Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

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Materials

smooth finish by the WSU students, as well as marked for identification.In addition to the materials, the kits include an electrical conductivity tester, a graduatedcylinder, and a magnet. The kit is labeled with a sticker that has a ruler printed with 1 mmdivisions that is long enough to be used to measure each of the cylindrical materials samples.Each kit is provided with a materials information form and a student worksheet (as well as asmall promotional item describing the Material Advantage club at ***). A photograph of the kitis shown in figure 1. Page 14.47.3 Figure 1. Photograph of the kits with materials information handout and student

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Delfino, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Journal), weekly (Business Week) or biweekly (Fortune) frequencies.The learning objectives for students in the Industrial Ecology course are to learn: (1)concepts of sustainability as they apply to society and corporations; (2) factors and risksthat influence sustainability; (3) the thoughts of influential authors through reading aseparate book on a course topic and then writing about it in a scholarly way; and (4) goodscholarship through preparing a case study [individually or as a member of a small group]which discloses actions that corporations have taken, will take or should take to makethemselves more sustainable. 3Since industry ecology is billed as the science of

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University; Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

globally. This global industry standardization did notcome about until around 10 years ago. After a decade of preferred usage across Europe, Bosch’sCAN protocol [1] finally won widespread acceptance in the US auto industry during the late1990s. Worldwide usage brings certain advantages with it. Standardization of components drivesdown manufacturing costs; it also reduces maintenance costs when replacements are easy toobtain. In addition, auto mechanics and repair personnel only have to learn one electronicscommunication protocol to diagnose and repair faulty systems. In this entire situation, the onlyweak link is the educational system. Page

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University

distributed to the Writing Fellows who then read the reports; filledout a checklist (based on the requirements of the assignment); and wrote a cover letter, which addressedthe strengths and weaknesses of the individual student’s report. The Writing Fellow and student thenmet for a 30 minutes face-to-face tutorial to discuss the Writing Fellow’s comments on the paper. Thestudents then revised the reports and turned in the final draft to the Engineering 1111 instructor, whothen graded the reports.BackgroundThe impetus for this research study came from the co-presenters’ 1) local interest in writing and criticalthinking general education assessment work in progress on the Oklahoma State University Campus, and2) larger concerns expressed in such studies

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Morton, University of Wyoming; M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

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Environmental Engineering

carrying capacity. Most rely on energy source or resourcelimitations, mainly food production, to establish maximums as illustrated by the following eightestimates1. 1. 5.994 Billion E. G. Ravenstein, 1891, food production limitations, Page 14.1267.2 2. 15.634 Billion Albrecht Penck, 1924, food production limitations, 3. 146 Billion C. T. De Wit, 1967, non-agricultural land use limitations, 4. < 1 Billion H. R. Hulett, 1970, production of essential materials at United States consumption rates, 5. 40 Billion Roger Revelle

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Information Systems

rates up to 600Mbps,exceeding the maximum rate with the 11a/g standards by more than ten times. In addition,techniques such as space-time block coding and beamforming provide the potential of increasingsignal strength at the receiver with optimal efficiency, based on the diversity order used. Detailsof the 802.11n standard can be found in [1].The process of developing the IEEE 802.11n (11n) amendment for the next generation ofwireless local-area networks (WLAN) devices has encountered many hurdles, particularly in theinitial stages, where the competing draft proposals from leading companies resulted in an overallinability to proceed with the standardization process.With the latest draft of IEEE 802.11n (Draft 3.0), throughputs beyond 200Mbps

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Ryan M. Gerdes, Iowa State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

programs at alllevels are responsible for educating nonengineers about technology,1–10 we, as engineers, have aduty to provide effective technological literacy for the other 99.5% of U.S. citizens. Most of thecountry’s leadership usually comes from this larger group of citizens and generally has only avague understanding of engineering and the use of technology for the national interest.Engineering concepts are pervasive in decision making within industry, government, education,and health care, and yet people make most decisions in these sectors with little or no formalengineering education. It is thus apparent that there is a national need for programs that trainnonengineers to understand technological issues and possibilities and to be ready to

Conference Session

Design, Build, Fly (DBF)/AIAA Student Competition/UA

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Rodrigue, Saint Louis University; David Safont, Saint Louis University; Alex Rees, Saint Louis University; Jim Maday, Saint Louis University; Francisco Vilaplana, Saint Louis University; Goetz Bramesfeld, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

increasing division of the world aerospaceindustry. It is suggested in this study that UAV spending will triple over the next decade, all thewhile the United States is predicted to account for 73% of the worldwide spending on UAVtechnology.1 With the increasing need for improvement in the areas of functionality andimplementation of UAVs, it is important to research and develop innovative ideas that willovercome the future challenges in unmanned flight. The ability for students to build and understand this new and prominent area of theaerospace industry is essential. The aim of this group is to create, test, and successfully fly anautonomous UAV for a specified mission. The future roles for UAVs in data collecting arelimitless. The UAV’s

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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International

. Pharmacy, Engineering, Science, Arts, Law, Business,Administration, Education, Dentistry, etc. The alumni are all over the world contributing tosociety in their sphere of influence.Currently the university has about 25,000 students enrolled pursuing degrees in 13 Colleges andabout 70 departments. The campus claims to be the most beautiful campus in Africa. There arestriking beautiful architectures, landscaping and buildings. The university is also one of thelargest with some 4000 acres of land, most of it yet undeveloped. Currently OAU has about7,000 faculty and staff and about 5,000 visitors everyday. You can also explore the universitywebsite http://www.oauife.edu.ng [1].The School (Faculty) of Technology has 9 Departments: Electronic and

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Laboratory ExperimentsThe course, designed for the undergraduate junior level, was a two-semester course for a total offour credit hours. It was conducted as a three-hour laboratory in conjunction with a one-hourweekly classroom lecture in mechanical engineering. Previously, the course used the same format,but the laboratory activities were demonstrative instead of hands-on, and the application ofcomputer-aided measurement systems was limited. In accordance with the ABET accreditationprocess, the university recognized an urgent need to develop a computerized, state-of-the-art,hands-on instrumentation and measurements laboratory for these classes.The development process of the new laboratory proceeded according to five main criteria: (1) thecreation

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg; Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

dedicated for performing specifictasks and are produced in large quantities, it makes sense their design to be optimized. Theoptimization not only will reduce the size and cost of the product, it will also increase itsreliability and performance.In the traditional design approach, on the onset, the system is portioned into HW unit, SWunit, and the interface unit, as shown in Fig. 1 [1-3]. Integration of these units takes place atthe end when these units are developed. In this practice, the loop L2 corresponding to designof software depends on design of hardware and the loop L1 [1-3]. However, completion ofloop L1 can be slow and expensive due to fabrication and verification cost of hardware.In addition, during the integration phase, the design

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Delaine, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Science Board. 2008. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008. Two Volumes. Arlington, VA:National Science Foundation (Volume 1, NSF 08-01; volume 2, NSB 08-01A).3. Cole, Darnell and Espinoza, Araceli, “Examining the Academic Success of Latino Students in ScienceTechnology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Majors”, Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 49 No.4, July/August 2008.4. Loftus, Margaret, “Untapped Potential”, ASEE Prism, October 2008.5. Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Service, European Commission, “The Cost and Benefit of Diversity:Executive Summary”, October 2003.6. Maheshwari, Sharad K. and Price, Anne L. “Understanding the Lack of Minority Representation in GraduatePrograms in Computer Science and Information Technology: A

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: 1. Identification of areas of design improvement based on performance of previous designs and criteria specified Page 14.193.4 2. Development of methodology for optimizing the overall design 3 3. Implementation of the design process 4. Development of prototype for proof-of-concept 5. Design documentation and presentation of design in a public forum.Design ProcessThe design team field-tested the performance of previous hydraulic bicycle and identified thefollowing areas of improvement

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the areas of science, engineering technology andmanagement of technology with an opportunity to join an innovative Professional ScienceMaster’s (PSM) Degree program in “Advanced Engineering Technologies-Plus” designed toaddress current industrial needs. This high quality application oriented program will require atotal of 30 credit hours divided into four categories: 1) Core courses, 2) Major required courses,3) General elective courses and (4) Thesis or a project. The core courses are tailored to broadenthe students’ technical entrepreneurialship prospective and require a minimum of nine credithours in the areas of total quality management, financial engineering and technical/ legalcommunication with Technology Transfer applications. New and

Conference Session

Mathematics: Recruitment and Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Ndjeka Manya

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

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Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

andengineering.1 To illustrate the need for increasing diversity, consider national statistics onscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce participation. Although White,non-Hispanic men compromised 70% of the STEM workforce, relatively few were women andless than 6% were underrepresented minorities [(URM), i.e., African Americans, Latinos,American Indians/Alaskan Natives].2Several steps must be taken to improve the representation of URMs in STEM fields, one ofwhich is “we must clearly articulate the educational case for diversity, showing how [STEM]students and society benefit from it.”3 And while previous research provides evidence of theeducational benefits of diversity in collegiate settings4 and that racially diverse

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Hartman, Retired; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

posed in this paper is how persistent are gender differences in engineeringorientation and achievement, once we control for engineering discipline, cohort, and year in theprogram. More specifically, we ask: 1. Do gender differences persist in grades, engineering self-confidence, satisfaction with engineering major, satisfaction with peers, and commitment to engineering as a career, even when major, year, and cohort are controlled? 2. Is there an interaction between gender and major, so that women and men in the same major have different reactions/achievements in engineering? 3. How much variation in these variables is there between majors (women or men)? 4. Is there a clear pattern of variation in any of these

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the student to be seen and to be heard, as well as tosee and hear what is going on at the host site. This delivery model is a hybrid because there arealso students physically attending the class at the host site. Not only can the students attend classat home or at work, but the student can also attend classes while traveling. The paper will outlinethe technology, curriculum, and development of this online master’s program. IntroductionDistance learning is expanding in all areas of higher education.1 Computer technology hasallowed to expand beyond the early attempts at distance education done via correspondencewatching pre-taped lectures or live television courses to real time, online web-based

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

reactions,determining equilibrium composition, equilibrium flame temperature, and analyzing open andclosed systems with equilibrium or complete chemistry. Through a few button clicks, the user Page 14.1187.3friendly graphical user interface will produce equilibrium composition or temperature in acombustion chamber as the equivalence ratio is varied over a wide range. Comparisons will bemade with other established chemical analysis applications. Figure 1. Chapters 13 and 14 of the Problems and Examples sections deal with combustion and chemical equilibrium.Combustion and Equilibrium ProblemsTEST can be used as courseware for thermodynamics

Conference Session

Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, New York City Government

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

used theservices of Cooperative Education and Career Services, 67 of whom had cooperative educationinternship experiences. Of the total number of computing students, 130 were undergraduateswith 42 having internship experiences. The findings of this study showed that the range ofsalaries for students who experienced cooperative education internships is smaller than that forthose who did not participate in any known cooperative education internship. In fact, while at thelow end of the salary range coop undergraduate students had a full-time employment startingsalary advantage of about 8:5, at the high end of the range those students who were not known toparticipate in coop internships had a salary advantage of about 4:1. For graduate students

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

developing fundamental design skills and aptitudes in pupils. Problemsolving, creative thinking and practical skills are integrated into a unique set ofsubjects with a common philosophy grounded in design. “Designing is a demandingand complex problem solving activity of great economic importance and sketchinghas an integral part in this” 1. A central focus is placed on sketching and the influencethat technological education has in the development of pupils’ ability to sketch. Theimportance of sketching will be explored under three facets which are cognitiveimplications, educational significance and the economic benefits.Educational SignificanceThe value of freehand drawing in technology education cannot be underestimated. Ithas been found that

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Korpela, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Robert McTasney, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

tools to quickly generatedesigns, an FPGA platform provides the necessary flexibility to quickly produce a workingsystem. Students are able to easily modify and adapt their designs for a specific application. Wedemonstrate that multiprocessor systems can be developed, implemented and studied byundergraduate students due to the availability and accessibility of design tools and FPGAdevelopment boards. Further, these systems enhance the learning of multiprocessors and aptlycompliment advanced computer architecture courses covering topics to include shared memory,synchronization, sequential consistency, and memory coherency.1. IntroductionThe last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the capabilities and performance of softprocessor cores in

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Schreuders, Utah State University; Amanda Feldt, Utah State University; Heather Wampler, Utah State University; Sara Driggs, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

detailsthe student and material implementation cost. This project fulfills several requirements from theStandards for Technological Literacy and the National Science Education Standards for the fifthand sixth grades. Therefore, creation and dissemination of this project has the potential foroutreach and wide use in the classroom. Page 14.5.2PurposeCurrently, China is producing more graduates in engineering than the US. According to a recentstudy in 2004, China had 664,106 graduates compared to the US’ 222,335 [1]. In addition, thenumber of foreign nationals obtaining higher education degrees in the US is rising. Engineeringliterature is coming to the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. The outcome of this paper can be useful to otherarchitectural/ civil/construction engineering and management faculties in developing andteaching this course from which students can learn state-of-the-art of temporary structures andtheir applications.Key Words: Temporary construction structures, Construction, Structures, Fromwork, Learningoutcome.1. IntroductionToday cast-in-place concrete is integral part of all large commercial buildings either those areframed from structural steel or reinforced concrete. With the advent of economically feasible,higher and higher strength concretes, many of the large building concepts that used to bereserved for structural steel are now being designed and built with reinforced concrete. Thedecision on

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Megri, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, - to know when and where specific requirements apply, Page 14.1157.4 - to be able to express their functional understanding in multiple representations including graphs, diagrams, equations, and - to understand the intent of the code.Within this course, the students perform a complete project. The steps of the project aredescribed as follow: 1) Each student must select an appropriate sized building, and also communicate with the industry to find an appropriate mentor. The instructor intervenes if the student cannot find a project or has difficulty coordinating the project with a mentor. The instructor follows the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moderick Greenfield, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdepartmental BS in Biomedical engineering bythe joint effort of the Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical andMechanical Engineering Departments [1]. South Dakota State University offers a BS inEngineering Physics-Electrical Engineering Emphasis. In the freshman and sophomoreyears, the students are required to take the usual Engineering Mathematics, Sciences, andfundamental engineering courses such as Engineering Graphics, Circuit Analysis, andComputer Programming. During the junior and senior year, the student focuses onElectrical Engineering and Engineering Physics courses. During the senior year thestudent is allowed to senior design as Phys 464-465 or EE 464-465 [2]. Therefore, theproposed Engineering Electronics and Physics will be

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Voice, Michigan State University; Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University; Mark Wiesner, Duke University; Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

International

), Duke University (USA),Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine), Université Paul Sabatier (France), Centre Européen deRecherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement (France), Institut NationalPolytechnique de Toulouse (France), and Volgograd State University of Architecture & CivilEngineering (Russia). Our approach is to bring together engineers and scientists withcomplementary fields of expertise and facilities, as well as varying geographical and culturalperspectives, for collaborative research on issues related to public water-supply and treatment.Research projects address two principal themes: 1) development of nanomaterial-enabledmembranes and 2) control of membrane fouling, and addresses fundamental nanomaterialschemistry and

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Page 14.314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Changing Library Vendor Contracts: A Case Study in Acquiring E-Books from an Online Book VendorAbstractSafari Tech Books Online offers several options for providing computer books to campus users.Purdue University used the vendor for 1 ½ years and discovered that the current titles option wasnot working as well as expected. The option included providing access to the current year andtwo previous years for all available publishers and was less labor-intensive for the library staff. Astatistical analysis was done that examined the use patterns, including most heavily used booksand publishers, as well as books with and without catalog records. This paper discusses the newoption chosen

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Sriharsha Sundarram, Texas A&M University; Fatih Ozkeskin, University of Michigan; Mike Powers, Agilent Technologies; Juan Manriquez, Cideteq; Venkata Vasiraju, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

has taken increasing interest from industry during last decade due to its multifariousadvantages which have been practiced in numerous applications 1, 2, 3, 4. The process works withall electrochemically active materials such as metals and semiconductors 5. Electrolyte is amongthe factors affecting both material removal rate (MRR) and quality of finished profiles. Commonelectrolyte, such as a concentrated salt solution, is pumped through the electrode gap to carry theelectrons causing the anode workpiece to dissolve selectively. The flow also assists in carryingthe reaction products away and reduces temperature of the electrode due to exothermic chemical

Conference Session

Micromachining in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Sujeev Chittipolu, Texas A&M University; Saurabh Kajaria, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

staticcomponent the force in the direction of feed will increase continuously until tool breakage.Experimental evidence indicates a tool failure due to increasing cutting force up to three or fourtimes although cutting conditions are remained the same7.To evaluate tool life, a tool is traditionally used at constant speed until failure. This technique istime consuming if a speed is too slow to start with, and does not simulate the real machiningpractice. Concept of cumulative tool wear was developed with which a tool can be used atdifferent cutting speeds until reaching the tool life criterion. The model for side milling was beenderived mathematically and verified experimentally 9, 10 as: 1