Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The Catholic University of America,
1969
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, 1966
B.S.M.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska, 1962
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1988-Present
- Visiting Professor, Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany 1982-1983, 1978, 1985, 1987
- University Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 1976-1987
- University Associate Professor, George Washington University, 1971
- University Lecturer, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, England, 1969-1976
- Research Fellow, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1962-1969
- Research Scientist and Engineer, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 1962-1966
- Per Bruel Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001
- E. J. Richards Lecturer, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2000
- First Recipient of Tokyo Institute of Technology's Chair of International Cooperation, 2000
- Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1998-Present
- Rayleigh Lecturer, International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition, 1998
- Premier Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1996
- Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1992 - College of Engineering and Technology, University of Nebraska
- Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1991
Affiliations:
- Center for Acoustics and Vibration (Director)
- Acoustics Faculty
- Associate editor for ASME's Journal of Vibration
- Editorial boards of the Applied Acoustics, Applied Mechanics Review and the Journal of Sound and Vibration
- Executive committee of the ASME's Noise Control and Acoustics Division as a technical group leader and newsletter editor
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellow, Acoustical Society of America