A Broad Education in AcousticsStill Makes Sense
Victor W. Sparrow
Interim Chair, Graduate Program in AcousticsPenn State
Adapted from Paper 3aAA6158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
San Antonio, TXOctober 28, 2009
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Acknowledgements (1)
Anthony Atchley
• Previous Head of Graduate Program in Acoustics
• Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Engineering
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Acknowledgements (2)
Students
(this is what its all about)
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What is “Acoustics”?
If mechanical motion is involved, it’s acoustics.
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What is the Graduate Program in Acoustics?
• The Graduate Program in Acoustics is:- Intercollege graduate degree program (IGDP), based in the College of
Engineering
- Administratively aligned with Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
- Associated with the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
• History1965 Graduate Program established to provide the US Navy with an
academic program in acoustics and its applications.
1983 Summer Program established to provide an educational opportunity for people who could not attend graduate school as a full-time student.
1987 Distance Education established in partnership with ARL to further extend educational opportunities to students unable to pursue graduate school at University Park.
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Philosophy
• Provide a broad education in acoustics fundamentals that will last a lifetime
• Provide this education for– residence students
– working professionals
• Blend residence and distance students when possible
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Educational Opportunities in Acoustics
Residence Education
– Master of Engineering in Acoustics
– Master of Science in Acoustics
– Ph.D. in Acoustics
Distance Education
– Master of Engineering in Acoustics
– Individual Courses (can be taken as non-degree status)
– Certificates of Advanced Graduate Education
– Related Engineering Courses offered as Electives
Short Courses and Workshops
– Credit and non-Credit
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Ph.D57%
M.Eng. (Distance Ed)
26%
M.S.14%
M.Eng (Resident)
1%
Degree Student Distribution Fall 2008
M.S. 9M. Eng. (Res. Ed.) 2M. Eng. (Dist. Ed.) 17Ph.D. 36Total 64
+ 35non-degree
students
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Where Penn State Graduates Get JobsAppleAPL Johns HopkinsARL Penn StateBBNBoeingBose CorporationCorps of Engineer’s Research LabEminance LoudspeakersENSCO, Inc.FDAIBMIngersol RandJet Propulsion LabMotorolaNASA Langley Research CenterNaval Surface Warfare CenterNorthrup GrummanPanasonicUS DOT Volpe CenterVerizon
Brigham Young UniversityCentral Washington UniversityCheju National University (Korea)Harvard Medical SchoolIllinois Institute of TechnologyJames Madison UniversityKettering UniversityLehigh UniversityMcGill UniversitySilpakorn University (Thailand)University of ArizonaUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of HartfordUniversity of MichiganUniversity of NebraskaUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of Texas at AustinVirginia Tech
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Proud of Our Graduates
• Acoustics Education Nationwide!
Penn State Acoustics Program
Robert Celmer
Univ. of Hartford
Lily Wang
Univ. of Nebraska
Rendell Torres
Rensselaer Poly.
Dan Russell
Kettering Univ.Tim Leishman, Kent Gee
Scott Sommerfeldt
Brigham Young Univ.
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Who are the Faculty?
• Approximately 40 Members of the Graduate Faculty– Acoustics (3)
– Aerospace Engineering (5)
– Applied Research Laboratory (22)
– Bioengineering (1)
– Communication Disorders (1)
– Geosciences (2)
– Engineering Science and Mechanics (2)
– Mechanical Engineering (3)
– Physics (1)
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Acoustics Curriculum at Penn State
501 - fundamentals I (vibrations and acoustics of solids)
502 - fundamentals II (acoustics of fluids)
505 - laboratory [Resident Ed., but not Dist. Ed.]
513 - digital signal processing
514 - transducers
515 - advanced acoustics
516 - data measurement and analysis
590 - colloquium
Required courses for Penn State graduate degrees:
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Specialty Courses
Architectural Acoustics
Computational Acoustics
Nonlinear Acoustics
Ocean Acoustics
Outdoor Sound Propagation
Structural Acoustics
Aerodynamically Induced Noise
. . . and others
Taught approximately every other year:
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Fall 2010
Specialty Courses
Architectural Acoustics
Computational Acoustics
Nonlinear Acoustics
Ocean Acoustics
Outdoor Sound Propagation
Structural Acoustics
Aerodynamically Induced Noise
. . . and others
Taught approximately every other year:
Fall 2010
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Delivery via Distance Education
Penn State Acoustics. Anywhere. Anytime.
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Current Status of DE Delivery (1)
• Students have opportunity to see lectures live with residence students (blended) or archived (on demand)
• Students participate in chat room or use microphone to ask questions during lectures
• Web board interactions of students and media download between classes
• Live office hours / recitation sections
Thanks to Acoustics Graduate Students Thanks to Acoustics Graduate Students Miguel Horta and Andrew Orr for providing the following screen shots:Miguel Horta and Andrew Orr for providing the following screen shots:
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Current Status of DE Delivery (2)Current Status of DE Delivery (2)
• Use Adobe Connect (Macromedia Breeze) Use Adobe Connect (Macromedia Breeze) softwaresoftware
- Need high-speed internet (no dialup)- Need high-speed internet (no dialup)
• Use Smartboards for writing on board/screenUse Smartboards for writing on board/screen
• Use student video producers to ensure qualityUse student video producers to ensure quality
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Current Status of DE Delivery (3)
(instructor draws on notes with pen)
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Current Status of DE Delivery (4)
(students asking questions in chat area)
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Current Status of DE Delivery (5)
(student making live presentation)
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Information Contacts
• Victor Sparrow – Interim [email protected]
• Search Ongoing – Program [email protected]
• Karen Thal – Graduate Records [email protected]
• Christine Popovich – Operations Manager for Distance Education [email protected]
(814) 865-6364http://www.acs.psu.edu
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Information Contacts
• Victor Sparrow – Interim [email protected]
• Search Ongoing – Program [email protected]
• Karen Thal – Graduate [email protected]
• Christine Popovich – Operations Manager for Distance Education [email protected]
(814) 865-6364http://www.acs.psu.edu
Thank You!
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Backup Slides
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Opportunities in Acoustics
Acoustics
Physics
Speech and Hearing
MechanicalEngineering
Materials
BiomedicalEngineering
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
AerospaceEngineering
ArchitecturalEngineering
Chemical Engineering
Micro- andNanotechnology
EnvironmentalEngineering
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Some of the Research Capabilities
Acoustic MicroscopyActive Control of Sound and
VibrationAeroacousticsComputational AcousticsData Acquisition SystemsData FusionDesign of Quiet StructuresFlow-Induced NoiseIntelligent Sensor Systems Machinery DiagnosticsMaterials CharacterizationMedical UltrasonicsModal Analysis
Noise Control EngineeringNondestructive Testing/Evaluation Nonlinear AcousticsOcean AcousticsResonance Ultrasound
SpectroscopySeismologySignal ProcessingSmart MaterialsSonar Systems EngineeringSound Quality/Sound MetricsStructural AcousticsThermoacousticsTransductionUltrasonic Imaging
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Distance Education Classes leading to M. Eng. Degree
1987 – began acoustics distance education via satellite links with Navy labs and industry
1992 – added PictureTel video conferencing delivery in addition to satellite
1994 – added videotape distribution for many students
1997 – satellite discontinued
2002 – added videostreaming delivery over internet to PictureTel
2003 – ended PictureTel
2006 – blended classes; videostreaming only; no VHS