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Eric Thorsos
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Principal Physicist and Affiliate Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
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Ocean Acoustics (OA)
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B.S. Physics 1965, Harvey Mudd College
M.S. Engineering & Applied Science 1966, University of California, Davis-Livermore
Ph.D. Theoretical Nuclear Physics 1972, MIT
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eit@apl.washington.edu
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206-543-1369
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Shallow Water Acoustic Propagation, Sediment Acoustics, Rough Surface Scattering
Dr. Thorsos research addresses high-frequency sound penetration into, propagation within, and scattering from the shallow-water seafloor. One finding is that high-frequency acoustic penetration into sediments at grazing angles below the critical angle is possible--an important issue in detection of buried mines.
Dr. Thorsos is also presently leading a project to improve our understanding of the effects of sea surface and bottom roughness on shallow water propagation, and to determine the best approaches to modeling this propagation. A specialist in numerical studies of scattering theory and on the validity of scattering theory approximations, Dr. Thorsos publishes in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.
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