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www.PosterPresentations.com The Graduate Program in Acoustics at The Pennsylvania State University Victor W. Sparrow (Interim Program Chair) and Daniel A. Russell (Director of Distance Education) Graduate Degrees in Acoustics Students and Faculty Employers of Recent Graduates The Penn State Acoustics Family For More Information . . . Degrees Offered: M.Eng. in Acoustics M.S. in Acoustics Ph.D. in Acoustics Research Areas of Acoustics Faculty A Breadth and Variety of Courses Core Acoustics Courses ACS 501, Elements of Acoustics and Vibration ACS 502, Elements of Sound Waves in Fluids ACS 505, Experimental Techniques in Acoustics ACS 513, Digital Signal Processing ACS 514, Electroacoustic Transducers ACS 515, Acoustics in Fluid Media ACS 516, Acoustical Measurements and Data Analysis (Penn State is the only school in the U.S. where you can earn the Ph.D. in Acoustics!) Elective Acoustics Courses ACS 519, Sound and Structure Interaction ACS 521, Stress Waves in Solids ACS 530, Flow Induced Noise ACS 537, Noise Control Engineering ACS 597, Computational Acoustics ACS 597, Nonlinear Acoustics ACS 597, Ocean Acoustics ACS 597, Marine Bioacoustics ACS 597, Spatial Sound and 3D Audio ACS 597, Outdoor Sound Propagation ACS 597, Acoustics of Musical Instruments ACS 597, Architectural Acoustics Theory and Research ACS 597, Multi Domain Modeling AERSP 511, Aerodynamic Noise ACS 596, Independent Study and Special Topics Dr. Sparrow welcoming new graduate students to the program for the Fall 2014 semester. Penn State Grads In Faculty Positions Since 1965, Penn State has awarded: 186 M.Eng. in Acoustics 280 M.S. in Acoustics 203 Ph.D. in Acoustics Pancake breakfast to kick off the semester Faculty and students attending PASS 2012 Annual winter party and talent show Assessing crowd noise levels at Beaver Stadium Studying in the student lounge Outdoor sound measurements for ACS 516 Students with degrees in Acoustics from Penn State’s Graduate Program in Acoustics are always in high demand for jobs from a wide variety of research, industrial, and consulting employers. Most students receive multiple interviews and job offers upon graduation. Annual student research awards banquet Several of our Ph.D. graduates have secured faculty positions at other schools, where they teach acoustics to their own undergraduate and graduate students. Experimental modal analysis of a tennis racket for M.Eng. paper M.S. and Ph.D. students have access to state of the art measurement and analysis equipment for experimental research in sound and vibration. Setting up microphones for measurements in an auditorium on campus for an Architectural Acoustics class project Vibration tests on a helicopter chassis Grand opening of our new anechoic chamber Penn State’s Graduate Program in Acoustics offers more than 20 graduate courses covering a wide variety of acoustics topics. In addition, there are many related courses from other departments in areas involving engineering, vibration, modeling, communication, speech & hearing, etc. The Graduate Program in Acoustics faculty are widely recognized for their expertise and leadership in the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Our faculty comprise an inter- disciplinary and intercollegiate team, made up of professors and research scientists from the Acoustics Program, several College of Engineering departments, and the Applied Research Laboratory. Areas of facutly research expertise include: Acoustical Oceanography Acoustic Remote Sensing Active Control Adaptive Signal Processing Aero-acoustics Architectural Acoustics Atmospheric Acoustics Education in Acoustics Electroacoustic Transducers Energy Harvesting Flow Induced Noise Fluid-Structure Interaction Gear System Noise and Vibration High-Amplitude Sound Infrasonics Machine Condition Monitoring Marine Bioacoustics Musical Acoustics Noise Control Nondestructive Evaluation Nonlinear Acoustics Numerical Modeling Ocean Acoustics Outdoor Sound Propagation Physical Acoustics Physchological Acoustics Physiological Acoustics Seafloor Acoustics Seismic Surveillance Signal Processing Sonar Engineering Sonic Booms Structural Acoustics Structural Health Monitoring Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Ultrasonic Imaging Underwater Acoustics Vibration Control (Above) Dr, Gabrielson prepares a demo for ACS 516. (Left) Dr. Garrettt mentors a student in the Thermoacousics Lab.. For information about application requirements and procedures, degree requirements, course schedules, lists of past theses and dissertations, and alumni contact information, please visit the Graduate Program in Acoustics website: http://www.acs.psu.edu www.facebook.com/psu.acoustics Our active ASA student chapter provides outreach activities for local middle schools. Dr. Sparrow and Micah Shepherd (Ph.D. 2014) Speaker array for testing human perception of room acoustics
