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David Delaney has been a research wildlife biologist/bioacoustician working for the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, IL since 1998. He works primarily on threatened and endangered species, with an emphasis on human/wildlife con- flicts. He has worked on a variety of terrestrially-based research projects across many different taxa (e.g., desert and gopher tortoises, Indiana and Gray bats, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Mexican and Northern Spotted Owls, Golden Eagles, etc.), primarily on military installations and Forest Service lands. His research provides information on baseline behavior and activity of ani- mals and their potential response to military training operations and
other human activities. He is currently an Associate Member of the Acoustical Society of America, as well as a member of other organizations that deal with wildlife issues (National Military Fish & Wildlife Association, The Wildlife Society, Desert and Gopher Tortoise Councils, American Society of Mammalogists, National Wildlife Federation). Prior to working at ERDC/CERL, he worked for a variety of non-profit organizations and Universities investigating additional wildlife issues. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Northern Arizona University, respectively.
Susan Blaeser has served as Standards Manager at the Acoustical Society of America since 2001. In this capacity she is the Secretary to four ANSI- Accredited Standards Committees: ASC S1 Acoustics; ASC S2 Mechanical Vibration and Shock; ASC S3 Bioacoustics; and S12
Noise, as well as the newly formed Subcommittee, S3/SC 1 Animal Bioacoustics. She is also Secretary to two ISO com- mittees: ISO/TC 108 Mechanical vibration, shock and con- dition monitoring; and ISO/TC 108/SC 5 Condition moni- toring and diagnostics of machines. Finally, she administers eight ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAGs to ISO/TC 108 and all five of its subcommittees, ISO/TC 43 Acoustics and ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise, and one U.S. TAG for IEC/TC 29 Electroacoustics. As Standards Manager she is actively involved in the work of the committees, supports some 100 working groups, edits the standards produced by these committees, manages the office staff, and oversees the pub- lication and sales program for American National Standards developed by these committees. Prior to working for ASA, she spent many years in non-profit management positions including serving as Managing Director for a regional charity and as Village Clerk-Treasurer for a New York State municipality. She is a graduate of Stony Brook University.
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