Frederick Drach Tappert (April 21, 1940 – January 9, 2002) was an American physicist whose primary contributions were in underwater acoustics . He is noted for the development of the parabolic equation model and split-step Fourier algorithm for electromagnetic and ocean acoustic propagation.
13-413: Tappert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fred Tappert (1940–2002), American physicist Georg Tappert (1880–1957), German expressionist painter Horst Tappert (1923–2008), German movie and television actor Wilhelm Tappert (1830–1907), German composer and music writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-548: A society of acoustical engineers interested in architectural acoustics. In the early part of December 1928, Wallace Waterfall sent letters to sixteen people inquiring about the possibility of organizing such a society. Harvey Fletcher offered the use of the Bell Telephone Laboratories at 463 West Street in Manhattan as a meeting place for an organizational, initial meeting to be held on December 27, 1928. The meeting
39-476: A technical staff member at Bell Telephone Labs , where he worked until 1974. At Bell Telephone Labs, he collaborated with Akira Hasegawa on optical solitons which underpinned later advances in fiber-optic communication technology. Following Bell Labs, Tappert joined the Courant Institute at New York University as a senior research scientist, where he worked from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, he joined
52-481: A wide variety of material related to the knowledge and practical application of acoustics in physics, engineering, architecture, noise, oceanography, biology, speech and hearing, psychology and music. In 2021, the ASA Publications' Office began producing Across Acoustics, a podcast to highlight authors' research from these four publications. The ASA presents awards and prizes to individuals for contributions to
65-635: Is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary organization of about 7500 members and attracts the interest, commitment, and service of many professionals. In the summer of 1928, Floyd R. Watson and Wallace Waterfall (1900–1974), a former doctoral student of Watson, were invited by UCLA's Vern Oliver Knudsen to an evening dinner at Knudsen's beach club in Santa Monica . The three physicists decided to form
78-580: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Fred Tappert Tappert was born in April 1940, to Rev. Dr. Theodore Gerhardt Tappert and Helen Carson Tappert. As a child, Fred lived with his family on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in the Germantown section of Northwest Philadelphia . Growing up, his father "often mentioned the satisfaction that would result from
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104-739: The Pioneer in Underwater Acoustics Medal by the Acoustical Society of America , "for application of the parabolic equation to underwater acoustic propagation." The 145th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society, in 2003, featured a memorial session dedicated to Frederick Tappert on the subject of "Propagation Phenomena and the Parabolic Equation." Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America ( ASA )
117-615: The faculty of the University of Miami , where he held a joint appointment in the department of physics on the main campus and in the department of applied marine physics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (RSMAS). In 2001, he was awarded the Department of the Navy's Superior Public Service Award , the citation of which noted, "Professor Tappert's introduction of
130-453: The parabolic equation propagation model in 1974 started a revolution in the underwater acoustics modeling community...It is, in large part, a tribute to Professor Tappert's superb efforts that today the PE model is the de facto standard full wave propagation model in underwater acoustics and that, in a practical sense, he is thought of as the 'father of the PE model'." Tappert was posthumously awarded
143-537: The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake." He attended Central High School in Philadelphia , and then Penn State University . Tappert received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967. His dissertation, entitled Kinetic theory of equilibrium plasmas , was supervised by Edward A. Frieman , then associate director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory . In 1967, he was hired as
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#1732852332091156-445: Was attended by forty scientists and engineers who started the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Temporary officers were elected: Harvey Fletcher as president, V. O. Knudsen as vice-president, Wallace Waterfall as secretary, and Charles Fuller Stoddard (1876–1958) as treasurer. A constitution and by-laws were drafted. The first issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
169-600: Was published in October 1929. The Society has 13 technical committees that represent specialized interests in the field of acoustics. The committees organize technical sessions at conferences and are responsible for the representation of their sub-field in ASA publications. The committees include: The first meeting was attended by forty scientists and engineers who started the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Some of those members include: The Acoustical Society of America publishes
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