Module: Applied Mathematics for the Life Sciences (1101-400)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Philipp Kügler (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Food Science and Engineering (Master, since 01.10.2013)
  1. Semester, compulsory
• Food Biotechnology (Master, since 01.10.2013)
  3. Semester, elective
• Biology (Master, since 01.10.2010)
  3. Semester, elective
• Food Biotechnology (Master, since 01.10.2016)
  3. Semester, elective

Prerequisites for Attendance:

Knowledge of the contents of the modul "Mathematik für Biowissenschaften" as part of the B.Sc.-programme “Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Biotechnologie” at the University of Hohenheim.

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

7,5 credits

Frequency:

every winter semester

Length of the Module:

4 weeks (block 2)

Compulsory assignment:

Regular attendance and active software programming

Module examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

120 minutes

Workload:

84 h attendance + 106 independent study = 190 h workload

Professional competences:

Students will learn the basic principles of modeling and simulation with ordinary and partial differential equations in the life sciences. They will be able to classify and formulate mathematical models of processes in food engineering and earth system sciences and use the software packages MATLAB and COMSOL to implement and numerically ana-lyze them. Furthermore, students will know central concepts of model parameter identification from experimental data.

Comments:

Maximum number of participants: 50

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