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Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Expert Panels." National Academy of Engineering. 2010. Technology for a Quieter America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12928.
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Appendix K
Expert Panels

PANEL ON COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Ian A. Waitz, Chair

Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA


Robert J. Bernhard

Vice President for Research

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN


Katherine Harback

Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development

MITRE Corporation

McLean, VA

PANEL ON COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. PRODUCTS

Robert D. Hellweg, Jr., Chair

Consultant

Wellesley, MA


Loren A. DeVries

Staff Engineer

John Deere Technology Center

Moline, IL


Carol J. Drutowski

The Toro Company

Minneapolis, MN


Michael J. Lucas

Principal Engineer

Ingersoll-Rand

Rotary Compressor Division

Davidson, NC

PANEL ON NOISE R&D INFRASTRUCTURE

Richard H. Lyon, Chair

President

RH Lyon Corporation

Belmont, MA


Krish K. Ahuja

Regents Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Director and General Manager

Georgia Tech Ireland

Westmeath, Ireland


Paul R. Donavan

Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.

Petaluma, CA


Gregory C. Tocci

Senior Principal Consultant

Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, Inc.

Sudbury, MA


Richard F. Topping

President

RF Topping Consultants LLC

Westborough, MA

PANEL ON HAZARDOUS NOISE

Robert D. Bruce, Chair

CSTI Acoustics

Houston, TX

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Expert Panels." National Academy of Engineering. 2010. Technology for a Quieter America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12928.
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John Casali

John Grado Professor

Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA


Beth A. Cooper

Manager, Auditory Demonstration Laboratory

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn

Research Center

Cleveland, OH


Richard L. McKinley

Principal Engineer

Air Force Research Laboratory

Wright Patterson AFB, OH

PANEL ON METRICS FOR COMMUNITY NOISE

Patricia Davies, Chair

Director, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN


Kenneth M. Eldred

Consultant

East Boothbay, Maine


Lawrence S. Finegold

Research Psychologist

Finegold & So, Consultants

Centerville, OH


Carl E. Hanson

Senior Vice President

Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc.

Burlington, MA


Ben H. Sharp

General Manager, Research & Consulting

Wyle Laboratories

Arlington, VA

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Expert Panels." National Academy of Engineering. 2010. Technology for a Quieter America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12928.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Expert Panels." National Academy of Engineering. 2010. Technology for a Quieter America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12928.
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Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans. At times noise can be loud enough to damage hearing, and at lower levels it can disrupt normal living, affect sleep patterns, affect our ability to concentrate at work, interfere with outdoor recreational activities, and, in some cases, interfere with communications and even cause accidents. Clearly, exposure to excessive noise can affect our quality of life.

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