Kyle M. Becker Doctoral Candidate, MIT Department of Ocean Engineering and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering Education: 1995: Master of Science in Acoustics from the Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Program in Acoustics. Thesis title: Effect of Various Surface Height Distribution Properties on Acoustic Backscattering Statistics 1991: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Research Interests:

Conduct research in the area of sound propagation through shallow-water waveguides. Perform both at-sea experiments and numerical modeling with the goal of determining the geoacoustic properties of the seabed from the measured acoustic fields. Adapt alternative linear and non-linear signal processing techniques to determine the modal content of propagating field for waveguides with spatially varying properties. Presently researching exact mathematical methods for reconstructing ocean sub-bottom velocity profiles.

Research and Teaching Experience:

Served as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Paul M. Fye Graduate Teaching Fellow during Fall semester, 1997. Performed as teaching assistant for Ocean and Seabed Acoustics I, a graduate level course offered through the department of Ocean Engineering at MIT.

Underwater Acoustics related publications:

• K.M. Becker, G.V. Frisk, "Wavenumber Extraction Techniques for a Three-Dimensionally Varying Shallow Water Waveguide: A Comparision", Proceeding of the 16th International Congress On Acoustics, 135th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, June 1998
• K.M. Becker, "The Amateur Scientist: Scanning Underwater Surfaces," Scientific American, Vol. 271 (2), August 1994, pp 90-93.

Underwater Acoustics related presentations:

• K.M. Becker and G.V. Frisk, "High-resolution modal mapping in a complex shallow-water environment," 2nd convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acusticum 99 and 137th Regular meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Berlin, Germany, 15 - 19 March 1999
• K.M. Becker, G.V. Frisk, and L.N. Connor, "Modal evolution in a three-dimensionally varying shallow water waveguide," 134th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA 1-5 December 1997.
• L.N. Connor, G.V. Frisk, K.M. Becker, and C.J. Sellers, "Two- dimensional acoustic field measurements in a complex, shallow-water waveguide," 134th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA 1-5 December 1997.
• K.M. Becker, G.V. Frisk, L.N. Connor, and B.J. Doust, "Three- dimensional modal mapping in shallow wter using simulated acoustic field data," 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, State College, PA 15-20 June 1997.
• G.V. Frisk, L.N. Connor, K.M. Becker, and B.J. Doust, "Modal mapping in a complex shallow water environment," 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, State College, PA, 15-20 June 1997.
• K.M. Becker, "Effect of surface height distributions on underwater acoustic backscattering statistics," 129th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Washington DC, 30 May - 3 June 1995.
• K.M. Becker, "Five-axis programmable positioning system for underwater acoustic measurements at Penn State," 128th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, TX, 28 November - 2 December 1994.

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