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"As you obsolesce as a scientist, if you live long enough, you turn into a historian. I guess that's what's happened to me.", Arnold Arons, Oct. 2000, WHOI Ocean Acoustics Lab. Presented here are talks by prominent acousticians and pioneers in engineering and science who have visited the Ocean Acoustics and Signals Lab at WHOI. The actual recordings and/or video are availailable by request from the WHOI archives. Transcriptions of most of the talks can be downloaded below. Arnold Arons Arnold Arons Arnold Arons is recognized world-wide for his great contributions to physics and physics education. He recieved his PhD in physical chemistry in 1943 from Harvard University. World War II brought Arons to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he was a group leader in the Underwater Explosion Research Laboratory. He is well known for his studies here at WHOI of abyssal oceanic circulation and cloud physics and for experimental and theoretical work on phase distortion of acoustic pulses reflected from the seabed. From 1946 on, he taught at Stevens Institue of Technology, Amherst College, and University of Washington. In these years he revitalized the traditional physics of the time with his teaching techniques and numerous articles and books. His acomplishments even placed him as a subject of a TIME magazine cover story on education! Arons also served on many committees, including the NSF commission of college physics, as a trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the American Institute of Physics. Arons passed away on February 28, 2001 in his Seattle home, but his contributions to physics and physics education will live on. OASL Seminar 10/11/00 Transcription and an audio CD by request (also in WHOI AOPE Dept Library) are available. Other related links: PHYSICS TODAY Obituary WHOI Obituary TIME Magazine Article - May 6, 1966 Henry Stommel with Arnold Arons wikipedia Robert A. Frosch Robert Frosch Robert Frosch has had a distinguished career. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in theoretical physics at Columbia and then received his Ph.D. at the young age of 23. After that, he advanced at Hudson Laboratories to Director of Research, where he was a project manager of ARTEMIS, which developed active sonar for the Navy. In September 1963, he went to Washington DC to work with the Advanced Research Projects Agency in the US Department of Defense, serving as Director for Nuclear Test Detection and as the authority for the program of research and development as deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Frosch moved on to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy and was in charge of all the research and development at the US Navy. Later, he became Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations Enviromental Program and then went on to NASA, where Frosch was the 5th administrator. In January 1981 he moved to General Motors where he was appointed Vice President of Research and Development in research labs. He is still active in both scientific and technical policy activities today and is a guest investigator in the Ocean Acoustics and Signals Lab at WHOI. AOPE Seminar 7/11/07 Transcription and a DVD video by request (also in WHOI AOPE Dept Library) are available. AOPE Seminar 4/07/08 Transcription and a DVD video by request (also in WHOI AOPE Dept Library) are available. Video (.WMV) can be downloaded here as well. Other related links: Society Prize for Outstanding Research in Industrial Ecology NASA Nomination of Robert Frosch to be Administrator by Jimmy Carter NASA Biography of Robert Frosch Wikipedia Biography of Robert Frosch Peter Westervelt Peter Westervelt Peter Westervelt is a physicist who has made great contributions to the field of acoustics. His application of the theory of Sir James Lighthill is especially renowned with his contributions to understanding absorption of sound by sound and nonlinear-scattering of sound by sound. He also discovered and explained the principles of the parametric array. During his career, he was responsible for work with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council and was elected to be Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Acoustical Society of America, and the American Astronomical Society. Westervelt was also Assistant Attache for Research in the U.S. Navy, served at the American Embassy in London and as Consultant to Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, along with making breakthroughs at the University of Texas at Austin on new techniques and applications on the study of sound by sound scattering. Lastly, he is a Professor Emeritus at the Brown University Physics Department and is still sharing his vast knowledge and lively stories today. OASL Seminar 11/15/06 Transcription and a DVD video by request (also in WHOI AOPE Dept Library) are available. Other related links: Wikipedia Biography of Peter Westervelt Stan Ehrlich Stan Ehrlich Stan Ehrlich is a graduate of Brown University, with both bachelors and masters degrees. He worked for Raytheon Company Submarine Signal Division for most of his career, eventually advancing to the rank of fellow. He has a long involvement in the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), serving as President from 1996-1997. He has distinguished himself professionally by his engineering work on sonar arrays and acoustical standards, among other things. Stan received the Mira Paul Memorial Award in 2002, given by the Acoustical Foundation, Educational, and Charitable Trust (AFECT), an Indian organization, with programs to help deafened individuals, for his contribution to the founding the first International Chapter of the ASA in India and the Acoustical Foundation of India. His name also adorns an award, the Stanley Ehrlich Gold Medal presented by AFECT to an eminent acoustician or surgeon, irrespective of nationality, age, or society affiliation to promote international brotherhood in the diverse field of acoustics. He is currently retired and lives in Newport, Rhode Island. OASL Seminar 11/5/08 Transcription and a DVD video by request (also in WHOI AOPE Dept Library) are available. Allan D. Pierce Allan D. Pierce Allan Pierce is known for a large variety of fundamental research on the mechanics of waves, acoustics, and structural vibrations. His landmark book, Acoustics: An Introduction to its Physical Principles and Applications, is widely considered the definitive acoustics textbook. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Acoustical Society of America and past co-editor of the Academic Press series on Physical Acoustics and of the Journal of Computational Acoustics. Dr. Pierce has received the Silver Medal in Physical Acoustics, the Rossing Medal for Acoustics Education, the Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America, the Per Bruel Gold Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Gold Medal of AFECT (Acoustical Foundation, Educational, and Charitable Trust), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior U.S. Scientist Award. Dr. Pierce is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University and was Department Chair from 1993 to 1999. Prior to that, at Penn State Dr. Pierce held the Leonhard Chair in Engineering and previously at Georgia Tech he was Regents Professor. He is also an Adjunct Scientist at WHOI. A DVD video of Allan's AOPE Seminar presentation, titled "Low Frequency Behavior of Sandy and Muddy Sediments", is available by request Bill Carey Bill Carey (courtesy of BU) Bill Carey’s research is currently focused on the use of autonomous array systems and array signal processing to perform measurements of the acoustical properties of the oceanic coastal margins. Dr. Carey is a Member of the Cosmos Club, a member of Sigma Xi, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a Fellow of the IEEE, recipient of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society’s “Distinguished Technical Achievement Award” and Editor Emeritus of the Journal Of Oceanic Engineering. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society and recipient of the Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics Silver Medal. Bill Carey is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University and also an Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an Adjunct Scientist at WHOI. A PDF of Bill's AOPE Seminar presentation, titled "Ambient Noise", is available here. A DVD video is also available by request. Doug Webb Doug Webb Doug Webb has made numerous contributions to the study of the ocean and of ocean acoustics. He recieved his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering in 1954 from Manchester University, where he built and programmed the first transistor computer. In 1962 Doug joined WHOI and developed the SOFAR Float, a technology used to map deep ocean currents. After retiring in 1982, Doug founded the Webb Research Corporation, where he developed and manufactures specialized instruments used in ocean research such as the Slocum Glider and the Sea Glider. He has recieved numerous awards, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering's Distinguished Technical Achievement Award in 2005 and WHOI's Henry Bryant Bigelow Award in Oceanography in 1988. OASL Seminar 4/13/11 Transcription and a DVD video by request are available. Other related links: First Transistor Computer Development of Slocum Glider Slocum Glider Information Last updated: August 08, 2011 |
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