Facing the Pandemic Together: Forming a Collaborative Research Group

Authors

Michael C. Barg, Niagara University

Publication Date

3-15-2021

Keywords

SIR model, epidemiological modeling, COVID-19, pandemic, research group

Disciplines

Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Science and Mathematics Education

Abstract

This is an account of how a reading and writing project in an introductory differential equations course was transitioned to a professor-student research group collaborative project, in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Adapting on the fly to the ever-evolving pandemic, we collected data, estimated parameters in our models, and computed numerical solutions to SIR-based systems of differential equations. This is a description of what we did and how we found comfort in the project in this time of great uncertainty. The collaboration yielded successes and more questions than we had answers for, but the situation provided an opportunity of a lifetime for my students to engage in a real-world developing situation.

Recommended Citation

Barg, Michael C. (2021) "Facing the Pandemic Together: Forming a Collaborative Research Group," CODEE Journal: Vol. 14, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/codee/vol14/iss1/5

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