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Associate Professor John Boland
Position: Associate Professor in Environmental Mathematics Associate Professor John Boland
Division/Portfolio: Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School/Unit: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Campus: Mawson Lakes Campus
Office: OC1-33
Telephone: +61 8 830 23449
Fax: +61 8 830 25785
Email: John_dot_Boland_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/John.Boland

Teaching interests

  • Time Series Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Differential Equations

I teach the following courses

MATH 3018Financial Time Series

Professional associations

International Solar Energy Society

Qualifications

B. Math. (Hons.) University of Waterloo, Canada 1969

M. Math. University of Waterloo, Canada 1970

Ph.D. University of Adelaide, Australia 1996 Thesis Title: & Mathematical Modelling of Heat Flows in Domestic Dwellings

Research interests

  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting for Climate Variables
  • Renewable Energy Utilisation
  • Climate Change and Risk Analysis
  • Heat Transfer and Energy Efficient Buildings
  • Water Harvesting
  • Ecological Footprint

Research publications

Books

Boland, J., Mathematical Modelling of Heat Flows in Domestic Dwellings, Ph.D. Thesis in Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, 1996.

Book Chapters

Boland J. (2008) Time series and statistical modelling of solar radiation, Recent Advances in Solar Radiation Modelling, Viorel Badescu (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 283-312.

Boland J. and Ridley B. (2008) Modelling diffuse radiation, Recent Advances in Solar Radiation Modelling, Viorel Badescu (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 193-220.

J. Boland, B. Whiten, J. Field and A. Brown, Reliability of Electricity Generation Networks, Proceedings of the 2002 Mathematics-In-Industry Study Group, Adelaide, 11-15 Feb., 2002., pp. 53-86, 2003.

J. Boland, V. Gaitsgory, P. Howlett and P. Pudney, Stochastic optimal control of a solar powered car, in Progress in Optimisation III; Contributions from Australasia, A. Rubinov Ed., Kluwer, 2000.

Boland, J. and Aguiar, R., Constructing the Annual Trend of Global Solar Irradiation from Knowledge of the Monthly Average Daily Values, Proceedings of the Computational Techniques and Applications Conference, Adelaide, 30-Sept.-97, 1998, pp 107-114.

Refereed Journal Articles

Magnano L., Boland J. and Hyndman R. (2008) Generation of synthetic sequences of half-hourly temperature, Environmetrics, 19, pp. 818-835.

Webby, RB, Boland, J., Howlett P.G. and Metcalfe, AV (2008) Stochastic linear programming and conditional value-at-risk for water resources management, ANZIAM Journal, (CTAC2006) 48, pp. C885-C898.

John Boland, Barbara Ridley and Bruce Brown, (2008) Models of diffuse solar radiation, Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 575-584.

One Predictor Diffuse Model

Webby, RB, Boland, J and Metcalfe, AV (2007). Stochastic programing to evaluate renewable power generation for small-scale desalination, ANZIAM Journal Electronic Supplement 49, (EMAC2007), pp. C184-C199.

Magnano L. and Boland J. W. (2007) Generation of synthetic sequences of electricity demand: Application in South Australia, Energy, 32, pp. 2230-2243.

Boland, J.W., Rosenberg, K., Tiver, F. and Watson, I. (2007) Estimating the Boundaries of Plant Stage Classes Using the Vandermeer-Moloney Algorithm, International Journal of Ecology and Development, 6(W07), 51--59.

Piantadosi, J., Howlett, P.G. and Boland, J.W. (2007) Matching the grade correlation coefficient using a copula with maximum disorder, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 3(2), 305--312.

Webby, R.B., P.T Adamson, J. Boland, P.G. Howlett, A.V. Metcalfe and J. Piantadosi (2007) The Mekong - Application of Value at Risk (VaR) and Conditional Value of Risk (CVaR) simulation to the benefits, cost and consequences of water resources development in a large river basin, Ecological Modelling, Volume 2001, Issue 1, pp. 89-96.

Webby, R.B., Boland J., Howlett, P.G., Metcalfe, A.V. and Sritharan, T. (2006) Conditional value-at-risk for water management in Lake Burley Griffin, ANZIAM J. 47(EMAC2005) pp.C116--C136.

Lynne C. McArthur, John Boland and Fleur Tiver (2006), A model to detect grazing sensitivity of Myoporum platycarpum in the arid rangelands of South Australia, Natural Resource Modeling, 19 (4), 587—608.

Lynne C. McArthur and John Boland, The economic contribution of seagrass to secondary production in South Australia, Ecological Modelling, Vol. 196, Issues 1-2, pp. 163-172, 2006.

K. Rosenberg, J. Boland, and P. G. Howlett, Simulation of monthly rainfall totals, ANZIAM J., Vol. 46, pp. E85-E104, Nov, 2004.

Lynne C. McArthur, John W. Boland, Bruce Brown and G.K. Jones, Investigation of the influence of seagrass on fisheries catch level using isotonic regression, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 285-290, 2003.

Boland J., Kravchuk O., Saman W., Kilsby R., Estimation of the Sensitivity of a Dwelling to Variations in Architectural and Building Parameters, Environmental Modelling and Assessment, Vol. 8, pp. 101-113, 2003.

Ross K., Bidwell J., Boland J. Trace metals associated with seston from the Upper Spencer Gulf, South Australia: spatial distribution and temporal variability, The Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. 127, number 1, pp. 33-45, 2003.

Siddins M., Riederer M., Kanchanabat B., Mohan Rao M., Hewitt P., Boland J. The influence of Adhesive Drapes on Intraperitoneal Pressure and Volume During Laparoscopy, The Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol. 72, pp. 553-556 2002.

Boland J., The Analytic Solution of the Differential Equations Describing Heat Flow in Houses, Building and Environment, Vol. 37, pp. 1027-1035 , 2002.

Boland J. and Dik M., The Level of Complexity Needed for Weather Data in Models of Solar System Performance, Solar Energy,Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 187-198, 2001.

Boland J., Scott L., and Luther M., Modelling the Diffuse Fraction of Global Solar Radiation on a Horizontal Surface, Environmetrics, Vol. 12, pp. 103-116, 2001.

Scott L., Boland J., Edyvane K. and Jones K., Development of a Seagrass Fish - Habitat model: I: A Seagrass Residency Index for Economically Important Species, Environmetrics, Vol. 11, pp. 541-552, 2000.

Boland, J., Simplifying the Solution of the Differential Equations Which Describe Heat Flows in Domestic Dwellings, Building and Environment, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 479-484, 1997.

Boland J., The Importance of the Stochastic Component of Climatic Variables in Simulating the Thermal Behaviour of Domestic Dwellings, Solar Energy, Vol. 60, pp. 359-366, 1997.

Boland, J., Time Series Analysis of Climatic Variables, Solar Energy, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 377-388, 1995.

Research Grants

2009-2011
J. Boland and J. Filar
ARC Discovery Project , DP0987148, Strategic integration of renewable energy systems into the electricity grid
$240,000

2008-2011
J. Boland, J. Filar, D. Bruce and T. Wigley
ARC Linkage Project LP0884005, Unlocking the Grid: the future of the electricity distribution network.
$160,000

2008-2010
N. Bean, P. Howlett, C. Pearce, S. Beecham, A. Metcalfe, J. Boland
ARC Discovery Project, DP0877707, A mathematical model to implement recommendations of The Wentworth Group.
$645,000.

2005-2007
Boland J.W., Howlett P., Metcalfe A.
ARC Discovery Grant, Mathematical Models in Water Cycle Management
$253,000

2004-2006
John Boland
Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council of South Australia, Mathematical Models in the Electricity Supply Industry
$66,000

2004-2006
Fleur Tiver and John Boland
CRC for Desert Knowledge, A mathematical-ecological model for predicting sustainability of arid shrub lands
$164,000

2000-2002
Howlett P.G., Boland J.W., McKay J.M., Mulcahy D.E.
ARC Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research and Training (SPIRT), A Water Cycle Management System for a Major Urban Development at Mawson Lakes
$231,480

Expertise for Media Contact

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Mathematics

  • Time Series Models for Climate Variables
  • Environmental Modelling
  • Ecological Footprint
  • Energy Efficiency in House Design

Research Degree Supervisor

I have or am now supervising postgraduate students in modelling seagrass-fish interactions, time series analysis and statistical of climate variables, and weather derivatives. Other possible areas of supervision include heat transfer and models of the electricity supply system.



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