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About Us

Dr. Robert P. Dougherty, President 

 

Affiliate Associate Professor 
William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics 
University of Washington

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Dr. Dougherty has made leading contributions to the phased array aeroacoustic test technique, including beamforming algorithms, array design, and presentation of results. He has applied this technique to clarify airframe, turbomachinery, and jet noise sources. In addition, he has developed standard computer programs for predicting nacelle acoustic propagation by ray tracing (RDIFF) and the parabolic approximation (cduct); he also has developed concepts for nacelle acoustic design, including nacelle shape and lining placement.

 

Dr. Dougherty has written a number of technical papers and one book chapter. He has taught several courses including beamforming, nacelle acoustic propagation, and acoustics. He has conducted research programs for several agencies. In 2013 he invented "Functional Beamforming". He has four patents.

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Dr. Dougherty is an ASSOCIATE FELLOW in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Education:

  • PhD Iowa State University Applied Mathematics (1986)

  • MS Iowa State University Physics (1982)

  • BA Rice University Physics (1979)

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Awards

  • 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aeroacoustics Award - Presented for outstanding technical or scientific achievement resulting from an individual's contribution to the field of aircraft community noise reduction.

  • AIAA Associate Fellow

  • Macres Award for the Best Instrumentation or Software Paper, "Computing Local Thickness of 3D Structures with ImageJ"

  • Boeing Associate Technical Fellow

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Publications

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Resume

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Current Research Projects:

  • Aeroacoustics:

    • Navy Second Phase II SBIR "Predictions of the acoustic nearfield on a carrier deck"

    • NASA Phase I SBIR  "Innovative measurement of airframe noise sources"

    • Commercial phased array systems

  • Optical and Acoustic Processing

    • Pattern recognition

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Robert C. Dougherty - Board of Directors

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Experience:

Sandia National Laboratories 37 years Staff Member, Division Supervisor, Department Manager Instructor - Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Idaho 2 years Officer - US. Navy, 3 years

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Education:

  • BS, MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho Phi Eta Sigma

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NROTC: 

  • Navy Midshipman Battalion Commander, DAR Award

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Wilma A. Dougherty - Board of Directors

 

Experience:

Ms. Dougherty has over 29 years as a reference librarian with 23 years at Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA).  In addition, she has  6 years experience of preschool teaching at Ames Community Preschool (Ames, IA).

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Education:

BA, University of Northern

Iowa Iowa State University-Early Childhood Education Certification

Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)-University of Washington

Bruce Walker - Board of Directors

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Experience:

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Dr. Walker has served in the US Airforce as a Heavy Radar maintenance technician.  After his discharge, he earned in BS and  MS in Physics from UCLA and started his 53 year career in acoustical engineering including architectural, noise, and electro-acoustics engineering. In addition to acoustic engineering, Dr. Walker is active as an Oboist.

 

Board of Directors:

 

  • OptiNav, Inc. (current)

  • 1994 ASA, AES, AIAA, INCE

  • Perception Inc.

  • INCE-USA

  • San Buenaventua Syphony, Inc.

  • EAD, Inc.

 

Education:

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  • BS in Physics, UCLA (1969)

  • MS in Physics, UCLA (1971)

  • PhD in Engineering, UCLA. Major field Acoustics, minor field Electronics (1980)

Dennis L. Huff - Board of Directors

 

Dennis L. Huff is a retired Research Aerospace Engineer from the Acoustics Branch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. He retired in June 2021 after serving 36 years with NASA. Huff was Deputy Chief of the Aeropropulsion Division and Chief of the Acoustics Branch, and led teams from NASA, industry, and universities to develop engine-noisereduction technologies. Projects included chevron nozzles and swept/leaned stators that have been proven to reduce jet and fan noise and are being implemented by industry.

 

Education:

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  • BSME, University of Akron (1982)

  • MSME, University of Akron (1984)

  • Additional technical courses, Case Western Reserve University (1986-87), SAE

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