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Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering


Phone: 412-624-1643
Fax: 412-624-4846
Office: BENDM 531

Education

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, 1997

Professional Interests

Jeffrey S. Vipperman's research interests include active microsystems (MEMS), sustainability, adaptive structures and materials, structural acoustics, and active/passive noise control.   He is the founder and director of the Sound, Systems, and Structures Laboratory, which is well-equipped to conduct both experimental and numerical studies. Current projects include the design of embedded transducers and controls for advanced energy systems, development of automatic noise classifiers using neural networks and Bayesian methods, and controls development for biomechanical joint simulators.

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Selected Publications

Li, D., L. Cheng, G. H. Yu , and J.S. Vipperman, “Noise control in enclosures: Modeling and rxperiments with T-shaped acoustic resonators,” JASA, 122(5), Nov. 2007.

Brian A. Bucci, Jeffrey S. Vipperman, “Development of an artificial neural network-based classifier to identify military noise,” J of Acoust. Soc. of Am., 122(3), pp. 1602-10, Sep. 2007.

Vipperman, J.S., E.R. Bauer, D. R. Babich  “Survey of Noise in Coal Preparation Plants,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(1), pp. 206-12, Jan. 2007.

J. Peter Hensel, Randall S. Gemmen, Brian J. Hetzer, Jimmy D. Thornton, Jeffrey S. Vipperman, William W. Clark, Brian A. Bucci, “Effects of Cell-to-Cell Fuel Mal-Distribution on Fuel Cell Performance,” Journal of Power Sources, 164(1), pp. 115-25, Jan. 10 2007.

Li, Deyu and J. S. Vipperman,  “Noise Control of Mock-Scale ChamberCore Payload Fairing Using Integrated Acoustic Resonators,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 43(4), July-Aug, 2006

Bisnette, Jesse, Adam K. Smith, J. S. Vipperman, and D. B. Budny, “Active Noise Control Using Phase-Compensated, Damped Resonant Filters,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 128(2), pp. 148-55, April, 2006.

Li, Deyu and J. S. Vipperman, “On The Noise Transmission and Control For a Cylindrical ChamberCore Composite Structure,” Journal of Sound and Vibration. 288(1-2), pp. 235-54, Nov. 2005.

Haljasmaa, Igor V., J. S. Vipperman, Ronald J. Lynn, Robert P. Warzinski,  “Control of a Fluid Particle Under Simulated Deep-Ocean Conditions in a High-Pressure Water Tunnel,”  AIP Review of Scientific Instruments, 76(2), Feb. 2005, pp. 1-11.

Vipperman, Jeffrey S., Deyu Li, Ilya Avdeev, and Steven Lane, "Investigation of the sound transmission into an advanced grid-stiffened structure," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 125(3), July 2003, pp. 257–66.

Vipperman, Jeffrey S., "Novel Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring Using Piezoelectrics," AIAA Journal, 39(9), September 2001, pp. 1822–1825.

Cabell, R.H., D.L. Palumbo, and J.S. Vipperman, "A Principal Component Feedforward Algorithm for Active Noise Control: Flight Test Results," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 9(1), January, 2001, pp. 76–83.

Gibbs, G.P., R.L. Clark, D.E. Cox, and J.S. Vipperman, "Radiation modal expansion: Application to active structural acoustic control," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(1), Jan. 2000, pp. 332–339.

Cox, D.E., G.P. Gibbs, R.L. Clark, and J.S. Vipperman, "Experimental Robust Control of Structural Acoustic Radiation," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 121(4), Oct. 1999, pp. 433–440.

Vipperman, J.S., R.L. Clark, "Implications of Using Colocated Strain-Based Transducers for Active Structural Acoustic Control," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(3), Sep. 1999, pp. 1392–1400.

Vipperman, J.S., J.M. Barker, R.L. Clark, and G.J. Balas, "Comparison of mu- and H2-Synthesized Controllers on a Experimental Typical Section," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 22(2), Mar–Apr 1999, pp. 278–285.

Vipperman, J.S., and R.L. Clark, "Multivariable Structural Acoustic Control Using Adaptive Piezoelectric Sensoriactuators," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105(1), Jan. 1999, pp. 219–225.

Curriculum Vitae

Vipperman joined the department in 1999. Prior to that he was an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and an assistant research professor at Duke University. He is a member of AIAA, the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE), and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and a Fellow in ASME.  He has organized and presided over numerous technical sessions on transducers and acoustics at national conferences and serves as Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. He is also past president on the board of directors for the Pittsburgh section of ASME.

faculty

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 16 full time, 6 adjunct, and 5 emeritus faculty members