David C. Swanson , Ph.D. Associate Professor of Acoustics Senior Research Associate Applied Research Laboratory 504L Applied Science Building Phone: (814) 865-2448 voice Fax: (814) 863-9918 E-mail: dcs5@psu.edu

Research Interests

• Adaptive and learning sensor networks
• Sound propagation and architectural acoustics
• Machine/material fatigue predictive modeling
• Active noise and vibration control systems
• Chemical and Biological sensor systems

Professional Societies

• Acoustical Society of America, Fellow
• Institute of Noise Control Engineers, Board Certified Member
• IEEE, Member

Current Acoustics Graduate Students

• S. Smith
• D. Valente

Textbooks

D. C. Swanson, Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems, New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000, 634p.

Distributed Sensor Networks, (S. Iyengar and R. Brooks, eds), Chapter 11, Environmental Effects, p201-212, New York: CRC Press, 2005.

Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics, (Havelock, Vorlander, Kuwano eds), Chapter 2, Acoustic Signals and Systems, section 2, Data Acquisition, New York: Springer (in press).

Select Referred Journal Publications

B.J. Kim and D.C. Swanson, "Linear independence method for system identification/secondary path modeling for active control," J. Acoustical Soc. Am. 118 (3), 1452-1468 (2005).

D.C. Swanson, “Information Fusion for Acoustic Propagation Inverse Problems Using a Network of Autonomous Sensor Systems,” J. Underwater sound, March 2004.

R.T. Mueleisen and D.C. Swanson, "Modal Coupling in Acoustic Waveguides: Planar Discontinuities, Applied Acoustics, 63 (2002), pp 1375-1392.

R.J. Ruhala and D.C. Swanson, “Planar nearfield holography in a moving medium,” Journal of The Acoustical Society of America, 112(2), August 2002, pp 420-429

D.C. Swanson, et. al., “Multisensor analyzer detector (MSAD) for low cost chemical and aerosol detection and pattern fusion,” SPIE Vol. 4708, (2002), pp 226-232.

D.C. Swanson, “Artillery Localization Using Networked Wireless Ground Sensors” SPIE Vol. 4743, (2002)

D. C. Swanson, J. M. Spencer, and S. H. Arzoumanian, Prognostic Modeling of Crack Growth in a Tensioned Steel Band, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 15 (5), pp789-803, September 2000

D. Swanson, K. Reichard, S. Hirsch and J. Tichy, "Active Control of Acoustic Intensity Using a Frequency Domain Filtered-X Algorithm", Applied Acoustics, 57(1), May 1999, pp.39-49.

Asano, Y. Suzuki, and D. Swanson, "Optimization of Control Source Configuration in Active Control Systems Using Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization," IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, 7(2), March 1999, pp. 213-220

R. S. McGuinn, G. C. Lauchle, D. C. Swanson. "Low Flow-Noise Microphone for Active Noise Control Applications." AIAA J. 35 29-34 (1997)

G. C. Lauchle, J. R. MacGillivray, D. C. Swanson "Active control of axial-flow fan noise." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101 341-349 (1997).

K. Kay and D. Swanson, "Error in Bending Wave Power Measurements Resulting From Longitudinal Waves", Noise Control Engineering Journal, 44(4), July 1996, pp185-192.

F. Asano and D. Swanson, "Sound Equalization in Enclosures Using Modal Reconstruction", JASA 98(4), pp. 2062-2069, Oct 1995.

D. Swanson, "Active Attenuation of Acoustic Noise: Past, Present, and Future," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 95, Part II, (December, 1989).

 

 

Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University