Daniel A. Russell -- Publications and Presentations
Professor of Acoustics & Director of Distance Education
Graduate Program in Acoustics
The Pennsylvania State University

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Papers Published in Refereed Journals, Conference Proceedings, and Professional Magazines

Presented Papers with Published Abstracts:

  • D. A. Russell, "Vibration damping mechanisms for the reduction of sting in baseball bats," paper 1aSA5 at 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO, October, 2012. Abstract published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 132(3)Pt.2, pb. 1893 (2012).

  • D. A. Russell and V.W. Sparrow, "25 years of distance education in acoustics," Invited paper 2aED8 for 164th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO, Oct. 22-26, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 132 (3) Pt. 2., 1923 (2012).

  • D. A. Russell, "Teaching graduate level acoustics courses to a blended enrollment of resident and distance education students," paper 2aED10, 164th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO, Oct. 22-26, , 132 (3) Pt. 2, 1923 (2012).

  • D. Russell, "Flexural vibration and the perception of sting in hand-held sports implements," Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2012, New York, New York, August 19-22, 2012. (paper in12_1215)

  • L. J. Hunt and D. A. Russell, "Vibrational characteristics of wood, aluminum, and composite hockey sticks," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130(4) Pt.2, 2429 (2011).

  • L. J. Hunt and D. A. Russell, "Vibrational assessment of ice hockey goalie sticks," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130(4) Pt.2, 2327 (2011).

  • D. O. Ludwgisen and D.A.Russell, "Three approaches to understanding sound radiation from a tuning fork," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130(4) Pt.2, 2361 (2011).

  • D. A. Russell, "Sweet spot of a hollow baseball or softball bat," Invited paper for the 148th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, November 15-19, 2004, San Diego, CA. Paper 4aSA in special session: Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Vibration of Sports Equipment. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 116(4) Pt.2, 2602 (2004).

  • D. Russell, W. Haveman, W. Broden, N. P. Weibull, and P. Pedersen, "Effect of body shape on the vibration of electric guitars," 145th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN, April 28 - May 2, 2003, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 113(4) Pt 2., 2316, (2003).

  • D. A. Russell, "Acoustics and vibration animations: A surprisingly successful website," 146th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, November 10-14, 2003, Austin, TX. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 114(4) Pt. 2, 2308 (2003).[invited paper]

  • D. A. Russell, "Integration of a full co-op job experience (and direct job placement) with an applied physics curriculum." presented before the American Physical Society March Meeting, March 18-22, 2002, Indianapolis, IN. Paper D7-3 in special session on Educating Physicists for Industrial Careers. Abstract in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 47(1), Pt.1, 240 (2002).[Invited paper].

  • D. A. Russell and W. Haveman, "Acoustic and modal analysis of an African djembe drum," 140th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA, December 4-8, 2000, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 108(5) Pt 2., 2591, (2000).

  • D. A. Russell, "Musical instruments of antiquity as illustrated in The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul," 140th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA, December 4-8, 2000, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 108(5) Pt 2., 2618, (2000).

  • D. A. Russell, "Animations for teaching more advanced acousics topics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2197, (1999) [invited paper].

  • D. A. Russell, "Comparing the vibrational behavior of wood and aluminum baseball bats," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2292, (1999).

  • D. A. Russell, "New experiments on an old NeXT computer," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(4) Pt.2, 2140, (1999).

  • V. W. Sparrow and D. A. Russell, "Animations Created in Mathematica for Acoustics Education," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103(5) Pt. 2, 1454 (1998). [invited paper].

  • R. S. Hughes, D. A. Russell, and D. E. Parker, "Holographic analysis of standing sound waves in a resonance tube," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(5) Pt. 2, 3033 (1997).

  • D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, "An asymptotic analysis of the added damping effect of a distribution of fuzzy attachments with steady state excitation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97(5) Pt. 2, 3414 (1995). [This paper won the Structural Vibration and Acoustics student paper award].

  • D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, "Coupling between flexural and membrane wave types due to multi-degree of freedom and rotational fuzzy attachments," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97(5) Pt. 2, 3415 (1995).

  • D. A. Russell, V. W. Sparrow, and C. Soize, "A mathematical formulation for modeling the type I fuzzy parameters for a continuous line fuzzy attachment," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95(5) Pt. 2, S2846 (1994). [invited paper].

  • D. A. Russell, J. L. Rochat, A. D. Pierce, and V. W. Sparrow, "Scattering from a finite width panel with attached internal resonances in an infinite baffle," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93(4) Pt. 2, S2412 (1993).

  • D. A. Russell and V. W. Sparrow, "Acoustic scattering from a fluid loaded plate with an attached structural fuzzy," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91(4) Pt. 2, S2440 (1992).

  • D. A. Russell and T. D. Rossing, "Shock spectra of piano hammers," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, S186 (1990).

  • D. A. Russell and R. R. Korte, "Demonstrating modes of vibration in bars and plates with simple apparatus," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 87, S32 (1990).

Other Publications and Conference Presentations:

  • D. Russell, "Nondestructive Testing Detects Altered Baseball Bats," The NDT Technician, Vol. 11, No. 4, (October 2012).

  • "Tuning a bat to optmize the trampoline effect," D. A. Russell, presented at the Sporting Goods & Manufacturers Association Baseball & Softball Council Fall Meeting, Dallas, TX, October 2-4, 2004.

  • "Implimenting a `Just-In-Time' approach to engineering physics courses," D. A. Russell, 1998 AAPT Summer meeting, Lingoln, NE, August 3-8, 1999. [invited paper]

  • "Making Waves on the World Wide Web," D. Russell, Paper CF-7 presented at Fall meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, November 1-2, 1996, Athens OH.

  • "Laboratory Instruction in Acoustics and Vibration," T. Cameron and D. Russell, Session 2526, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.

  • "Coupling Simulation and Experiment in Noise and Vibration Engineering," T. Cameron and D. Russell, Session 3226, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.

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