Team:GeorgiaTech/Systems Modeling

Figure (A) depicts the approach taken to model ''E. coli'' heat production and localization using AOX in a 'dry' plated culture. In order to determine the steady state temperature of ''E. coli'' colonies expressing heat, colonies are approximated as a single layer composed of a certain amount of heat producing cells with thermal conductivity k1. The heat produced in this situation is transferred by conduction with the media (agar) below the colonies and by convection with the air and an equilibrium temperature will be reached.