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Special Events WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY
Rayleigh Lecture
3:45pm–5:15pm
Room 31, Tampa Convention Center
Prof. Chris Fuller, Samuel Langley Distinguished Professor of
Engineering, Virginia Tech
Biography: Prof. Chris R. Fuller finished his
B.E.(Hons) and Ph.D. at Adelaide University,
Australia in 1974 and 1978 respectively. His
Ph.D. topic concerned re-active attenuation of
sound in ducts. He then spent three years at
the ISVR, University of Southampton as a
Research Fellow studying coupled vibrations in fluid-filled
cylinders. After this, Prof. Fuller moved to the U.S. where he
worked at NASA Langley Research Center as an NRC Research
Associate for two years studying control of aircraft inlet and
interior noise. In 1983 he accepted a faculty position at Virginia
Tech where he is now the Samuel Langley Distinguished
Professor of Engineering and is based primarily at the National
Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, VA. Prof. Fuller’s current
research interests are in acoustics meta materials, active control
of sound and vibration, noise in aerospace systems and noise in
medical systems. Prof. Fuller has authored over one hundred
and seventy papers in various major technical journals and
holds over ten patents in active control. He is a Fellow of the
Acoustical Society of America and an Associate Fellow of the
AIAA. Prof. Fuller has served on the Board of Directors of the
International Institute of Sound and Vibration and the Institute of
Noise Control Engineers. He is the lead author of the text
Active Control of Vibration published by Academic Press. Prof.
Fuller has taught over a dozen short courses in active noise and
vibration control in the US, Japan, Europe and Australia.
Acoustic Meta Materials
Acoustic meta materials(AMM) are commonly defined as
“materials that have properties not readily available in nature”.
As such AMM show high potential for developing new classes
of passive acoustic materials with improved, designable
properties such as absorption, transmission loss and
diffraction. The designable nature of AMM makes them
particularly attractive for use for noise control in industry.
To this date work in AMM has focused on research and there
is very little development of products, mainly due to scalability
and difficulties in bulk manufacturing. In this presentation
the concepts and early work in AMM will be reviewed. The
analytical developments and application of Transformational
Acoustics to designing AMM will be briefly described. Recent
work in developing poro-elastic AMM which have potential
to be productized will be discussed as well as the use of
Transformational Acoustics in designing absorbing materials
with solid material matrices. Some new, promising directions
in AMM will be briefly outlined.
Noise Control and Acoustics Division Wine & Cheese
Reception
Sponsored by: Noise Control and Acoustics Division
5:30pm–6:45pm
Florida Ballroom 2, 2nd Floor, Tampa Marriott Waterside
IMECE Volunteer and Student Recognition Reception
5:30pm–7:00pm
Florida Ballroom 4, 2nd Floor, Tampa Marriott Waterside
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Closing Plenary Lunch
11:45am–1:15pm
Ballroom B & C, Tampa Convention Center
Aaron Knobloch
Senior Scientist and Program Manager
General Electric’s Global Research Center (GRC)
When Machines Find their Voice: Industrial Internet of
Things & Digital Twins
The consumer digital revolution, big data, and an increasingly
connected world is revolutionizing the way industrial hardware
are maintained and optimized. The growing Industrial Internet
of Things has given birth to Digital Twins; complex physics
based models of an individual asset fed by continuous real-
time sensor data. These dynamic models are personalized
and customized based on the individual asset’s experience and
condition. This talk will walk through examples of the impact
the digital world is making on the physical world of jet engines,
wind turbines and locomotives as well the future directions for
this technology.
Dr. Aaron Knobloch is a Senior Scientist and
Program Manager at General Electric’s Global
Research Center (GRC). For 14 years at GE,
his research has focused on the development
of novel sensors and packaging to enable
measurements in high temperature and other
harsh environments. These sensors enable improved control
and monitoring of jet engines, land based gas turbines, oil and
gas exploration and electric vehicles. In addition, Dr. Knobloch
manages and directs GRC’s research portfolio in control and
electrical systems for the Aviation business. Prior to arriving at
GE, Dr. Knobloch studied Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell
University graduating with honors in 1998. He went on to
receive his M.S. and Ph.D. in the same discipline in 2002 and
2003 respectively from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Knobloch holds 15 granted or allowed patents with more
than 13 other patents pending and is the author of 40 peer
reviewed conference papers and journal articles. Dr. Knobloch
has successfully written and led government sponsored
research programs for DARPA, Department of Energy, NASA,
DoD, Department of Homeland Security, and ARPA-e.
Dr. Knobloch is an American Society of Mechanical
Engineering (ASME) fellow, member of IEEE, and winner
of the 2016 IEEE Control System Technology Award.
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