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Physical Acoustics, Cavitation, Sonoluminescence Dr. Matula's research interest has been to understand cavitation and its effects in industrial and medical applications, and to transition technology to industry. His research areas include: • Ultrasound Contrast Agents – understanding their behavior in constrained vessels, and working towards using them to help improve targeting applications • Shock Wave Therapy – understanding and optimizing the application of shock waves for musculoskeletal and soft tissue injuries • Sonoluminescence – exploring the limits to energy concentration • Megasonic Cleaning – understanding and controlling cavitation cleaning in the semiconductor industry • Food Processing – understanding and controlling cavitation in food processing applications. Dr. Matula is a past-Chair of the Physical Acoustics Technical Committee of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a current Technical Program Committee member of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, and a member of the International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST). He is now the Acting Director of the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound (CIMU) at APL-UW. Tom Matula spends time outside of work with family and friends, sailing Puget Sound, hiking, learning Italian, and playing music. |
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