Welcome to the course System modelling in environmental engineering!

This course covers the fundamentals of modelling and simulation in the environmental engineering field. You will learn how mathematical models can be classified, how to select a specific model, or a development method for a model, as well as how to simulate and validate the model. You will look at examples such as wastewater treatment and air pollution and see how modelling can be applied to the field of environmental engineering.

Course aim

The goal of the course is to give the student in-depth knowledge about modelling and simulation in the field of environmental engineering and to gain skills to develop, validate and apply models to environmental engineering problems.

Course content

Fundamentals of models, possible uses and limitations, classification of models (physical vs. mathematical, static vs dynamic, mechanistic vs empirical, stochastic vs deterministic), model development and selection, model validation, parameter estimation, common models in environmental engineering (such as growth and biological processes), different simulation software and mathematical tools.

Sustainable development goals addressed

Course syllabus

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