Relevant Education and Research Activities

A. Selected Education Initiatives

NRTS curriculum initiatives have focused on providing opportunities for both university and K-12 partners to enhance courses through participate in NASA Educational Programs. In addition, the NRTS organized educational activities which better prepared partners to take advantage of these opportunities.

Four Earth Science Education awards were received by NRTS partners as a result of these activities. The initiatives are described in the Earth Science Enterprise 2000 Education Catalog. Page numbers are indicated after the name of the initiatives. The titles of these awards are: Mathematics of the Dismal Swamp (p.20); You Be The Scientist with Satellite Imagery in EZ/EC Communities http://nia.ecsu.edu/nrts/ess/earth.html (page 8); NSU/NASA Research Experience in Earth System Science hppt://vigyan.nsu.edu/reess (page 11); and Norfolk State University Scenario Based Learning: Inquiry for a Digital Earth (page 56). Also included in the Earth Science Enterprise 2000 Education Catalog is the Annual Earth System Science Academy (page 26).

The Virginia-based Institute for Global Environmental Strategies has taken an important first step in creating a national infrastructure to promote on-line professional development for K-12 science educators. The non-profit agency announced the selection of six organizations that will receive funding to offer on-line Earth System Science courses for educators. The effort promises to improve science education by impacting the knowledge, skills, and resources of thousands of teachers nationwide. ECSU is one of the six organizations selected by NASA's Earth Science Education Office to administer this program.

1a. Name of Initiative: JAVA Training at NSU
1b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

JAVA Programming workshop was conducted at Norfolk State University for computer science faculty from HBCU/MI partners on May 22-23. 2000. Mr. Don Mendosa conducted the training. Workshop concentrated on object oriented programming techniques appropriate for use in the undergraduate classrooms. The goal of the workshop was to provide training needed for faculty to update existing computer science course offerings. 1c. # Classes per school: n/a
1d. # of schools: 4
1e. # students:16 faculty

2a. Name of Initiative: NASA Educator Resource Center Appointments
2b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

To help disseminate materials and information to educators, NASA's Education Division has established the Educator Resource Center Network. This network is comprised of Educator Resource Centers(ERC'S) and the Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE). These facilities are the principal distribution points where educators may obtain NASA Publications, video/computer materials, and participate in training workshops on the use of NASA educational products. Through the NASA Educator Resource Center Network (ERCN), educators can enhance their existing curriculum with information generated by NASA programs, technologies, and discoveries. The Portsmouth Public School Educators who will conduct a cross-reference study of NASA ERC resources and Virginia Standards of Learning include: Howard Foust, Leon Blue, Sheryl Suggs, Vanessa Hinton, and Faye Williams. Mr. Nick Koltun (right) is manager of the ERC. 2c. # Classes per school: n/a
2d. # of schools: 6
2e. # students:100

3a. Name of Initiative: Earth Science Education Funding Videoconference
3b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Feb. 2, 2000 10:30am - 2:00pm 115 Lester Hall on the Campus of ECSU. The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) announces an opportunity to participate in the Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) in an innovative professional development program. ESSEA is a partnership among IGES, the Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at Wheeling Jesuit University, and NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). Its objectives are to promote the growth of knowledgeable and well-equipped K-12 Earth system science educators through on-line professional development courses; Demonstrate the effectiveness of the World Wide Web in the promotion of professional development of K-12 Earth system science educators; and, respond directly to the need to prepare more teachers to meet the demand of a growing U.S. student population. To meet these objectives, ESSEA provides funds which support universities, colleges, and science education organizations in offering K-12 on-line graduate courses that have been developed for NASAs ESE by the CET at Wheeling Jesuit University. Discussion of the proposal guidelines was an integral part of the videoconference. For more information about the ESSEA program, please see the programs WWW site at http://www.cet.edu/essea. ECSU received an awards through this announcement. MU-SPIN provided funds for Hampton University to offer the courses. 3c. # Classes per school: n/a
3d. # of schools: 4
3e. # students: n/a

4a. Name of Initiative: Mathematics of the Great Dismal Swamp
4b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

The Mathematics of the Dismal Swamp Project supports a team of professors from ECSU to use research on The Great Dismal Swamp Project as a platform for development of a mathematics education course that incorporates a generic wetlands application. The focus of the project is to improve pre-service math education students' understand of the interdisciplinary nature (including biology, organisms and aquatic levels, chemistry, geoscience, estuaries and swamp, and math analysis of the data) associated with Earth Systems Science. Four new modules are being developed, which include the interdisciplinary approach for incorporating Earth Systems Science in the targeted mathematics education course. The team of professors participate simultaneously in both Project ALERT and Project NOVA. The project is sponsored by The NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Education Program, ECSU, and The MU-SPIN Office of GSFC. 4c. # Classes per school: n/a
4d. # of schools: 1
4e. # students: 20

5a. Name of Initiative: CET Earth System Science On-Line Courses (Earth System Science Education Alliance-ESSEA)
5b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

This project extends the current set of NRTS Earth System Science initiatives to include delivery of three courses in Earth System Science to K-12 teachers in the Virginia and North Carolina Region which the NRTS serves. Courses will reside on a LINUX server currently under the supervision on a network engineer and a team of undergraduate student researchers. The 3 available Earth System Science courses (for teachers of grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12) use an innovative instructional design model. Delivered over the Internet, they feature student-centered, knowledge-building virtual communities, the optimal method of teachers to teach and for students to learn. The first of the CET courses will be offered by ECSU and Hampton University beginning Fall of 2000. 5c. # Classes per school: N/A
5d. # of schools: 3
5e. # teachers: 6

6a. Name of Initiative: NOVA
6b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

6c. # Classes per school: n/a
6d. # of schools: 35
6e. # students: n/a

7a. Name of Initiative: NASA Langley Pre-service Teacher Institute
7b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Dr. Barbara Johnson, professor of education at ECSU and pre-service teachers attended the Summer Institute in Education held at NASA Langley Research Center during summers 1998-2000. The team mades a presentation on their experience during the October Celebration of Women in Mathematics and during the fall training event. 7c. # Classes per school: n/a
7d. # of schools: 1
7e. # students: 15

8a. Name of Initiative: MURED Millennium Videoconference
8b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

The ECSU NRTS was selected as one of nine universities to broadcast NASA's MURED Office interactive videoconference on Thursday, April 6, 2000. The theme of the videoconference was "Fulfilling NASA's Challenges in the Millennium: Retooling Knowledge Bases, Preparing for Opportunities, and Making Your Mark," The Symposium reached approximately 2,000 students and faculty and focuses on NASA Enterprises. 8c. # Classes per school: n/a
8d. # of schools: 5
8e. # students: 2000

9a. Name of Initiative: Student Fellowships and Achievement Awards
9b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Certificate and check for $100.00 were given to 12 ECSU students. Students were in good academic standing. Students must have made an outstanding contribution to the operation of the NRTS and have been recommended by a NRTS staff member. 9c. # Classes per school: n/a
9d. # of schools: 1
9e. # students: 12

10a. Name of Initiative: NASA's Earth Science Education Forum-Austin, TX
10b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Sponsored by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise and organized by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, the 1999 NASA Earth Science Education forum was designed to bring together representatives from all NASA ESE Education Projects. The conference was intended to meet the following objectives: Communicate NASA's Earth Science Education strategy and vision for the future; share knowledge and experience gained as a result of NASA ESE education activities; encourage leveraging and cooperation among principal investigators; and share resources and unique approaches to enhance current programs. Four representatives of the ECSU NRTS made presentations at the conference. 10c. # Classes per school: n/a
10d. # of schools: 3
10e. # teachers: 6

11a. Name of Initiative: Research Experience in Earth System Science (REESS)
11b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

11c. # Classes per school: n/a
11d. # of schools: 10
11e. # students: 15

12a. Name of Initiative: You Be the Scientist with Satellite Imagery
12b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

You Be the Scientist with Satellite Imagery in EZ/EC Communities is a student enrichment project for 6 targeted middle schools located in the economic empowerment zone communities of Portsmouth, Virginia and Halifax, North Carolina. The student enrichment component is designed to support extra curricular science activities structured to maximize awareness of and utilization of GOES satellite data to meet core Earth Science learning objectives and to develop marketable skills in the area of computer technology. The You Be The Scientist program launches students into the 21th century with organized integrated science and technology educational enrichment activities. The program also includes a component which exposes students to a variety of careers available in research, data analysis, applications, and computer visualization. NASA educational sites, which provide a wealth of resources on science careers and Earth System Science Concepts, are integrated into the career component. Implementing this project is Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), at which the MU-SPIN Office of Goddard Space Flight Center has established a Network Resources and Training Site (NRTS). ECSU brings satellite imagery to middle schools in its region in an effort to enhance the study of mathematics and science by underrepresented minority students. The program is designed to aggressively strengthen the current Earth System Science (ESS) outreach to EZ/EC middle schools by GSFC and the ECSU-NRTS. 12c. # Classes per school: 2
12d. # of schools: 6
12e. # students: 200

13a. Name of Initiative: National Science Teachers Association Conference
13b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Convention was held in Orlando, FL on April 5-9, 2000. The ECSU NRTS supported the participation of 6 partners who worked at the NASA Earth Science Education Booth. NRTS representatives also attended the preconference ESS orientation session. Information of NRTS ESS programs was distributed during the event. 13c. # Classes per school: N/A
13d. # of schools: 3
13e. # teachers: 6

14a. Name of Initiative: NASA PRECOLLEGE AND TEACHER FORUM
14b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Faculty and NRTS staff attended the conference sponsored by The Minority University Research and Education Division at Center for Space Education, Astronauts Memorial Foundation Kennedy Space Center, Florida May 18-20, 1999. The theme of the conference was Inspiring Education for the New Millennium. Dr. Cherry, Dr. Georgia Lawrence, and Mrs. Marie Koltuniak attended the conference. To maximize the exchange of information at the NASA Precollege and Teacher Forum, the NRTS participated through a display in the poster session held on May 18, 1999 14c. # Classes per school: n/a
14d. # of schools: 1
14e. # students: n/a

15a. Name of Initiative: Mini-Grants to Educators
15b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

The Network Resources and Training Site at Elizabeth City State University announces a 1998 grant competition for "Integration of NASA Educational Resources into the Classroom" projects. Eight grants have been awarded. Grants will range from $500.00 to $1000.00 and are open to all secondary school partners. The grants are designed to assist K-12 teachers to implement NASA products and projects in their classrooms. Grant recipients are required to conduct one workshop on their project during the Spring Training Event and to attend the Fall Learning Technologies Conference at ECSU . 15c. # Classes per school: 1-2
15d. # of schools: 8
15e. # students:400

16a. Name of Initiative: IEEE IGARSS 2000 Conference
16b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

ECSU NRTS partners will make several presentations during the July IEEE IGARSS 2000 Conference co-sponsored by NASA and other organizations. Among the presentations are The PICASSO-CENA Satellite Mission K-12 and Public Outreach Program Using Remote Sensing(Hampton University); Diversifying Earth System Science Education - the Undergraduate Research Model(Norfolk State University); Geoscience & Geophysical Modeling: How Will the Dilemma be Solved?(ECSU) ; and The Annual Earth System Science Academy (ECSU). 16c. # Classes per school: n/a
16d. # of schools: 3
16e. # students: n/a

17a. Name of Initiative: ECSU Undergraduate Scholarships
17b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

One hundred fifty thousand dollars in scholarships was awarded to over 25 students during 1997-00 to assist with the cost of college tuition, room and board. All students involved in the program will be expected to: Maintain the qualifying 3.0 GPA; Attend the visiting lecturer series; Initiate a research project with their advisor; Attend the research training seminars; Make written reports of their student/sponsor travels; Devote 20 hours each week to working in the research laboratory; and remain a full time student carrying at least 15 hours of coursework. This program will provide the student with the following benefits: State-of-the-art computer research support equipment; Support for travel to national and regional conferences; Money for their college expenses; Summer research and internship opportunities; Specially designed seminars with visiting lecturers. 17c. # Classes per school: n/a
17d. # of schools: 1
17e. # students: 25

18a. Name of Initiative: Earth System Science Academy
18b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

The Earth System Science Academy is one of the major NRTS K-12 earth system science initiatives. During the 2-day summer academy, teachers tour the Great Dismal Swamp and actively become involved with water testing techniques. Teachers attended both Geoscience and Computer Science workshops. Internet workshops focused on NASA educational resources on Earth System Science. Teachers attending the academy are eligible to apply for $1000 mini grants to implement ESS project with their classes. Reports from previous ESS minigrants awardees were made along with reports on undergraduate research projects in Earth System Science. Mr. Robert Lee from the Atmospheric Research Branch of Langley Research Center was the keynote speaker in 1999. Dr. Maurice Powers and Mr. Bret Van Nieuwenhuise were the keynote speakers in year 2000. 18c. # Classes per school: N/A
18d. # of schools: 12
18e. # teachers: 45 in 1999, 25 teachers in year 2000

19a. Name of Initiative: Webchat with Astronaut Michael P. Anderson
19b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Webchat with Astronaut Michael P. Anderson was held March 13, 2000 4:00 - 5:30PM in Room 115 Lester Hall (On the campus of Elizabeth City State University). Astronaut Michael P. Anderson (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF) visited with youth, via the World Wide Web, in computer labs across the country. Anderson reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. He completed a year of training and evaluation, and qualified for flight crew assignment as a mission specialist. Anderson was initially assigned technical duties in the Flight Support Branch of the Astronaut Office. Anderson flew on the crew of STS-89. In completing his first space flight Anderson has logged over 211 hours in space. 19c. # Classes per school: N/A
18d. # of schools: 3
19e. # teachers: 20

B. Selected Research Initiatives

The NRTS research initiatives have focused on the quality of local waterways, The Great Dismal Swamp, remote sensing techniques; and the visualization of NASA datasets. Identified as a critical area in this NRTS consortium has been the need to increase the number and enhance the preparation of minorities pursuing degrees in physical science. Norfolk State University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Virginia State University are participating in this initiative. To address the need, the NRTS submitted a proposal, entitled ATOM, to the Department of Education. This proposal was recently funded for over $480,000. NSU serves as lead institution with Dr. Raj Chaudhury as Principal Investigator. The proposal grew out of the partners meeting in Feb. 1999.

1a. Name of Initiative: Pasquotank River Water Quality
1b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Earth System Science Research Training stipends were awarded to 3 undergraduate ECSU Students to support their investigations on the Pasquotank River Water Quality Program (Samuel Chamabers, Omari Salisbury and Brian Thompson). The Pasquotank River Water Quality Program is a one-year project to test the water quality of the Pasquotank River at various stations at regular intervals. Testing stations are located along the riverbank in Pasquotank and Camden Counties and are tested bi-weekly for Ecoli, total coliform, pH, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and total dissolved solids. 1c. # Classes per school: n/a
1d. # of schools: 1
1e. # students: 3

2a. Name of Initiative: Visualization of Stratospheric Water
2b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Workshops in visualization of stratospheris water were conducted Feb. 7-8. 1999 on the campus of Norfolk State University. Dr. Waldo Rodriguez, Dr. Raj Chaudhury and Dr. Jim Kung served as workshop leaders. The workshop participants included faculty and students from other HBCU partner institutions. 2c. # Classes per school: n/a
2d. # of schools: 5
2e. # students: 25

3a. Name of Initiative: Dynamical and Chaotic Process
3b.Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Dr. Dispendra C. Sengupta (ECSU Professor of Mathematics, desegpta@sun1.ecsu.edu) works with John Glenn Research Center to investigate a variety of high frequency new devices in communication systems; analyze and design a physical and mathematical model of the devices; and investigate the dynamical and chaotic process and techniques for control of chaos in these models. The three-year grant is entitled "Controlling Chaos of Josephson Junction." In his research project, Dr. Sengupta involves a team of undergraduate researchers. 3c. # Classes per school: n/a
3d. # of schools: 1
3e. # students: 8

4a. Name of Initiative: AVS Visualization Application and Techniques
4b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Mr. Steve Thorph, academic programs visualization specialist for the North Carolina Supercomputing Center conducted training of the use of AVS Visualization software during the HBCU partners meeting held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The workshop held on April 1999 involved representatives of the chemistry, computer science and physics departments of UNCP, Fayetteville State University, Elizabeth City State University, Norfolk State University and Virginia State University. 4c. # Classes per school: n/a
4d. # of schools: 5
4e. # students: 12

5a. Name of Initiative: Satellite Tool Kit and IDL Programming
5b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Dr. Raj Chaudhury conducted a workshop of use of the Satellite Tool Kit during the Feb. 7-8. 1999 university partners meeting at Norfolk State University. At that same meeting university partners received training on IDL programming from Dr. Jim Kung. IDL is an integrated software development system for data handling, analysis and visualization from Research System, Inc. (www.rsi.com). The Satellite Tool Kit is the core in a suite of analysis software tools that addresses all phases of a space system life cycle, from policy development and design to launch and operations. Based on simple user inputs, STK generates paths for a variety of space- and ground-based objects, such as satellites, ships, aircraft and land vehicles. STK also provides animation capabilities and a two-dimensional map background for visualizing the path of these vehicles over time. The focus of these two workshops was the use of visualization for research. 5c. # Classes per school:
5d. # of schools: 5
5e. # students: 25

6a. Name of Initiative: ATOM
6b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

A collaborative proposal submitted by NSU, ECSU, FSU, UNCP and VSU to the Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program was funded for $480,000 over three years. The unifying theme for Project ATOM is visualization and modeling. The long term goal is to increase the number and enhance the preparation of minorities pursuing degrees in physical sciences which include physics, mathematics and chemistry (non-medical). The project title ATOM stands for Accentuating Technical Opportunities for Minorities. Dr. Raj Chaudhury of Norfolk State University assumed the lead in writing the proposal and will serve as PI. 6c. # Classes per school: n/a
6d. # of schools: 5
6e. # students: 100

7a. Name of Initiative: Masters Degree Thesis Research Awards
7b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

7c. # Classes per school: n/a
7d. # of schools: 5
7e. # students: 14

8a. Name of Initiative: Analysis of Aircraft measurements of Cirrus Clouds
8b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Analysis of Aircraft measurements of Cirrus Cloud properties over the Tropical Western Pacific for a Climate Model Experiment Researcher: Alicia M. Jones ,Senior Computer Science Major Mentor:Dr. Everette Joseph, Howard Univ. Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dr. Latif Choudhury, Elizabeth City State University Dept. of Physics. The Great Climate Debate and Our Changing Climate are two articles that reflect the growing concern over the enhanced greenhouse effect (global warming) and how pollutants are harming our environment. It is believed that the anthropogenic increase of atmospheric trace gas concentrations, which has been occurring since the pre-industrial period, is the primary cause of the observed increase in the global mean atmospheric temperature observed over the same period. Atmospheric scientists use global climate models to investigate this issue. Cloud processes, particularly those of high clouds, are among the least understood and thus poorly represented processes in climate models. This project was conducted in support of research to improve the representation of high cirrus cloud infrared radiative properties in climate models. Specifically, cloud properties derived from aircraft measurements over the Tropical Western Pacific are processed and analyzed for a model validation experiment. The results of this experiment provide further insight into the role of cirrus cloud in climate change. 8c. # Classes per school: n/a
8d. # of schools: n/a
8e. # students: 1

9a. Name of Initiative: Wake Votex/Aircraft Encounters
9b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Researcher: Sheri Joyner, Senior Computer Science Major Mentosr: Dr. Sonya Smith, Howard University, Dr. Linda Hayden, Math and CS Dept. Elizabeth City State University This project investigates the aerodynamic effects of wake vortex/aircraft encounters on ER-2 aircraft. A wake vortex is area of low-pressure turbulence that flows behind a moving object with a circular motion and tends to form a vaccum in its center as it draws subjects towards it. All aircraft form wake vortices when their winds are producing lift, which is derived from the difference of the low pressure on top of the wing and the high pressure on the bottom surface of the wing. The project is concerned with the effect that the wake vortices have on aircraft during landing and takeoff as well as aircraft in flight. This area of research is of great importance for several reasons; one being that airports are trying to maximize their capacity. In order to accomplish this air traffic controllers will have to reduce the spacing between each aircraft during take off and landing. Thus, there has to be a vortex hazard criterion developed to identify the location and strength of wake-vortices left behind by other aircraft. This vortex hazard criterion is required to ensure the safety of the airplanes, the pilots and the passengers from the training vortices. A part of this research is the study of mathematical models, which attempt to characterize vortex effects that are acceptable for operational use. These models are designed to take in consideration that atmospheric conditions, the vortex decay, the interactions of the vortex with the ground, and the clear air turbulence. 9c. # Classes per school: n/a
9d. # of schools: n/a
9e. # students: 1

10a. Name of Initiative: ColdFusion Code (CFML) Project
10b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

ColdFusion Code (CFML) Project, Researcher: Joseph Gale, Junior Computer Science Major. Mentors: Calvin Mackey, NASA LaRC Atmospheric Science Division Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Linda Hayden, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Elizabeth City State University. This project involved using ColdFusion code (CFML) to track media record in a database. The project was designed to provide a more efficient and user-friendly manner for the users on the various networks to track and manage records on various types of media. Accessing the targeted data involved connecting to an Informix database on a foreign server that did not have the application ColdFusion Server. The project also included installing programs to upgrade a Sun Ultra 10 system from Solaris 2.6 operating system to Solaris 2.7. The system was configured for jumpstart and sysid auto configuration, however the upgrade required disabling auto configuration on eosops setup. 10c. # Classes per school: n/a
10d. # of schools: n/a
10e. # students: 1

11a. Name of Initiative:Troubleshoot Network Equip. for Realtime CLCS
11b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Researcher: Katrina Godwin, ECSU Computer Science Major. Mentors: John Porter, Kennedy Space Center CLCS Lead Network Systems Linda Hayden, Math and CS Dept. Elizabeth City State University The Checkout and Launch Control System (CLCS) mission is to replace the current Launch Procession System (LPS) with standards - based, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) system and custom software. It will utilize multi-vendor platforms tied together with standard Local Area Network(LAN) technology. A program mandate is to replace the existing LPS without causing changes to existing flight hardware or software and with no impact to the flight manifest. Ultimately, these tools will mature into a deliverable suite of tools to be used by the Operations Engineers in their day-to-day activities, as well as generating data to be used in the vendor selection of various network components. The tools, a part of this research project, were generated in the "C" programming language within the Unix environment and utilized, at a minimum, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) via the use of Unix sockets. 11c. # Classes per school: n/a
11d. # of schools: n/a
11e. # students: 1

12a. Name of Initiative: Motion of a Harmonic Oscillator
12b. Brief description of Activities and Outcomes:

Researcher: Ramatoulig Bah, ECSU Computer Science Major Mentors: Dr. Latif Choudhury, Physical Science Dept. Elizabeth City State Univ. Linda Hayden, Math and CS Dept. Elizabeth City State University This work sets up the equation of motion of a mass according to Newton's second law of motion. The mass is tied to a spring under the simultaneous action of air resistance and a derivative of a delta type of force. It leads to a second order inhomogeneous linear differential equation. The equation is solved rigorously using residue theorems of complex variables. These solutions are obtained under different possibilities of parameters introduced. A MATHEMATICA program is then developed to plot three dimensional diagrams of the displacement as a function of time and natural frequency under different parametric restrictions. 12c. # Classes per school: n/a
12d. # of schools:n/a
12e. # students: 1

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