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physical insights from several channels that didn’t clip, but it was an incredibly stressful experience that taught me to double and triple check hardware configurations before getting into the field. Thankfully, my colleagues were gracious about the mistake and I am able still count them as friends and collaborators today.
What advice do you have for budding acousticians?
I have benefited immensely from exceptional mentoring. Try to be affiliated with people who care at least as much about who you are becoming as about what you are learning and then work as hard as possible to learn from them. The acous- tics community is full of this kind of researchers and profes- sionals. Conversely, when faced with those who neither have time nor concern for your progress, keep moving forward. Perseverance and passion!
Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome?
How did you deal with that if so?
In late 2009, I found out that I was going to receive the ASA Lindsay Award. I honestly had a hard time doing much of anything for a few weeks after that because I felt extraordi- narily inadequate. Somehow, a lot of smart people had been fooled into thinking I had done something special, and there
was no way that I could sustain that charade. Over time, the feeling of academic paralysis was gradually replaced with a determination to at least try to live up to what others thought I was capable of. Although imposter syndrome doesn’t go away, I have learned to recognize it and use it as motivation.
What do you want to accomplish within the next 10 years or before retirement?
I just want to make a difference, whether connecting nonlin- earities in jet and rocket noise to human annoyance, devel- oping improved vector measurement methods, or mentoring the next generation of students who will go on to do great things.
References
Gee, K. L. (2011). The Rubens tube. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 8, 025003.
Gee, K. L., Neilsen, T. B., Downing, J. M., James, M. M., McKinley, R. L., McKinley, R. C., and Wall, A. T. (2013). Near-field shock formation in noise propagation from a high-power jet aircraft. The Journal of the Acous- tical Society of America 133, EL88-EL93.
Gee, K. L., Neilsen, T. B., Wall, A. T., Downing, J. M., James, M. M., and McKinley, R. L. (2016a). Propagation of crackle containing noise from military jet aircraft. Noise Control Engineering Journal 64, 1-12.
Gee, K. L., and Popper, A. N. (2017). Improving academic mentoring rela- tionships and environments. Acoustics Today 13(3), 27-35.
Gee, K. L., Sparrow, V. W., James, M. M., Downing, J. M., Hobbs, C. M., Gabrielson, T. B., and Atchley, A. A. (2008). The role of nonlinear effects in the propagation of noise from high-power jet aircraft. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123, 4082-4093.
Gee, K. L., Whiting E. B., Neilsen, T. B., James, M. M, and Salton, A. R. (2016b). Development of a near-field intensity measurement capability for static rocket firings. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan 14(ists30), Po_2_9-Po_2_15.
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