Rod MacDonald's Profile
Number of items: 53
Date joined: Jun 17 2017
Rod MacDonald's Work
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VEETS 2050
How much wind and solar will it take to meet Virginia's energy needs on typical day in the fall, win
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How much wind and solar will it take to meet Virginia's energy needs on typical day in the fall, winter, spring and summer in 2050?
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⋮ 922 runs
Environment
#2
JMU ISAT SEIR Stage 1 2023
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⋮ 687 runs
Health
#3
ISAT 290 Stage 2 SEIR Model
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⋮ 584 runs
Health
#4
SD Learning Guide Exercise 4.13
Population model that overshoots and collapses for the SD Learning Guide.
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⋮ 139 runs
Environment
Education
#5
Stage 4 Urban Dynamics
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⋮ 3 runs
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Stage 5 Urban Dynamics
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#7
Small Nuclear Reactors Section 2 ISAT 391 Spring 24
Captures issues with developing small nuclear reactors in Virginia.
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⋮ 71 runs
Environment
Technology
Education
#8
JMU ISAT SEIR Stage 6 2023
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⋮ 840 runs
Health
#9
Stage 4 SEIR for ISAT 290
Match you model behavior to the brehavior shown here.
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⋮ 12 runs
#10
SD Learning Guide /figure 4.13
Overshoot and collapse model for the SD Learning Guide used at James Madison University.
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⋮ 125 runs
Environment
Education
#11
Transportation and the Transition to EVs
Student built model capturing the transition to EVs in Virginia.
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⋮ 54 runs
Environment
Transportation
EVs
#12
Ocean Energy Team Section 1 ISAT 391 Spring 24
Generation of clean electric from ocean sources in Virginia.
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⋮ 41 runs
Environment
Technology
Education
#13
Asylum Seekers and Work Permits
Students read an article from the New York Times by Eileen Sullivan and then play with a simultion m
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Students read an article from the New York Times by Eileen Sullivan and then play with a simultion model and explore outcomes.
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⋮ 180 runs
Economics
Education
#14
Electrification of Trucks ISAT 391 Spring 24
A student developed model of the electrification of trucks in Virginia.
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⋮ 105 runs
Environment
Tranportation
Trucks.
#15
ISAT 290 Stage 3 Urban Dynamics Fall 2022
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⋮ 86 runs
Economics
Education
#16
Waiver Slots Model NYS Department of Mental Health
Simple model of a real world program providing mental health services to youth.
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⋮ 185 runs
Health
#17
GORA Case Study
This is a model originally developed by George Richardson and David Andersen at the University at Al
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This is a model originally developed by George Richardson and David Andersen at the University at Albany. They took work they had done for a client and made it into a case study of a government agency providing services.
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⋮ 23 runs
Business
#18
Urban Dynamics Stage 2
Urban Dynamics Stage 2. Match up your stage 2 model behavior to the behaivior shown in this model.
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⋮ 18 runs
#19
Generation Section 2 ISAT 391 Spring 24
A model that examines the transition from fossil fuels to renewables in Virginia.
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⋮ 46 runs
Environment
Education
Developed by students in ISAT 390/391 in the fall of 23 and spring of 24.
#20
Kaibab for the SD Learning guide
The Kaibab Plateau mule deer model to accompany the System Dynamics Learning Guide by Deaton and Mac
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The Kaibab Plateau mule deer model to accompany the System Dynamics Learning Guide by Deaton and MacDonald.
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⋮ 562 runs
Environment
Education
#21
ISAT 290 Urban Dynamics Stage 2 Fall 2022
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⋮ 35 runs
Economics
Education
#22
Renewables in Virginia
Assignment on managing renewables in Virginia
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⋮ 583 runs
Environment
Ecology
Education
#23
Virginia Electricity Transition Model
A simple model capturing key system dynamics concepts using a model of energy capacity.
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⋮ 559 runs
Environment
The concept
user interface
and model is something borrowed from materials used by Steve Peterson at Dartmouth.
#24
ISAT 290 Urban Dynamics Fall 2022
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⋮ 54 runs
Economics
Education
#25
Urban Dynamics Stage 3
Match your model up to the stage 3 behavior.
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⋮ 11 runs
#26
Exercise 25 SD Learning Guide
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⋮ 50 runs
Environment
Ecology
Education
User interface for Exercise 25 from the System Dynamics Learning Guide by Deaton and MacDonald.
#27
Urban Dynamics Stage
Stage 1 of Urban Dynamics for ISAT 290 Students. Match your model behavior to the model behavior sh
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Stage 1 of Urban Dynamics for ISAT 290 Students. Match your model behavior to the model behavior shown here.
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⋮ 23 runs
#28
Prevalence of Smoking and Vaping in the US
JMU ISAT Capstone project on smoking and vaping prevalence in the United States.
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⋮ 91 runs
JMU ISAT Capstone project on smoking and vaping prevalence in the United States.
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DWI in Virginia Thompson and McCaslin Capstone
A model of DWI in Virginia completed in fulfillment of the Capstone requirements at James Madison Un
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A model of DWI in Virginia completed in fulfillment of the Capstone requirements at James Madison University
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⋮ 55 runs
#30
SEIR Stage 1 2022
Match your model up against this behavior
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⋮ 21 runs
#31
Energy Storage ISAT 391 Spring 24
A student built model on storage and the Virginia energy transition.
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⋮ 165 runs
Environment
Education
#32
ISAT 290 Stage 3 SEIR Fall 2022
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⋮ 383 runs
Health
#33
ISAT 290 SEIR Fall 2022
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⋮ 771 runs
Education
Health
#34
Ocean Section 2 ISAT 391 Spring 24
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⋮ 20 runs
Environment
Technology
Education
#35
ISAT 290 Fall 2022 SEIR Stage 1
This is a simple SEIR model that students in ISAT 290 at JMU must replicate as the first part of the
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This is a simple SEIR model that students in ISAT 290 at JMU must replicate as the first part of their final project.
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⋮ 359 runs
Health
#36
GORA Case Study SD Learning Guide
The GORA Case study developed by Richardson and Andersent used in the System Dynamics Learning Guide
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The GORA Case study developed by Richardson and Andersent used in the System Dynamics Learning Guide developed by Deaton and MacDonald.
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⋮ 12 runs
Education
#37
US Lithium Mining Capstone
This is a capstone model developed at James Madison University by Connor Devens and Elliot Rodgers t
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This is a capstone model developed at James Madison University by Connor Devens and Elliot Rodgers to examine the supply of lithium in the U.S.
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⋮ 49 runs
Environment
#38
VCET-SM
A model of the Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 that captures the retirement of fossil fuel and th
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A model of the Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 that captures the retirement of fossil fuel and the installation of of offshore wind and solar panel farms.
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⋮ 33 runs
Environment
#39
production line simulation jared capstone
A production line producing antiboitcs.
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⋮ 4 runs
Business
#40
World Dynamics by Forrester
Jay Forrester's World Dynamics from the Second Edition of World Dynamics published in 1973. To be u
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Jay Forrester's World Dynamics from the Second Edition of World Dynamics published in 1973. To be used as part of an assignment in ISAT 290 Spring 2021
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⋮ 379 runs
#41
JMU ISAT SEIR Stage 2 2023
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⋮ 742 runs
Health
#42
JMU ISAT SEIR Stage 3 2023
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⋮ 514 runs
Health
#43
JMU ISAT SEIR Stage 4 2023
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⋮ 494 runs
Health
#44
JMU ISAT SEIR STAGE 5 2023
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⋮ 505 runs
Health
#45
Kaibab for the Learning Guide
This is the Kaibab model that goes with the System Dynamics Learning Guide.
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⋮ 76 runs
Environment
Education
#46
SEIR Welsh Fall 2020 ISAT 290
SEIR Final Project
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⋮ 17 runs
#47
Exercise 4.11 SD Learning Guide
User interface on the S-shaped population model for the SD Learning Guide.
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⋮ 2 runs
Environment
Education
#48
Energy Equity ISAT 391 Spring 24
A model examining issues of energy equity in Virginia. The model was built by students in ISAT 390/
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A model examining issues of energy equity in Virginia. The model was built by students in ISAT 390/391 at James Madison University.
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⋮ 61 runs
Environment
Science
Education
The model was built by students in ISAT 390/391 at James Madison University.
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ALICE Community Project
A model developed with the United Way of Harrisonburg, local nonprofits, and faculty at JMU to exami
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A model developed with the United Way of Harrisonburg, local nonprofits, and faculty at JMU to examine financial instability in the ALICE community in the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.
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Social Services
#50
Resilience and Reliabiity of Distribution ISAT 391 Spring 24
A student built model of resiliency and reliabiity of the distribution system in Virginia.
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⋮ 98 runs
Environment
Education
#51
Waiver Slots
Homework assignmeht for ISAT 190. The assignment questions are necessary. Contact Rod at macdonrh@
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Homework assignmeht for ISAT 190. The assignment questions are necessary. Contact Rod at macdonrh@jmu.edu for materials.
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⋮ 179 runs
Mental Health undergraduate assignment
#52
Generation Section 1 ISAT 391 Spring 24
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⋮ 48 runs
Environment
#53
SMR Section 1 ISAT 391 Spring 24
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⋮ 71 runs
Energy
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