A Broad Education in Acoustics Still Makes Sense Victor W. Sparrow Interim Chair, Graduate Program in Acoustics Penn State Adapted from Paper 3aAA6 158

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

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ACOUSTICS


Acknowledgements (1)

Anthony Atchley

• Previous Head of Graduate Program in Acoustics

• Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Engineering


Acknowledgements (2)

Students

(this is what its all about)


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.


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


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


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


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


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.


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)


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:


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

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


Delivery via Distance Education

Penn State Acoustics. Anywhere. Anytime.


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:


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



(instructor draws on notes with pen)



(students asking questions in chat area)



(student making live presentation)


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

[email protected]


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

[email protected]

Thank You!


Backup Slides


Opportunities in Acoustics

Acoustics

Physics

Speech and Hearing

MechanicalEngineering

Materials

BiomedicalEngineering

Electrical and Computer

Engineering

AerospaceEngineering

ArchitecturalEngineering

Chemical Engineering

Micro- andNanotechnology

EnvironmentalEngineering


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


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

Documents

A Broad Education in Acoustics Still Makes Sense Victor W. Sparrow Interim Chair, Graduate Program in Acoustics Penn State Adapted from Paper 3aAA6 158