We present an accurate two-dimensional mathematical model for steak cooking based on Flory-Rehner theory. The model treats meat as a poroelastic medium saturated with fluid. Heat from cooking induces protein matrix deformation and moisture loss, leading to shrinkage. Numerical simulations indicate good agreement with experimental data. Moreover, this work presents a new and computationally non-expensive method to account for shrinkage.
With increased development of unmanned aerial vehicle technology and its application during humanitarian response to emergencies, the issue of smart navigation as a better alternative to manual operators is becoming increasingly significant. In response to a SmartAmerica initiative to design life-saving cyber-physical systems, a prototype Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) was developed in 2013–2014 to coordinate futuristic disaster response by cyber agents including ground and aerial telerobots and biobots. A more immediate application of the SERS system is simulation of quadcopter response to 911 police and fire requests. Tailoring parameters to specific locations, simulations inform decisions about effective quadcopter fleet size and quantify improved operator cost efficiency of a smart-navigated response.
We present an accurate two-dimensional mathematical model for steak cooking based on Flory-Rehner theory. The model treats meat as a poroelastic medium saturated with fluid. Heat from cooking induces protein matrix deformation and moisture loss, leading to shrinkage. Numerical simulations indicate good agreement with multiple sources of experimental data. Moreover, this work presents a new and computationally non-expensive method to account for shrinkage.
Responding to a call for national reform of mathematical education, as well as a college-wide revision of general education requirements, a team of faculty and undergraduate students designed a new course to show the humanitarian utility of mathematics. Assuming no prior knowledge of MATLAB, this Humanitarian MATLAB Lab Manual contains complete MATLAB materials for such a course. A variety of social justice issues including peace-building after modern civil wars, continued cancer risk after Chernobyl, HIV/AIDS therapy, pollution, terrorism, various dimensions of human trafficking, the use of a tractor and herbicide in subsistence farming, and equitable resource distribution during the Syrian refugee crisis are considered in this manual.
Responding to a call for national reform of mathematical education, as well as a college-wide revision of general education requirements, a team of faculty and undergraduate students designed a new course to show the humanitarian utility of mathematics. Assuming no prior knowledge of MATLAB, this Humanitarian MATLAB Lab Manual contains complete MATLAB materials for such a course. A variety of social justice issues including peace-building after modern civil wars, continued cancer risk after Chernobyl, HIV/AIDS therapy, pollution, terrorism, various dimensions of human trafficking, the use of a tractor and herbicide in subsistence farming, and equitable resource distribution during the Syrian refugee crisis are considered in this manual.
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