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ments, and Arctic underwater noise measurements. At this writing, a new project group is being formed in WG-S12-47 to address shallow water measurement of sound from ships. This is particularly important to Europe since most coastal areas of European countries do not have waters as deep as found off the coast of the United States. If you are interested in contributing to this or any of the other topics mentioned above, contact the author.
Lastly, the author acknowledges all the members of Working Group S12-47 including the committee vice chair Dr. David Vendittis for contribution to this new standard. The author thanks ASA Standards Manager Susan Blaeser
for her guidance in getting this new standard off the ground.AT
References
1 ANSI/ASA S12.64-2009/Part 1, American National Standard Quantities and Procedures for Description and Measurement of Underwater Sound from Ships- Part 1: General Requirements, Introduction (American National Standards Institute, New York).
2 MITSON, R. B. “Underwater Noise of Research Vessels”, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Cooperative Research Report (CRR) No. 209, 1995.
Oscar (l) and Michael (r) at the first underwater noise survey of the FRV-40 First- In-Class OSCAR DYSON in the Gulf of Mexico, September 2004.
Michael A. Bahtiarian has worked in the field of marine noise control for most of his 24-year career, which started at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. He is currently the vice pres- ident of Noise Control Engineering, Inc. in Billerica, Massachusetts, which specializes in shipboard noise and vibra- tion control. Michael is also a Board Certified member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Bahtiarian is the chair- man of the ASA Working Group S12-47 which produced ANSI S12.64. He has completed numerous shipboard noise control projects most notably the NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV-40), (First-In-Class OSCAR DYSON ); and the R/V HUGH R. SHARP, a quiet research vessel for the University of Delaware.
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