Theses and Papers in the Graduate Program in Acoustics (2020-Present)

2024

• The Global Variability in Sonic Boom Exposure due to Macroscopic Effects Ph.D. Thesis by William Doebler; Supervised by Dr. Victor Sparrow
  
• Metamaterial-Based Devices for Audio and Ultrasound Applications Ph.D. Thesis by Jun Ji; Supervised by Dr. Yun Jing
  
• The Effect of Gas Composition on the Color Doppler Ultrasound Twinkling Artifact in Kidney Stones Exhausts M.S. Thesis by Laura Brownstead; Supervised by Dr. Julianna Simon
• Unsteady Lift Measurement and Reconstruction Methodologies Ph.D Thesis by Zachary Jones; Supervised by Dr. Nicholas Vlajic
• Detection of Scuffing Faults using the Squared Envelope Spectrum Ph.D Thesis by Daniel Watson; Supervised by Dr. Karl Reichard
• Focused Ultrasound-Induced Bioeffects in Elastic, Anisotropic Tissues Ph.D. Thesis by Jacob Elliott; Supervised by Dr. Julianna Simon
• Simulating Meteor Blast Wave Propagation on the Planet Mars using Nonlinear Acoustics M.S. Thesis by Lily Hetherington; Supervised by Dr. Victor Sparrow
• Forces on a Singing Wineglass Rim M.S. Thesis by Megan Orzolek; Supervised by Dr. Alexander Mertz and Dr. Michael Jonson

2023

• An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sonic Fatigue in Embedded Jet Exhausts Ph.D. Thesis by Darryl Douglas; Supervised by Dr. Philip Morris
• An Experimental Exploration Study of Acoustic Black Holes in Thick Plates M.S. Thesis by Emily Stimson; Supervised by Dr. Amanda Hanford 
• Using High-Fidelity Weather Data to Improve Impedance and Absorption Adjustment Values in Airport Noise Level Predictions M.S. Thesis by Emma Shaw; Supervised by Dr. Victor Sparrow
• Error Modeling of Doppler Velocity Logs Using a Point-Based Scattering Model M.S. Thesis by Joshua Purviance; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Brown
• Enabling Fast Image Reconstruction for Photoacoustic Tomography Using GPUS M.S. Thesis by Paul Klippel; Supervised by Dr. Yun Jing
• Operational Modal Analysis of a Harmonically Dominated Structure Utilizing a Double Resampling Order Removal Technique M.Eng. paper by Troy Cantalupo; Supervised by Dr. Tyler Dare
• Parallelization of Delay and Sum Algorithms for Photoacoustic Applications M.Eng. paper by Nathan Caso; Supervised by Dr. Yun Jing
• Quantitative Comparison of Various Cajon Models M.Eng. paper by David Gillespie; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• A Lumped Parameter Model for Cartilage Sound Conduction M.Eng. paper by Thaddeus Swann; Supervised by Dr. Stephen Thompson
• Acoustical Modeling Fidelity Study for Battery Energy Storage System Project M.Eng. paper by Bryan Swindler; Supervised by Dr. Tyler Dare
• Understanding the Behaviors of Blade Pass from a Blower Wheel in an Automotive HVAC M.Eng. paper by Karen Yelland; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• The Color Doppler Ultrasound Twinkling Artifact on Pathological Mineralizations Ph.D. Thesis by Eric Rokni; Supervised by Dr. Julianna Simon
• Stochastic Models to Generate Sound Speed and Transmission Loss Ensembles at the New England Shelf Break Using Empirical Orthogonal Functions and Sparse Dictionary Learning M.S. Thesis by Simeon Benit; Supervised by Dr. Andrew Barnard
• Morphological Component Analysis of Long-Duration Ringdown from Elastic Objects Imaged with the Sediment Volume Search Sonar M.Eng. paper by Hannah Kurdila; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Brown

2022

• Increasing Efficacy, Usability, and Understanding of Phase-based Optical Flow for Structural Acoustic Applications Ph.D. Thesis by Sean Collier; Supervised by Dr. Tyler Dare
• Acoustic Devices Inspired by Topological Physics Ph.D. Thesis by Yuanchen Deng; Supervised by Dr. Yun Jing
• Perception of Noise and Task Performance under Different Office Noise Conditions M.S. Thesis by Zhi Zhou; Supervised by Dr. Michelle Vigeant-Haas
• A Parametric Study of the Sensitivity of Spatial Coherence to Sediment Attenuation Coefficient M.S. Thesis by Anthony Matriss; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Brown
• Photoacoustic Measurement of the Optical Absorption of Aerosols M.S. Thesis by John Case;Supervised by Dr. Robert Smith
• Noise Prediction for Helicopter Noise Abatement and eVTOL Design M.S. Thesis by Damaris Zachos; Supervised by Dr. Kenneth Bretner
• Investigating Single Value Frequency Average Measures to Predict Reverberance, Clarity, and Preference Using Higher Order Ambisonic Reproductions Ph.D. Thesis by Fernando del Solar Dorrego; Supervised by Dr. Michelle Vigeant
• The Use of Pulse Waves to Increase Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Thermophone Efficiency Ph.D. Thesis by James Chatterley; Supervised by Dr. Timothy Brungart
• Investigation of 3-Dimensional Caustic Generation with Application to Off-Track Sonic Boom Focusing M.S. Thesis by Lucas Wade; Supervised by Dr. Victor Sparrow
• Modeling Acoustical Horns as a Cascade of Conical Transmission Line Segments Terminated with a Spherical Radiator M.S. Thesis by Max Pagnucco; Supervised by Dr. Stephen Thompson
• Focused Ultrasound Therapy to Treat Tendinopathies Ph.D. Thesis by Molly Smallcomb; Supervised by Dr. Julianna Simon
• Modeling and Characterization of an Air Motion Transformer M.S. Thesis by Peter Riccardi; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Brown
• Audio Source Separation Using Bi-Directional Gated Recurrent Unit M.S. Thesis by Sanjay Majumder; Supervised by Dr. Karl Reichard
• Effects of Room Modes on Subwoofer Response M.Eng. paper by Ernest Bless; Supervised by Dr. David Swanson
• An Investigative Study on the SNR Improvements Pertaining to the Delay-Sum and Frost Beamformer M.Eng. paper by Nicholas Christian; Supervised by Dr. Stephen Thompson
• Ported Guitar Speaker Cabinet Design for Extended Low Frequency Response M.Eng. paper by Kyle Cunningham; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• Audio-Based Lossy Compression of Power Line Signals M.Eng. paper by Layla Marshall; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• Bone Conduction Hearing: The Occlusive Effect and Hearing Conversation M.Eng. paper by Alexander Odom; Supervised by Dr. Michelle Vigeant-Haas
• Modal Analysis of a Floor Tom Drum M.Eng. paper by Matthew Pieczko; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• Unsurprised Clustering for Environmental Sound Analysis M.Eng. paper by Tyler Tracy; Supervised by Dr. Karl Reichard
• Finite Element Analysis of an Auxetic Piezoelectric Acoustic Transduction Material M.Eng. paper by Justin Tufariello; Supervised by Dr. Thomas Blanford
• Design and Comparison of a Multi Chamber Perforate Tube Muffler M.Eng. paper by Zachary Tuyls; Supervised by Dr. Daniel Russell
• Example Design of a Half-Inch Diameter Unidirectional Electret Condenser Cartridge M.Eng. paper by Jason Cillo; Supervised by Dr. Stephen Thompson

2021

• Extreme Value Statistics of Flow-Induced Response and Fatigue Ph.D. Thesis by Connor McCluskey; Supervised by Dr. Stephen Conlon and Dr. Manton Guers
• Optimization of Acoustics Black Holes for Vibration Reduction Ph.D. Thesis by Cameron McCormick; Supervised by Dr. Micah Shepherd
• Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Spatial Coherence Statistics for Reverberation-Limited Littoral Sonar
  Ph.D. Thesis by Chad Smith; Supervised by Dr. Thomas Gabrielson and Dr. Daniel Brown
• Viability of Motor Current Sensors for Tool Condition Monitoring during Peck Drilling Operations with Coolant and Inverter-Fed AC Motors
  M.S. Thesis by Nicholas Carder; Supervised by Dr. Karl Reichard
• Tool Condition Monitoring Using the Hilbert-Huang Transform: An Application to Vibration and Motor Current Signals
  M.S. Thesis by Trent Furlong; Supervised by Dr. Karl Reichard

2020

• Improved Outdoor Sound Propagation Model Using Geographic Information Systems Software and ISO 9613-2
  M.S. Thesis by Adwait Ambaskar; supervised by Victor W. Sparrow
• Investigation of Transducers in Small Enclosures
  M.S. Thesis by Joseph Bradel; supervised by Stephen Thompson
• Loudspeaker Array and Testing Facilities for Performing Large Volume Active Noise Cancelling Measurements
  M.S. Thesis by Keagan Downey; supervised by Stephen Thompson
• Three-Channel Correlation Analysis in Mems and Electret Microphones
  M.S. Thesis by Ana Cristina Ochoa; supervised by David Swanson
• Measuring Plate Vibration Using Deflectometry: The Advantages and Limitations of Add-On Reflective Material
  M.S. Thesis by Gary Rhoades; supervised by Micah Shepherd
• 3-D Acoustic Ray-Tracing Model of Mach Cutoff Flight
  Ph.D. thesis by Zhendong Huang; supervised by Victor W. Sparrow
• Effects of Perturbations on the Reverberant Sound Field of a Room
  M.S. thesis by Sumeet Gawali; supervised by Stephen Thompson
• Vibrational Analysis of Ash and Composite Hurleys
  M.S. thesis by Kathryn Krainc; supervised by Daniel A. Russell
• Determining Contact Stiffness, Contact Pressure, and Modal Frequencies of Fastened Metallic Joints
  Ph.D. thesis by Trevor Jerome; supervised by Micah Shepherd
• Compressive Sensing Co-prime Arrays for Underwater Acoustic Signal Detection and Imaging
  Ph.D. thesis by Andrew Pyzdek; supervised by David Swanson
• Industrial Chiller Systems Using a Hybrid Statistical Energy Simulation Based on Experimental and Finite Element Methods
  Ph.D. thesis by Stephen Wells; supervised by Stephen Hambric