amanda hanford

assistant research professor, head of structural acoustics department

About

Acoustician with applications in metamaterials, flow induced noise and vibration and sound propagation. I am a researcher at the Applied Research Lab, working as faculty member in the College of Engineering, and a member and group leader of the Centre for Acoustics and Vibration. I am an advocate for women in STEM.

Country

united states

City

state college

Industry

higher education

Skill

acoustics, signal processing, simulations, fluid dynamics, cfd, research, latex, high performance computing

Experience

teaching assistant

university of rochester

2000-9 - 2002-5 · 1 yr 9 mos

Teaching assistant for Calculus and pre-Calculus classes

assistant research professor, head of structural acoustics department

the pennsylvania state university applied research laboratory

2008-9 - Present · 18 yrs 1 mo

* Acoustics Division * Fluid and Structural Mechanics and Acoustics Office * Computational acoustics with applications in aeroacoustics, outdoor sound propagation and nonlinear acoustic propagation modeling * Background in spectral analysis, signal processing, fluid dynamics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics

graduate research fellow

penn state university

2002-9 - 2008-8 · 6 yrs

* Primary research focus is the simulation of acoustics systems on a molecular level using a stochastic method called direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC). * Background in rarefied gas dynamics, molecular relaxation, atmospheric acoustics, strong acoustic nonlinearity, object oriented programming, and high performance computing.

intern

university of rochester

2000-6 - 2002-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

* System development for an Internet based homework interface called WeBWork that allows instant feedback to Math, Physics, and Statistics students. * Responsibilities included code development (Perl), administrating, and system development