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Author:

Barnard, Andrew Robert

Title:

Development of Supersonic Intensity in Reverberant Environments (SIRE) with applications in underwater acoustics

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Nearfield Acoustic Holography
NAH
Acoustics
Sound Power Measurement
Directivity
Supersonic Intensity
Reverberant tank
Reverberation Room
signal separation
underwater intensity
acoustic vector sensors

File:

Download ARB_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dean Capone, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member

Author:

Zentichko, Jacob S

Title:

Acoustics of Ducted Rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Ducted
Rotors
CFD
FLUENT
PSUWOPWOP
FSC
ESM
Fast Scattering Code
Fwocs
Williams
Hawkings

File:

Download Thesis_Jacob_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Riegel, Kimberly A

Title:

Propagation of Sonic Booms in Urban Landscapes

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Sonic Boom
Ray Tracing
Radiosity
Acoustics
Urban Environment

File:

Download Riegel-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ute Poerschke, Committee Member
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Lopes, Leonard Vincent

Title:

A NEW APPROACH TO COMPLETE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR NOISE PREDICTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Aerospace
Airframe
Landing Gear
Noise
Prediction
Scheme

File:

Download Lopes_Dissertation_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member

Author:

Naluai, Nathan Kahikina

Title:

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO VECTOR SENSOR USE AND DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Intensity Processing
Scattering
Detection
Correlations
Sensor Arrays
Transducer Design
Vector Sensor

File:

Download Naluai_Dissertation_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald Clyde Lauchle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member
Robert E Newnham, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Marston, Timothy Merrill

Title:

Infrasonic Pistonphone Calibration

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Microphone
Calibration
Transducer
Acoustics
Infrasound
Pistonphone

File:

Download Infrasonic_Pistonphone_Calibration.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas B Gabrielson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

Author:

Powers, Russell

Title:

Investigation of Noise Reduction Methods on Supersonic Jets Exhausting from Scale Models of Military Style Nozzles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Jet Noise
Noise Reduction
Corrugations
Corrugation
Bevel
Beveled
Experiment
Supersonic
Model
Military
Nozzle

File:

Download RWP_MSThesis_2012_vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Christian, Andrew W

Title:

A Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization Approach to Procedural Noise Mitigation for Near-ground Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Aircraft noise
Community noise
Multi-objective optimization
Evolutionary optimization

File:

Download AndyC-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wells, Stephen Matthew

Title:

Vibration-based sensor design to detect lubrication levels contained within differential gear housings

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Vibration-based sensor design
Condition Based Maintenance Plus
CBM+
Differential Gear Housings
Lubrication level detection
Structural Acoustics

File:

Download WellsThesisFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bauch, Paul Francis

Title:

Traditional And Angle-dependent Characterization Of Penn State’s Panel Transmission Loss Suite

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Transmission Loss
Structural Acoustics
Room Acoustics
Acoustics
Anechoic
Reverberant
Beamforming

File:

Download 1-Bauch_Thesis_2013_Vfinal_.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hennes, Christopher Conrad

Title:

Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Computational Fluid Dynamics

File:

Download HennesThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Ahmed, Daniel

Title:

Acoustic Bubble: Controlled and Selective Micropropulsion and Chemical Waveform Generator

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Micropropulsion
Acoustics
bubble
Microfluidics
Chemical waveform
Tunable chemical gradient

File:

Download PHD_thesis_Dec_4th.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

Author:

Gardner, Michael D

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Wave Nondestructive Evaluation Using Generalized Anisotropic Interface Waves

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Ultrasonic
Guided Wave
Nondestructive Evaluation
Anisotropic
Interface
Acoustics

File:

Download Michael_Gardner_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Special Member

Author:

Clark, Adam Leonard

Title:

Experimental Identification of Noise Paths and Mitigation Methods for a Device in a Submerged Environment

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Vibrations
Noise Control
Common-Mode Choke
High Frequency
Underwater Noise Control
Source-Path-Receiver Model

File:

Download AdamC-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Wesley Trethewey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kamrath, Matthew James

Title:

A Plane Wave Superposition Method: Modeling Acoustic Fields Inside Cavities

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Plane Waves
Cavities

File:

Download Matthew_Kamrath_MS_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Acquaviva, Andrew Arthur

Title:

Developing an Underwater Low-frequency Projector Using Musical Instrument Schema

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Electroacoustic Projector
Clarinet
Underwater

File:

Download AcquavivaThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nadig, Clare Grace

Title:

Ocean Variability: Decomposition of complex sound velocity fields and analysis of their impact on acoustic propagation

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Ocean
Internal Waves
Thermohaline Variation
CTD
East China Sea

File:

Download Nadig-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Lyons, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lurie, Michael Brian

Title:

The Prediction of Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading in High Aspect Ratio Wall Bounded Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
Vibrations
CFD
Computational
Acoustics
Experiment
Turbulence
Free Jet
Wall Jet
Nozzle

File:

Download Lurie-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen A Hambric, Special Member

Author:

Petersen, Erik A

Title:

Absorption and dispersion predictions of noise from en-route subsonic and supersonic aircraft

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
noise
subsonic
supersonic
aircraft
prediction
Sutherland
Bass
sonic
boom
shock
absorption
dispersion

File:

Download Petersen_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Palmer, Joshua David

Title:

Quantifying Sonic Boom Metric Variability

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Sonic Boom
Acoustics
Sonic boom metrics

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kerrian, Peter Adam

Title:

Acoustic and Vibrational Analysis of Golf Club Drivers

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Golf
Experimental Modal Analysis
Laser Doppler Vibrometry
Noise
Golf Drivers

File:

Download Kerrian-Final-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Allen Russell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Skidmore, Grant Marston

Title:

The mitigation of pulsation in ventilated supercavities

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Supercavitation
Cavitation
Pulsation
Ventilated Supercavities
Multiphase Flow
CFD
Noise
Acoustics

File:

Download 1-Skidmore-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jules Washington Lindau V, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member
Toan Nguyen, Committee Member

Author:

Walsh, Gregory Daniel

Title:

A PRELIMINARY ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATION OF A COAXIAL HELICOPTER IN HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Coaxial Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft Acoustics
Helicopter

File:

Download Walsh_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Feurtado, Philip Andrew

Title:

Quiet Structure Design Using Acoustic Black Holes

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Structural Acoustics
Acoustics
Acoustic Black Holes
Damping
Vibration
Noise Control

File:

Download Feurtado_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Steve Conlon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steve Conlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steve Hambric, Committee Member
John Fahnline, Committee Member
Ed Smith, Outside Member

Author:

Koh, Veronica Wei

Title:

DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS OF AN UNDERWATER LOW FREQUENCY PROJECTOR BASED ON CLARINET ACOUSTICS

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Underwater
Acoustics
Clarinet
Low Frequency Projector

File:

Download Koh-Dissertation_15Jun2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen C. Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel A. Russell, Committee Member
Thomas B. Gabrielson, Committee Member

Author:

Biwalkar, Manasi

Title:

Single Event Comparisons of Predicted and Measured Sound at Vancouver International Airport

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Aircraft events
Airport noise
Vancouver
Radar
Co-ordinate
NORD2000
Great circle method
AEDT
Comparisons
NPD data
CFSR

File:

Download MBThesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Swaminathan, Anand

Title:

Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Stabilization of the Rayleigh-Bénard Instability by Acceleration Modulation

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Thermoacoustics
Acoustics
Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Pulse tube cryocooler
Parametric stabilization

File:

Download Swaminathan_Dissertation.pdfDownload Swaminathan_Supplemental_Videos.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven L. Garrett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven L. Garrett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M. Keolian, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Diane Marie Henderson, Outside Member
Robert William Smith, Special Member

Author:

Kinzie, Andrew David

Title:

Acoustic Characterization of PSU Recording Studio Above and Below the Schroeder Frequency

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Recording
Studio
Room
Architecture
modes
Schroeder
Geometrical acoustics
Transmission Loss

File:

Download Kinzie_MS_Thesis_11_14_17__GRAD_SCHOOL_SUBMISSION_.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Allen Russell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member

Author:

Shankar, Arjun K

Title:

High Power Evaluation of Textured Piezoelectric Ceramics for SONAR Projectors

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

SONAR
Acoustics
Underwater
Textured
Piezoelectric
Ceramics
High Power
Projector
Transducer
Tonpilz
Relaxor
Langevin Sandwich
PZT
PMNT

File:

Download Shankar-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Charles Burkhardt, Committee Member
Stephen Thompson, Committee Member
Daniel C Brown Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Merck, Andrew Thomas

Title:

The Development of a Fast Method for the Calculation of Noise from Supersonic Jets

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Jet Noise
Aeroacoustics
Acoustics
Empirical Method
Wavepacket
Supersonic
Turbulence
Mixing Noise

File:

Download Andrew_Merck_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Cunsolo, John Vincent

Title:

NOISE TRANSMISSION FROM A SMALL, HERMETIC, RECIPROCATING, REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Compressor
Noise Control
Acoustics
Refrigerant
Transmission
Transmissibility
Sound Power
Sound Power Transfer Function
Hermetic
Reciprocating
Vibration
Vibration Isolation
Radiation
Noise Monitoring
Rigid Base
Radiation Efficiency
Radiated Sound
Modal Analysis
Mobility
Drive Point Mobility
Structural Mobility
Cylindrical Shells
Mode Shapes
Structural Loss Factor
Spring Surging

File:

Download Cunsolo_MSThesisFinal_PostDefense.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy A Brungart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Member
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Tipton, Nathan

Title:

An Outdoor Sound Propagation Model in Concert with Geographic Information System Software

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Outdoor Sound

File:

Download Tipton_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Newman, Committee Member
Brendan Derrick Taff, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wells, Stephen Matthew

Title:

Modeling noise generated by industrial chiller systems using a hybrid statistical energy simulation based on experimental and finite element methods.

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Vibration
Vibroacoustics
Hybrid Modeling
Acoustic Radiation
Industrial Chillers
Noise
Noise Modeling
Statistical Energy Analysis
Finite Element
Acoustic Measurements
Vibration Measurements
Compressor
Statistical Model
Physics

File:

Download Wells_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Outside Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Romero, Moniara

Title:

Wireless underwater-to-air communications via water surface modulation and radar detection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
Acoustics
Underwater-to-air communications
Communications
Vibrometry

File:

Download Romero_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Daniel C Brown, Jr., Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Botre, Mrunali

Title:

Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation

File:

Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaworski, Thomas

Title:

Development of an Acoustic Prediction System for Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Aerospace
BVI
HSI
Noise

File:

Download Thomas_Jaworski_Thesis_2020_Release.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

Author:

Downey, Keagan

Title:

Loudspeaker Array and Testing Facilities for Performing Large Volume Active Noise Cancelling Measurements

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Active Noise Cancelling
Acoustics

File:

Download Downey_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen C. Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dan Russell, Committee Member
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ochoa, Ana

Title:

Three-Channel Correlation Analysis in MEMS and Electret Microphones

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

MEMS
Signal Processing
Acoustics

File:

Download Ochoa_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Carl Swanson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dan Russell, Committee Member
Micah R Shepherd, Committee Member
Stephen Thompson, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Scupski, Nick

Title:

Experiments On The Reduced Noise Benefits of A New Configuration of Fluid Shields In Aircraft Engine Exhaust Nozzles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

supersonic
jet
noise
dual stream
tactical
aeroacoustics
single-stream;
dual-stream
Acoustics
Aircraft
Fluid Shield
bypass
core

File:

Download MS_thesis-JetNoise_12-14-20_V12_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zachos, Damaris

Title:

Noise Prediction of Rotorcraft Acoustics for a Conceptual eVTOL Design and Conventional Helicopters

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Helicopter
Acoustics
eVTOL
Noise Abatement

File:

Download Zachos-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Pagnucco, Max

Title:

Modeling Acoustical Horns as a Cascade of Conical Transmission Line Segments Terminated with a Spherical Radiator

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Transmission Line
Horns
Lumped Elements
Musical Instruments
Benade
Simscape
Propagation
Radiation
Equivalent Circuits

File:

Download Pagnucco_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Dan Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Weitsman, Daniel

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of the effects of cyclic pitch variations on rotor noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

eVTOL Noise
eVTOL
Helicopter Noise
Acoustics
Cyclic Pitch
Rotorcraft

File:

Download Weitsman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Connell, Ryan

Title:

Acoustic Analysis of an Ultra-Efficient Commercial Transport Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Noise
SNLF
Commercial Aircraft
ANOPP

File:

Download R.McConnell_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Wade, Lucas

Title:

Investigation of 3-Dimensional Caustic Generation with Application to Off-track Sonic Boom Focusing

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Sonic Boom
Sonic Boom Focusing
Acoustics
Supersonic Aircraft
Geometrical Acoustics
Boundary Layer Theory
Caustics
Tricomi Equation
Nonlinear Tricomi Equation
Superboom

File:

Download L-Wade-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Member
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Yun Jing, Committee Member
Alexandra Loubeau, Special Signatory

Author:

Benit, Simeon

Title:

Stochastic Models to Generate Sound Speed Ensembles and Calculate Transmission Loss Ensembles at the New England Shelf Break Using Empirical Orthogonal Functions and Sparse Dictionary Learning

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Stochastic Model
Empirical Orthogonal Functions
Machine Learning
Acoustics
Underwater Acoustics
Principal Component Analysis
PCA
EOF
Dictionary Learning
Sparse Dictionary Learning
K-SVD
Orthogonal Matching Pursuit
Sound Speed Profiles
Range-dependent Acoustic Model
Transmission Loss
New England Shelf Break

File:

Download BenitThesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Ying-Tsong Lin, Committee Member
Daniel C. Brown, Committee Member
James Miller, Special Signatory
Andrew Barnard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel C. Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swanson, Andrew

Title:

A Method to Design and Develop Additively Manufactured Aircraft Acoustic Liners

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

Aircraft Acoustic Liner
Additive Manufacturing
Acoustics
Acoustic Metamaterial
Development Methodology
Microperforated Panel Absorber

File:

Download A_Method_to_Design_and_Develop_Additively_Manufactured_Aircraft_Acoustic_Liners_Andrew_Swanson_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair
Timothy W. Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

Author:

Douglas, Darryl Andrew

Title:

An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sonic Fatigue in Embedded Jet Exhausts

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

Acoustics
CFD
Turbulence
Jet Noise
Sonic Fatigue
Embedded Exhausts
Supersonic Jets
Aft-Deck
Rectangular Nozzle
Experimental
Computational
Shock Boundary Layer Interaction

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Greenwood, Major Field Member
Philip Morris, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Victor Sparrow, Major Field Member
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Konzel, Nicholas

Title:

Ground Based Measurements and Acoustic Characterization of Small Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
UAV
Data Collection
Noise Characterization
Multirotor

File:

Download MastersThesis_Konzel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Deng, Yuanchen

Title:

Acoustic Devices Inspired by Topological Physics

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Topological Physics
Sonic Crystals

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Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Mikael Rechtsman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yun Jing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amanda Hanford, Major Field Member
Ryan Harne, Major Field Member

Author:

Dominguez Rubio, Leonardo

Title:

Acoustic and magnetic control of synthetic and biological microswimmers

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Active matter
Acoustics
Ferrofluids
Microfluidics
Nanoparticles

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Committee Members:

William Hancock, Major Field Member
Justin Brown, Major Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Weist, Lauren

Title:

Helicopter Noise Modeling With Varying Fidelity Prediction Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
rotorcraft
noise prediction systems
helicopter noise

File:

Download LWeist_MastersThesis_07182022.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Case, John

Title:

Photoacoustic measurement of the optical absorption of aerosols

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Photoacoustics
Helmholtz Resonator
Acoustics
Optical Absorption
Aerosols

File:

Download JohnCase-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Robert William Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Daniel C. Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Romo, Nina

Title:

Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)

Keywords:

Transgender
Voice
Satisfaction
Acoustics
Context
Identity

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicole Etter (she/her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Samantha Tornello, Outside Unit & Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Michael Robb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aarthi Madhavan (she/her), Major Field Member

Author:

Cheng, Christopher

Title:

Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

PMUT
Piezoelectrics
Acoustics
Ultrasound
Transducers
MEMS
Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers

File:

Download Thesis_Draft_Final_Cheng_-_Final_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-Mckinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Outside Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair