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responsible for web design, computer networking, and design and operation of all sound systems.
Mark Ericson is a researcher and facili-
ties manager at the Visual and Auditory
Processes branch of the Army Research
Laboratory (ARL). His current inter-
ests include studying how auditory
motion cues are used for different tasks
and improving speech communications
in degraded conditions. Prior to join-
ing ARL, Mark worked for 23 years as
an engineer and scientist at the Air
Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Mark received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1985) and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton (1993). Mark began at AFRL as a bench level engineer on speech recognition, active noise reduction, and auditory localization projects. He helped develop several unique facilities for auditory localization, speech communication, and hearing protection research. After earning a Ph.D. in speech and hearing science from Ohio State University (2001), he led research projects in auditory motion, multi- ple speech communications, radio voice communications, hearing loss, hearing protection, and warning sound dis- plays.
Paula Henry is a research audiologist at the US Army Research Laboratory. She received her Bachelor of Science (1993) and Masters of Education (1995) from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA and her Ph.D. (2002) in hearing sciences at Vanderbilt University. Her research interests are in auditory localization and the perception of auditory motion. In her free time, she
enjoys quilting and spending time outdoors.
Bruce Amrein attended the Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute, and graduated
from Loyola College of Baltimore with a
B.S. degree in Engineering/Physics. He
also holds MBA and Masters in
Engineering Science degrees. After serv-
ing as a commissioned officer in the U.S.
Army’s Signal Corps, he has been with
the U.S. Army Research Laboratory
(ARL) since its inception in 1992. He
currently serves as the Chief of ARL’s Visual & Auditory Processes Branch. He holds 9 patents in technology areas ranging from the control of military vehicle drive trains to medical devices. In his free time Bruce enjoys amateur radio and woodworking. As technical director of his church, he is
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