JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORIAL BOARD AND STAFF Honorary Editor F. Lara-Rosano, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Editor-in-chief G. Ascanio, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Assistant Editor M. del R. Redón-de la Fuente, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Subject Editors Material Science A. I. Oliva-Arias, CINVESTAV, Merida, Mexico Computer Science B. Escalante-Ramírez, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Industrial Engineering A. del R. Lozano-Cuevas, Institute of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Electronic Engineering L. Álvarez-Icaza-Longoria, Institute of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Instrumentation Engineering and Science J. Garduño-Mejía, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Editorial Advisory Board President J. M. Saniger-Blesa, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Robotics and Mechatronics M. Ceccarelli, Laboratorio di Robotica e Meccatronica, Italy Sensors and Actuators J. Gutiérrez-Monreal, Applied Physics Institute, Spain Information Science and Technology R. R. Kampfner, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Complex Systems Applications and Cybernetics G. E. Lasker, University of Windsor, Canada Computational Neuroengineering J. C. Principe, University of Florida, USA Electronics J. Silva, Texas A&M University, USA Signals and Image Processing A. McAndrew, Victoria University, AUSTRALIA Electricity Infraestructure and Energy Markets D. J. Sobajic, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA Educational Software and Technology M. R. Syed, Minnesota State University, USA Medical Devices and Instrumentation J. G. Webster, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Neural Control and Signal Processing B. Widrow, Stanford University, USA Soft Computing L. A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA Editorial Coordinator Nora E. Reyes-Rocafuerte, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Editorial Staff Editorial Director J. Ramírez-Ortega, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Graphic Design Y. García-García, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Technical Assistant Elías Cornejo-Quiroz, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Webmaster R. Juárez Garduño, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Advertising Assistant J. Hernández-Jardines, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico Technical Manager L. Eslava-Cervantes, CCADET, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico