EDUCATION
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990.
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994.
PRESENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION
Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Mississippi, National Center for Physical Acoustics.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES
Acoustical Society of America
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
Experimental, theoretical, and computational analysis of outdoor sound propagation
Blast waves
Sonic boom propagation
Interaction of sound with porous media
Propagation of sound over irregular or rough terrain
Influence of turbulence on wave propagation
Non linear blast wave propagation
HONORS AND AWARDS
Georgia Tech Presidential Scholar (undergraduate), 1986.
Summa cum laude (ranked first in undergraduate class), 1990.
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1990.
E. I. DuPont Fellow, 1990. Georgia Tech Presidential Fellow (graduate), 1990.
Discussion Leader, Physical Acoustics Summer School, Monterey, CA, 1996.