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Dr. Thomas Geers

Dr. Thomas Geers

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder

Education

  • Ph.D. (Appl. Mech.), MIT
  • M.S. (Mech. Eng'g)
  • B.S. (Physics)

Research Interests
Radiation and scattering (acoustic, elastodynamic and electromagnetic); structural dynamics; hydrodynamics; structure-medium interaction; boundary element methods.

Professional Memberships
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Fellow, Acoustical Society of America


Representative Publications
  1. "Singly and Doubly Asymptotic Computational Boundaries", Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Computational Methods for Unbounded Domains, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 135-141, 1998.
  2. "Evaluation of the Perfectly Matched Layer for Computational Acoustics" (with Q. Qi), J. Comp. Phys., Vol. 139, pp. 166-183, 1998.
  3. "Doubly Asymptotic Approximations for Transient Poroelastodynamics" (with Q. Qi), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 102, pp. 1361-1371, 1997.
  4. "Shock Analysis and Design", Chapter 67 in Encyclopedia of Acoustics, John Wiley &Sons, 1997.
  5. "Doubly Asymptotic Approximations for Transient Elastodynamics" (with B.A. Lewis), Int. J. Solids & Structures, Vol. 34, pp. 1293-1305, 1997.
  6. "Dilatational Dynamics of an Underwater Explosion Bubble" (with K.S. Hunter), Proc. 67th Shock and Vibration Symposium, pp. 315-324, 1996.
  7. "Variational Boundary Element Analysis of Small-Amplitude Fluid Oscillation in a Low-Gravity Environment" (with J. L. O'Brien), J. Fluids and Structures, Vol. 9, pp. 279-301, 1995.
  8. "Doubly Asymptotic Approximations for Submerged Structures with Internal Fluid Volumes" (with P. Zhang), J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 61, pp. 893-906, 1994.
  9. "Modal Impedances for Two Spheres in a Thermoviscous Fluid" (with M. Hasheminejad), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 94, pp. 2205-2214, 1993.
  10. "Excitation of a Fluid-Filled, Submerged Spherical Shell by a Transient Acoustic Wave" (with P. Zhang), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 93, pp. 696-705, 1993.
  11. Awards and Honors: 1990-91 ONT Chair Professor, Naval Postgraduate School; 1970 ASME Hess Award; listed in Who's Who in America, et al.; see Professional Memberships.