SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A longtime University of Rhode Island professor has been selected to receive a medal for his research in transient vibration and acoustic radiation.
Peter R. Stepanishen, who has taught at URI for 37 years, will be awarded the Acoustical Society of America’s Trent-Crede Medal at the organization’s annual meeting in San Diego.
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“I feel deeply honored to receive the Trent-Crede Medal from the Acoustical Society of America, which is composed of many acousticians whom I feel privileged to know both professionally and personally,” said Stepanishen, a resident of Westerly.
“While I have been fortunate to make some contributions to acoustics as a researcher, by standing on the shoulders of past recipients of the Trent-Crede Medal and fellow researchers, I have also been fortunate as an educator to have taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on acoustics to hundreds of students,” he said.
He developed and taught a sequence of courses in acoustics, including vibrations and signal processing, while at URI. He principal research interest at the university has been in underwater sound generation, transmission and reception.
His early research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and focused on biomedical ultrasonics for diagnostic purposes.
