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Three generations of Millers
Nick Miller started his work in environmental acoustics in 1970 at the University of North Dakota, completing a Master’s thesis based on scale modeling of sound propagation in urban canyons. In 1973, he began working at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman Inc. in highway noise and regulatory acoustics. He worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Highway Administration, and several state agencies analyzing, developing, and implementing noise control laws and regulations. In 1981, he helped found Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., and has devoted full time to aviation noise. He has worked on most aspects of avia- tion noise and vibration, including the effects of aircraft noise on people, on building vibration, environmental noise studies of new or lengthened runways, computer model validation and refine- ment, and quantifying the effects of aircraft overflights on national parks and park visitors.
Paul D. Schomer has all his degrees in Electrical Engineering, spe- cializing in acoustics for both his M.S. (Berkeley-1966) and his Ph.D. (Illinois-1971). He has extensive experience, publications, and patents in the areas of environmental noise and its assessment, human and community response to noise, instrumentation and methodology for the measurement and monitoring of noise, archi- tectural acoustics, and acoustical measurements of building parameters. He is a consultant to industry and government, an adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Acoustics) and member of the graduate faculty of the University of Illinois, and a research leader in acoustics. His recognition by his peers as an international leader in the area of environmental noise is demonstrated by his chapters in reference books, his over 35 ref- ereed publications, his leadership in Standards organizations and professional societies, and his awards and honors. Dr. Schomer is also Standards Director for the Acoustical Society of America.
A pair of Schomers
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