload to the w15/submissions folder