1. Objectives, Format, and Goals
GLY-5826
Objectives, Format, and Goals

2. What this course is: Basic, simple numerical methods
Comparisons with analytical solutions
Boundary conditions!
Simple flow models
Geostatistics
MODFLOW

3. What this course is not:
Large modeling package training
Numerical methods
Seawater intrusion

4. Format Lectures Hands on Tools Basic theory Computational aspects
Learn the math!
Hands on
Create and manipulate ‘programs’
Match analytical solutions and observations
Homework is mostly self-correcting

5. Syllabus

6. What I Expect Class participation Knowledge/Skills Attendance
Attention
Questions (and answers)
Knowledge/Skills
Understand model dimensionality
Be able to derive basic flow and transport equations
Be able to compute first and second order derivatives numerically
Understand and apply boundary and initial conditions to flow problems
Understanding is key

7. Semester Project Individual or group
Example group project : FIU Ground Water Model
Collect available well, canal, lake, precipitation, transmissivity, pumping, ET etc. data.
Develop model
Present data and results
Application?