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BYU Acoustics Research Group

Faculty

Name Research Specialty Department
Scott D. Sommerfeldt Active noise control and energy-based acoustics Physics and Astronomy
Timothy W. Leishman Excitation, measurement, modeling, and control of sound fields Physics and Astronomy
Kent L. Gee Nonlinear acoustics, physical acoustics, aeroacoustics and active noise control Physics and Astronomy
Jonathan D. Blotter Vibrations and optical-based measurements Mechanical Engineering
Scott L. Thomson Speech reproduction and flow-induced vibrations Mechanical Engineering
Tracianne B. Nielsen Acoustical oceanography Physics (Part-time Faculty)
Brian E. Anderson Time reversal, ultrasonics, transduction, transducer arrays Physics (Visiting Faculty)

Emeritus Faculty/Staff

Name Research Specialty Tenure at BYU Department
William Strong Speech and Musical Acoustics 1967-2001, still active Physics and Astronomy
Paul Palmer Musical Acoustics (Cold Fusion as well) 1966-1991 Physics and Astronomy
Irvin Bassett Musical Acoustics & Lab Coordinator 1963-1985 Physics and Astronomy
Norman Geertsen Musical Acoustics 1960?-1975? Physics and Astronomy
Dwight Dixon Musical Acoustics (Nuclear Physics as well) 1959-1984 Physics and Astronomy
Duane Dudley Musical Acoustics (Solid State as well) 1956-1994 Physics and Astronomy
Carl Eyring Architectural Acoustics 1924-1951 Physics and Astronomy
Harvey Fletcher Musical Acoustics 1911-1916, 1952-1973 Physics and Astronomy

Graduate Students

Name Degree Type Research Topic Advisor Email
Jason Beach M.S. Mech Eng. Active Sound Transmission Control Blotter/Leishman jason.m.beach@gmail.com
Ian Coltrin M.S. Mech. Eng. Sound Field of Miniature Jets Blotter iscoltrin@gmail.com
Jesse Daily PhD Mech. Eng. Vocal Production Thomson dai01001@gmail.com
James Esplin M.S. Physics ANC of Laptop Cooling Fans Sommerfeldt jamesesplin@hotmail.com
Jay Eyring M.S. Physics Directivity of Musical Instruments Leishman eyringj@gmail.com
Jayrin Farley M.S. Mech. Eng.   Thomson phantom_farley@hotmail.com
Jarom Giraud M.S. Physics Rocket Noise Gee jaromgiraud@gmail.com
Dan Hendrix M.S. Mech. Eng. Active Sound Transmission Control Blotter/Leishman  
William Johnson M.S. Mech. Eng. Active Structural Acoustic Control Blotter will.johnson@byu.edu
Danny Marquez M.S. Physics Time Reversal in Room Acoustics Anderson danmarquez7@yahoo.com
Michael Muhlestein M.S. Physics High Amplitude Noise Propagation Gee mimuhle@gmail.com
Rex Price M.S. Physics Loudspeaker Characterization Leishman/Anderson rexprice@yahoo.com
Martin Searcy M.S. Physics   Sommerfeldt martin.searcy@gmail.com
Brad Solomon M.S. Mech. Eng. Piezoelectric-Blower Noise Blotter snapkick.brad@gmail.com
Alan Wall Ph.D. Physics Jet Noise & Extended Source Reconstruction Gee alantwall@gmail.com

Undergraduate Students

Name Research Area Advisor Email
John Boyle Laptop Fan Active Noise Control Sommerfeldt jkb321@gmail.com
Ben Christensen Acoustics of the Hammered Dulcimer Gee/Anderson ukeben@gmail.com
Shanell Goodell Jet Noise Nielsen/Gee shanell.goodell@yahoo.com
Blaine Harker Time Reversal of Jet Noise Anderson blaineharker@byu.net
Stuart Harper Nonlinear Rocket Noise Gee stuartharper044@gmail.com
David Hart Jet Noise Gee davidhart100@gmail.com
Beau Hilton Acoustics of the Udu Drum Anderson wearoscarwilde@myway.com
Hillary Jones Assisting other projects   kiofsea11@gmail.com
Nicholas Ortega Assisting other projects   jazzman616@comcast.net
Benjamin Smith Assisting other projects   bensmith2009@gmail.com

Alumni (Since 1995)

Name Degree Research Topic
(Includes Links to Electronic Theses)		 Current Location Email
Matthew Shaw M.S. 2011 Ultrasonic Sound Transmission Penn State (Ph.D.) mdshaw16@gmail.com
Curtis Wiederhold M.S. 2011 3D Acoustic Intensity Probes Apple curtis.wiederhold@gmail.com
David Krueger M.S. 2011 Jet Noise NAH and Method Comparison Motorola dvdkrueger@gmail.com
Julia Vernon B.S. 2011 Acoustics of Exploding Balloons LDS Mission julia.vernon@yahoo.com
Samuel Anderson B.S. 2011 Reverb Chamber Measurements Penn State (M.S.) samuel313@gmail.com
Cole Duke M.S. 2011 ANC of Axial Cooling Fans Sound Design International coleduke@gmail.com
Jessica Morgan B.S. 2011 Jet Noise Imaging with Ground Reflections LDS Mission jessredmorg@gmail.com
Trevor Jenny B.S. 2011 Ultrasonic Anechoic Chamber Qualification Dynabuckle tdwheats@hotmail.com
Ryan Rust M.S. 2010 ANC of Two-Fan Exhaust-Mounted Array   ryrust@gmail.com
Daniel Manwill M.S. 2010 Laser Registration and Structural Control Novatek dmanwill@gmail.com
Buye Xu Ph.D. 2010 Theoretical Developments of Energy Density Starkey Laboratories buye.xu@gmail.com
Jeffery Fisher M.S. 2010 Structural and Acoustic Coupling W.L. Gore & Assoc. jeffery.m.fisher@gmail.com
Zachary Collins M.S. 2010 Interior Fourier NAH Using Energy Density National Instruments zcollins26@gmail.com
Daniel Tengelsen M.S. 2010 Compression Drivers and Horns Univ. of Texas (Ph.D.) danieltengelsen@gmail.com
Xi Chen Ph.D. 2010 Sound Field Equalization Using ED   drcxchen@yahoo.com
Devin Young B.S. 2009 Microphone Characterization   zerodevo@gmail.com
Jayrin Farley B.S. 2009 Ultrasonic Sound Transmission BYU Mech. Eng. (M.S.) phantom_farley@hotmail.com
Brian Thornock M.S. 2009 Directional Reflection Measurements Syracuse Research Corp. brianthornock@gmail.com
Panu Puikkonen M.S. 2009 Sound Equalization Savery & Assoc. panu81@gmail.com
Michael Gardner M.S. 2009 NAH for Aeroacoustics Penn State (Ph.D.) gardnerfrance@gmail.com
David Ripplinger B.S. 2009 Large Amplitude String Vibration BYU Comp. Sci. (M.S.) dalerip@gmail.com
Mike Mendoza B.S. 2008 Anechoic Chamber Characterization Honeywell mendoza5@byu.net
Trent Mouton B.S. 2008 3-D Scanning for Anechoic Chamber Duke University  
Isaac Fjelsted B.S. 2008 Diffraction Through Apertures EnergySolutions isaacfjeldsted@gmail.com
Jameson Drechsel M.S. 2008 Synthetic Vocal Fold Model Cummins, Inc. soulwealth@gmail.com
Jason Sagers M.S. 2008 Active Transmission Loss of Panels Univ. of Texas (Ph.D.) jdsagers@gmail.com
Derek Thomas M.S. 2008 Energy Density in Nonlinear Fields Univ. of Texas (Ph.D.) dct@byu.net
Stephan Lovstedt M.S. 2008 Interior Helicopter Noise ANC Northrop Grumman s_lovstedt@yahoo.com
Ryan Chester M.S. 2008 Energy Density Measurement Tech. Starkey Laboratories rtc7@byu.net
Seth Tomlinson B.S. 2007 Cochlear Analogue Demonstration Greenbusch Consulting stomlinson@greenbusch.com
JohnPaul Abbott B.S. 2007 Room Data Analysis Systems Univ. Mississippi (M.S.) jrabbott@olemiss.edu
Jonathan Oldham M.S. 2007 Multiple Microphone Probe Calibrator Orbital Sciences Corp. oldham.jonathan@orbital.com
Connor Duke M.S. 2007 Active Control of Axial Cooling Fans Apple connorduke@gmail.com
Ben Shafer M.S. 2007 ANC and Multiple Noise Sources Quiet Solutions otishobbes@gmail.com
Hales Swift B.S. 2007 Perception of nonlinear noise Purdue Univ. (M.S.) hales.swift@gmail.com
Jared Thomas M.S. 2007 Interior Helicopter Noise ANC National Instruments mrs30@psu.edu
Micah Shepherd M.S. 2007 NAH in Nonlinear Fields Penn State ARL (Ph.D.) micah.shepherd@gmail.com
Brandon Skinner B.S. 2006 Two Dimensional Guitar Pick Up Harman Music Group blskinner@gmail.com
Andrew Boone M.S. 2006 Active Noise Control of Power Generator Sparling, Inc. boone.andrew@gmail.com
Matt Green M.S. 2006 Broadband ANC using Feedback Starkey Laboratories green.mattgreen@gmail.com
David Nutter M.S. 2006 Energy-based Reverb Chamber Measur. Sci. App. and Res. Assoc. nutter@byu.net
Brian Monson M.S. 2006 ANC of Axial Cooling Fan Univ. Arizona (Ph.D.) brianbmonson@byu.net
Gordon Dix M.S. 2006 Directional Loudspeakers Apple grd5@email.byu.edu
Sarah Rollins M.S. 2005 Analysis of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Sparling, Inc. srollins5@yahoo.com
Sentagi Utami M.S. 2005 Physical/Numerical Mosque Modeling Univ. of Michigan (Ph.D.) sentagi@yahoo.com
Steve Davis B.S. 2005 Directivity of Musical Instruments Coll. of William & Mary MBA stevendavis39@hotmail.com
Jeff Hill M.S. 2005 Windscreen Analysis Penn State M.E. (Ph.D.) jeffrayhill@gmail.com
Mike Harris M.S. 2005 NAH using Energy Density Columbia Business School mharris11@gsb.columbia.edu
James Chatterley M.S. 2005 Sound Quality of Sewing Machines Orbital Sciences Corp. Chatterley.James@orbital.com
Heather Smith M.S. 2004 Numerical Analysis of LDS Conf. Center Homemaker  
Lance Locey M.S. 2004 ED Probe Development Raytheon lance@locey.com
Ben Faber M.S. 2004 ANC of Tractor Cab Faber Acoustical ben@faberacoustical.com
Brian Anderson M.S. 2003 Loudspeaker Parameter Measurements Visiting Professor, BYU bea@byu.edu
Laralee Ireland Ph.D. 2002 Simulations of ANC in Turbofan Engines Part-Time Instructor, BYU ireland@physics.byu.edu
Kent Gee M.S. 2002 ANC of Axial Cooling Fans Assistant Professor, BYU kentgee@byu.edu
Dan Ludwigsen Ph.D. 2002 Modeling of Trombone Player's Lips Professor, Kettering Univ. dludwigs@kettering.edu
Vivian Dias M.S. 2000 Virtual Sensors in ANC E.A.R.  
Guillermo Herrera M.S. 2000 Modeling of Cellphone Loudspeakers Caterpillar, Inc.  
Michael Thompson M.S. 2000 Nonlinear Wave Prop. in Trombone Johns Hopkins APL  
Dong Lin  Ph.D. 1999 Distributed PVDF Structural Sensors Dolby lind58us@yahoo.com
Tim Samuels M.S. 1998 Loudness-based ANC    
Eric Hunter M.S. 1997 Speech Analysis for Lip-reading Aids Center for Voice & Speech  
Rong Wang M.S. 1996 Speech Analysis for Emotion    
David Copley M.S. 1995 Trombone Acoustics Caterpillar, Inc.
         
 
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