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Randy Carbo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Acoustics. He received a B.S. in mathematics and physics from the University at Albany and worked as a project man- ager for three years before returning to school full time. He is currently researching dynamic stabilization of
Rayleigh-Bénard convection in closed containers. His research interests include: physical acoustics, psychoa- coustics, traffic flow, mathematical modeling, and STEM education. In his spare time he enjoys woodworking, brewing beer, watching independent films, and spending time with his family.
Dan Domme is a Research Assistant at the Applied Research Labor- atory at the Pennsylvania State University and Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Acoustics. He received a B.S. and M.S. in mechan- ical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute and State Univer- sity, assisting on projects
in the Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratories ranging from household waste evacuation noise to energy harvesting using electromagnetic materials. He is currently working on noise reduction in communications systems of remote-control ground vehicles. His hobbies include film photography and music.
Micah Shepherd is a Research Assistant at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at the Pennsylvania State University and Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Acoustics. He received a B.S. and M.S. in physics at Brigham Young University assisting in many research projects ranging from architectural and audio acoustics to nonlinear jet noise propagation. He currently works in the structural
acoustics department at ARL doing both numerical and experi- mental vibroacoustics for government and industry sponsors. In some of his spare time, he has been working to update acoustics- and structural acoustics-related articles on Wikipedia. He enjoys playing Ultimate and spending time with his family.
Scott Porter is pursuing a Ph.D. through Penn State’s Graduate Program in Acoustics and his research focuses on investigating iron-galli- um alloys for application in magnetostrictive sonar transducers. He has an M. Eng in acoustics from Penn State and B.S. degrees in physics and engineering from Ket- tering University. Scott is
involved with the Acoustical Society of America’s Student Council and is a member of the Penn State Acoustical Society of America and Audio Engineering Society student chapters. He enjoys music, building loudspeaker systems, and spending time with his wife and two kids.
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