Robin O. Cleveland

 

            Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering         Email: robinc@bu.edu

            Boston University                                                         Web: http://people.bu.edu/robinc

            110 Cummington Street                                               Phone: (617) 353-7767

            Boston, MA 02215                                                       Fax: (617) 353-5866

 

Education

 

            The University of Texas at Austin                                                                         Austin, TX.

            Ph D Mechanical Engineering, May 1995.

            Dissertation title: Propagation of sonic booms through a real, stratified atmosphere.

 

            The University of Auckland                                                              Auckland, New Zealand.

            M Sc with First Class Honours, Physics, May 1991.

            Thesis title: A Digital Processing System.

 

            The University of Auckland                                                              Auckland, New Zealand.

            B Sc Physics, May 1989.

 

Professional Positions

 

Laboratoire d'Imagerie Parametrique, UMR CNRS 7623, Universite Paris 6  Paris, France.

Visiting Researcher (on sabbatical from Boston Univ.)          January 2004 to December 2004

Investigations into nonlinear propagation of ultrasound in bone with application to diagnosis of osteoporosis.

 

Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Eng., Boston University                              Boston, MA.

Associate Professor                                                                         September 2003 to present

Assistant Professor                                                                     October 1997 to August 2003

Undergraduate and graduate teaching. Research in acoustics.

  Teaching: EK 303 Fluid Mechanics; EK304 Thermodynamics and Energy Systems;  EK305 Mechanics of Materials; AM724 Nonlinear Acoustics; AM 520 Introduction to Acoustics.

  Numerical and experimental investigations into nonlinear acoustics: modelling of finite-amplitude propagation in fluids and tissue, role of cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy, characterisation of kidney stone failure, focused ultrasound surgery, diagnostic ultrasound and time reversal mirrors.

  Analysis of acoustic propagation in micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) devices.

  Use of laser induced acoustics waves to detect land mines.

 

Applied Physics Laboratory, The University of Washington                               Seattle, WA.

Research Scientist                                                                  August 1996 to September 1997

Postdoctoral Fellow                                                                     August 1995 to August 1996

Study of cavitation and nonlinear acoustic propagation in shock wave lithotripsy.

  Design of transducers for in vivo measurement of lithotripsy shock waves in pigs.

  Use of clinical ultrasound to detect in vivo bubble formation during lithotripsy.

  Detection of cavitation, both in vivo and in vitro, by recording cavitation noise.

  Numerical modeling of shock waves, including tissue with realistic absorption.

 

Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas                                     Austin, TX.

Research Scientist Assistant                                                         September 1991 to July 1995

Investigating the propagation of sonic booms through the atmosphere.

  Theoretical work on nonlinear sound propagation in an inhomogeneous medium.

  Numerical work to examine the propagation of finite amplitude waves in an inhomogeneous medium with multiple relaxation processes.

  Experimental work on the propagation of N-waves through turbulence.

 

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries                                              Wellington, New Zealand.

Scientist                                                                                        February 1991 to July 1991

  Implementation of the acoustic fish detection system designed in Masters project.

  Designed and constructed a PC compatible signal processing computer.

 

Awards

 

·       Visiting Research Award, Scientific Advisory Board of the Mayor of Paris, France (2004).

·       Invited speaker Topical Meeting on Shockwaves in Medicine, at the 146th meeting of the ASA, Austin, TX November 2003.

·       Visiting Professor, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, April-May 2002.

·       ASME/AIAA Departmental Teacher of the Year 2001 as voted by upper classmen from Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.

·       Visiting Professor, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, June-July 2000.

·       2000 R. Bruce Lindsay Award of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

·       1995/96 F. V. Hunt Fellow of the ASA.

·       Student at the Physical Acoustics Summer School 1994, Monterey, California.

·       Sagar Geophysics Prize, 1990, The University of Auckland.

·       Senior Prize in Physics, 1988. The University of Auckland.

 

Professional Societies and Service

 

Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

 

Member of the Société Française d'Acoustique (SFA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

 

Chair of ASA Technical Committee on Biomedical Ultrasound and Bioresponse to Vibration, June 2002‹2005.

 

Member of Physical Acoustics Technical Committee (TC) of the ASA 1997‹2002; Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration TC of the ASA 1997‹2003; Education TC of the ASA 1999‹2002; and the ASA Committee on Tutorials 2000-2003.

 

Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration TC representative to the ASA committee on standards (ASACOS); December 1998‹June 2002.

 

Faculty Advisor to the Boston University Student Chapter of ASME (1998‹2003) and to the BU-FIRST Robotics Team (1999‹2003).

 

Reviewer for: Journal of the ASA, Acoustic Research Letters On-Line, Acta-Acustica, Proceedings of ASME, Journal of Physics in Medicine and Biology, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (UFFC), American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), Journal of Theoretical biology, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Physics of Fluids, Experiments in Fluids.

 

Referee for the International Science and Technology Center ISTC (2000), National Science Foundation (2000), and the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology, of the New Zealand Government Public Good Science Fund (PGSF) 1998. 

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

1.     R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Time domain modeling of finite-amplitude sound in relaxing fluids," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 3312‹3318 (1996).

 

2.     R. O. Cleveland, J. P. Chambers, R. Raspet, H. E. Bass, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Comparison of computer codes for the propagation of sonic boom waveforms through isothermal atmospheres," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 3017‹3027 (1996).

 

3.     R. O. Cleveland, J. A. McAteer, S. P. Andreoli and L. A. Crum, ³Effect of polypropylene vials on shock waves,² Ultrasound Med. Biol. 23: 939‹952 (1997).

 

4.     R. O. Cleveland, D. A. Lifshitz, B. A. Connors, A. P. Evan, L. R. Willis and L. A. Crum, ³In vivo pressure measurement of lithotripsy shock waves,² Ultrasound Med Biol 24:293‹306 (1998).

 

5.     T. J. Matula, I. M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, W. C. Moss, and R. A. Roy, ³The acoustic emissions from single-bubble sonoluminescence,² J Acoust Soc Am. 103:1377‹1382 (1998).

 

6.     M. R. Bailey, D. T. Blackstock, R. O. Cleveland, and L. A. Crum, ³Comparison of electrohydraulic lithotripters with rigid and pressure-release ellipsoidal reflectors: I. Acoustic fields² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 2517‹2524 (1998).

 

7.     M. A. Stonehill, J. C. Williams, Jr., M. R. Bailey, D. Lounsbery, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, A. P. Evan, and J. A. McAteer, ³An acoustically matched high pressure chamber for control of cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy: mechanisms of shock wave damage in vitro,² Methods in Cell Science , 19:303‹310 (1998).

 

8.     V. G. Andreev, R. O. Cleveland, Y. A. Pischal'nikov, O. A. Sapozhnikov, and V. A. Khokhlova, "Diagnostics of a relaxing medium by an acoustic pulse with shock front,² Acoust. Phys. 45: 8‹13 (1999).  Translated from Akust. Zh. 45: 13‹19 (1999).

 

9.     I.M. Hallaj and R. O. Cleveland, ³Single pulse simulation of the pressure and temperature fields in thermoviscous fluids using the FDTD method,² Acoust. Res Lett. Online http://ojps.aip.org/arlo  also published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am  105: L7‹12 (1999).

 

10.  Williams, J.C.,  M.A. Stonehill, K. Colmenares,  A.P. Evan, S.P. Andreoli, R.O. Cleveland, M.R. Bailey, L.A. Crum and J.A. McAteer.  Effect of macroscopic air bubbles on cell lysis by shock wave lithotripsy in vitro. Ultrasound Med Biol, 25: 473‹479, (1999).

 

11.  M.A. Averkiou and R. O. Cleveland, ³Modeling of an electrohydraulic lithotripter with the KZK equation,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106: 102‹112 (1999).

 

12.  S. L. Poliachik, W. L. Chandler, P. D. Mourad, M. R. Bailey, S. Bloch, R. O. Cleveland, P. Kaczkowski, G. Keilman, T. Porter and L. A. Crum, ³Effect of high-intensity focused ultrasound on whole blood with and without microbubble contrast agent,² Ultrasound Med Biol. 25:991‹998, (1999).

 

13.  M. R. Bailey, D. T. Blackstock, R. O. Cleveland and L. A. Crum, ³Comparison of electrohydraulic lithotripters with rigid and pressure-release ellipsoidal reflectors: II. Cavitation fields² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106: 1149‹1160 (1999).

 

14.  P. H. F. Nicholson, R. Strelitzki, R. O. Cleveland and M. L. Bouxsein ³Scattering of ultrasound in cancellous bone: fundamental concepts and predictions from a theoretical model,² J. Biomechanics,  33: 503‹506 (L)  (2000).

 

15.  R. O. Cleveland, O. A. Sapozhnikov, M. R. Bailey and L. A. Crum, ³A dual passive cavitation detector for localised detection of lithotripsy-induced cavitation in vitroJ. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107: 1745‹1758 (2000).

 

16.  R. O. Cleveland,  M. R. Bailey, N. Fineberg, B. Hartenbaum, M. Lokhandwalla, J. A. McAteer  and B. Sturtevant, ³Design and characterisation of a research electrohydraulic lithotripter patterned after the Dornier HM3,² Rev. Sci.Instr., 71: 2514-2525  (2000).

 

17.  F. P. Curra, P. D. Mourad, V. A. Khokhlova, R. O. Cleveland, and L. A. Crum, ³Numerical simulations of heating patterns and tissue temperature response due to high intensity focused ultrasound² IEEE-UFFC  47: 1077-1089 (2000).

 

18.  I.M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, P. Barbone, S.G. Kargl and R. A. Roy,  ³Amplitude degradation of time-reversed pulses in nonlinear absorbing thermoviscous fluids,² Ultrasonics 38: 885-889 (2000).

 

19.  I.M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, K. Hynynen,  ³Simulations of the thermo-acoustic lens effect during focused ultrasound surgery,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am 109: 2245-2253 (2001).

 

20.  R. O. Cleveland, R.A. Müller, J.A McAteer, Time-lapse non-destructive assessment of shock wave damage to kidney stones using micro-computed tomography," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110:1733-1736 (2001).

 

21.  A.D. Pierce, R O. Cleveland, M Zampolli, ³Radiation impedance matrices for rectangular interfaces within rigid baffles: calculation methodology and applications,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111: 672-684  (2002).

 

22.  O. A. Sapozhnikov, V. A. Khokhlova, M. R. Bailey, J. C. Williams, Jr., J. A. McAteer, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, ³Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy," J. Acoust. Soc. Am 112: 1183-1195 (2002).

 

23.  Yu A. Pishchalnikov, O. A. Sapozhnikov1, M. R. Bailey, J. C. Williams, Jr., R. O. Cleveland, T. Colonius, L. A. Crum, A. P. Evan,  J. A. McAteer, ³Cavitation Bubble Cluster Activity in the Breakage of Kidney Stones by Lithotripter Shock Waves,² J. Endourology 17:435-446 (2003).

 

24.  R. O. Cleveland,  A.L. Cohen, R.A. Roy, H. Singh, T.L. Szabo, ³Imaging Coral II: Advances in Imaging of Coral Skeletons Using Ultrasound," Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications 5:43‹61 (2004).

 

25.  R. O. Cleveland and J.S. Tello, ³Effect of the diameter and the sound speed of a kidney stone on the acoustic field induced by shock waves," Acoust. Res. Letters Online  5 :37--43 (2004).

 

26.  E.T. Sylven, S. Agarwal, R. O. Cleveland, and C.L. Briant, ³High Strain Rate Testing of Kidney Stones,² Journal of Materials Science:  Materials in Medicine 15: 613‹617 (2004).

 

27.  T.L. Szabo, B.U. Karbeyaz, R.O. Cleveland,, and E.L. Miller ³Determining the pulse-echo electromechanical characteristic of a transducer using flat-plates and point targets,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am.  116: 90-96 (2004).

 

28.  R. O. Cleveland, R Anglade, R.K. Babayan, ³Effect of stone motion on in vitro comminution efficiency of a Storx Modulith SLX,² J. Endourology 18: 629-633 (2004).

 

29.  J. Huang, R. G. Holt, R. O. Cleveland, and R. A. Roy ³Experimental Validation of a Tractable Numerical Model for HIFU-Induced Heating in Flow-Through Tissue Phantoms² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116: 2451-2458 (2004).

 

30.  X. Yang and R. O. Cleveland, ³Time domain solution of the KZK equation for rectangular pistons with application to harmonic imaging," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. in press (2005).

 

31.  J A. McAteer, J.C. Williams, Jr., R.O. Cleveland, J. Van Cauwelaert, M.R. Bailey, D.A. Lifshitz, A.P. Evan, ³Ultracal-30 Gypsum Artificial Stones for Lithotripsy Research,² in preparation for J. Urol..

 

32.  A. Y. Ammi, R. O. Cleveland, J. Mamou, G. I. Wang, S. L. Bridal, W. D. O ¹Brien, Jr, ³Rebound-collapse passive cavitation detection to evaluate thresholds for contrast agent shell rupture,² in preparation for IEEE Trans. on UFFC

 

Book Chapter

 

J. A. McAteer, M. R. Bailey, J. C. Williams, Jr., R. O. Cleveland, and A. P. Evan, ³Strategies for Improved Shock Wave Lithotripsy² submitted to Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica (2004).

 

R. O. Cleveland and J.A. McAteer ³The Physics of Shock Wave Lithotripsy² accepted for, Smith¹s Textbook on Endourology (2004)

 

A.P. Evan, J. A. McAteer, J. C. Williams, Jr., L. R. Willis, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, J. E. Lingeman and R. O. Cleveland, ³Shock Wave Physics of Lithotripsy: Mechanisms of Shock Wave Action and Progress Toward Improved SWL² in Minimally Invasive Urology,  in press (2004).

 

Invited Articles

 

R. O. Cleveland and L. A. Crum, ³Bubbles generate unexpected stresses,² Physics World, 10, 23-24, (October, 1997).

 

R. O. Cleveland, "Microscopic microphones" in McGraw-Hill 2001 Yearbook of Science & Technology (McGraw-Hill, NY, 2001), pp. 246‹248, on-line http://dx.doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB011610

 

R. O. Cleveland, "Sonic Booms" in McGraw-Hill Enyclopaedia of Science & Technology (McGraw-Hill, NY, 2002), pp. 780‹783 on-line http://dx.doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.636800

 

 

Articles in Conference Proceedings

 

P. Blanc-Benon, V.A. Khokhlova, M.V. Averianov, R.O. Cleveland ''Propagation of nonlinear acoustic signals through inhomogeneous moving media,'' Proceedings of Frontiers of Nonlinear Physics, (Moscow, Russia, 2004). in press.

 

A. Y. Ammi, J. Mamou, G. I. Wang, R. O. Cleveland, S. L. Bridal, W. D. O ¹Brien, Jr, "Determining Thresholds For Contrast Agent Collapse,'' Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, in press 2004.

 

V. A. Khokhlova, M.V. Averianov, Ph. Blanc-Benon, R. O. Cleveland, "Propagation of Nonlinear Acoustic Signals Through Inhomogeneous Moving Media,'' Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, in press 2004.

 

R. O. Cleveland and J. van Cauweleart ''Fragmentation mechanisms of kidney stones in shock wave lithotripsy can be detected with microCT X-ray imaging,'' Proceedings of Joint German Convention on Acoustics and Congrès Francais d'Acoustique (CFA), (Strasbourg, France, 2004), Ed., D. Cassereau and M. Kob. in press (2004).

 

P. Blanc-Benon, V.A. Khokhlova, M.V. Averianov, L. Dallois, R.O. Cleveland ''Propagation of nonlinear acoustic signals through inhomogeneous moving media,'' Proceedings of Joint German Convention on Acoustics and Congrès Francais d'Acoustique (CFA), (Strasbourg, France, 2004), Ed., D. Cassereau and M. Kob. in press (2004).

 

O.A. Sapozhnikov,  R.O. Cleveland, M.R. Bailey, and L.A. Crum, "Modeling of Stresses Generated by Lithotripter Shock Wave in Cylindrical Kidney Stone," Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium of Therapeutic Ultrasound, (Lyon France), Ed., J-Y. Chapelon and C. Lafon, p. 323‹328 (2004).

 

J. C. Williams, Jr., J. A. McAteer, R. O. Cleveland, Y.A.Pishchalnikov and I.V.Pishchalnikova, "Linkage of Cavitation with Spall Failure in Lithotripsy: In Vitro and In Vivo Results," Proc. of the International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics,  (Moscow, Russia, 2002), Vol I. 391-394.

 

Y.A.Pishchalnikov, O.A. Sapozhnikov, J. C. Williams, Jr., A.P. Evan, J. A. McAteer, R. O. Cleveland,  T. Colonius, M.R. Bailey, L.A. Cum, "Cavitation bubble cluster dynamics induced by lithotripter shock waves at the surface of model and natural stones," Proc. of the International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics,  (Moscow, Russia, 2002) Vol I. 395-398.

 

J. A. McAteer, J. C. Williams, Jr., A.P. Evan, L. R. Willis, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, and R. O. Cleveland, "Mechanisms of Cell and Tissue Damage in Shock Wave Lithotripsy", Proc. of Second International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (Seattle, WA 2002)  pp 491-500.

 

O. A. Sapozhnikov, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, N. A. Miller, R. O. Cleveland, Y. A. Pishchalnikov, I. V. Pishchalnikova, J. A. McAteer, B. A. Connors, P. M. Blomgren, and A. P. Evan, "Ultrasound-guided localized detection of cavitation during lithotripsy in pig kidney in vivo," Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Orlando, FL 2001, pp 1347‹1350.

 

M. Zampolli, A. D. Pierce, and R. O. Cleveland, "Variational Model for a MEMS Waveguide of Varying Cross-Section" in press Proc. 17th International Congr. on Acoustics, Rome, Italy (2001).

 

JA McAteer , RO Cleveland , RF Paterson , DL Rietjens , AP Evan , BA Connors , JE Lingeman , JC Williams Jr, "Evidence that cavitation and spall contribute to stone failure in an animal  model of kidney stone fragmentation by shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), " Proc. 17th International Congr. on Acoustics, Rome, Italy (2001), Vol. VII: 202-203 (2002).

 

JA McAteer, RO Cleveland, DL Rietjens, JC Williams Jr., "Cavitation promotes spall failure of model kidney stones treated by shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in vitro," Proc. 17th International Congr. on Acoustics, Rome, Italy (2001) Vol. VII: 188-189 (2002).

 

RF Paterson, DA Lifshitz, JE Lingeman, JC Williams Jr, DL Rietjens, AP Evan, BA Connors, MR Bailey, LA Crum, RO Cleveland, YA Pishchalnikov, IV Pishchalnikova, JA McAteer, "Slowing the pulse repetition frequency in shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) improves stone fragmentation in vivo," Proc. 17th International Congr. on Acoustics, Rome, Italy (2001) Vol. VII: 200-201 (2002)..

 

RO Cleveland, JA McAteer, JCWilliams Jr. "Correlation  between the predicted stress field and observed spall-failure in artificial kidney stones treated by shock wave lithotripsy in vitro," Proc. 17th International Congr. on Acoustics, Rome, Italy (2001) Vol. VII: 174-175 (2002). 

 

S.V. Gorkova, O.A. Sapozhnikov, V.A. Khokhlova, and R.O. Cleveland. "Wavefront fracture in intense pulsed acoustic beams," in Proc. of 10th Meeting of Russian Acoustical Society, 2000, pp. 56-59 (in Russian, English version is published at http://akin.ru/ras.htm).

 

W. Li, R. A. Roy, R.O. Cleveland, L.J. Berg, C.A. Di Marzio, "Laser induced acoustic imaging," Proceedings of the Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., NCA-vol 27, Orlando, FL (2000), pp. 207‹214.

 

A. D. Pierce and R. O. Cleveland, ³Coupled-mode formulation of acoustic disturbances in ducts of variable cross-section with baffled ends²Proceedings of the Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., NCA-vol. 25, Anaheim, CA, (1998) 405--411.

 

L. A. Crum, M. R. Bailey, P. Kaczkowski, I. R. S. Makin, P. D. Mourad, K. Beach, S. Carter,

U. Schmiedl, W. Chandler, R. Martin, S. Vaezy, G. Keilman, R. O. Cleveland, and R. A. Roy, ³Therapeutic Ultrasound: a promising future in clinical medicine,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998) 719--720.

 

S. Poliachik, M. R. Bailey, W. Chandler, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, P. Kaczkowski, G. Keilman, P. Mourad, T. Porter. ³Ex vivo studies of the effect of  high intensity focused ultrasound on human whole blood,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 727--728

 

R. G. HoIt, R. O. Cleveland, and R. A. Roy, ³Phantom measurements with fluid flow and bubble activity,² in Proc. of the 16th International Congr. on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 1057--1058.

 

F. P. Curra, P. D. Mourad, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, and V. A. Khokhlova, ³Numerical simulations of tissue heating created by high intensity focused ultrasound,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 1059--1060.

 

I.M. Hallaj, R.O. Cleveland, R.A. Roy and S. Kargl, "Time domain propagation of pulsed ultrasound through a tissue-like material," in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 1863--1864.

 

A.P. Evan, L.R. Willis, B.A. Connors, J. A. McAteer, J.E. Lingeman, R. O. Cleveland, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, ³Separation of cavitation and renal injury induced by shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) from SWL-induced impairment of renal hemodynamics,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 2487-2488.

 

J. A. McAteer, M. A. Stonehill, K. Colmenares, J. C. Williams Jr., A. P. Evan, R. O. Cleveland, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, ³SWL cavitation damage in vitro: pressurization unmasks a differential response of foil targets and isolated cells,²in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 2497-2498.

 

R.O. Cleveland, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, M. A. Stonehill, J. C. Williams Jr., J. A. McAteer,  ³Effect of overpressure on dissolution and cavitation of bubbles stabilized on a metal surface,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 2499-2500.

 

M. R. Bailey, R. O. Cleveland, D. T. Blackstock, L. A. Crum, ³Control of cavitation using two lithotripsy pulses,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 2807--2808.

 

B. Jordan, M. R. Bailey, R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, ³Detection and control of lithotripsy-induced cavitation in blood,² in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics, Seattle, WA (1998), 2809--2810.

 

I. M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, S. G. Kargl, and R. A. Roy, "FDTD simulation of transcranial focusing using phase conjugate arrays," Proceedings of 23rd International Symposium on Acoustic Imaging, S. Lees and L. Ferrari, ed., (Boston, MA, Plenum Press, New York, 61-66, 1997).

 

R. O. Cleveland and D.T. Blackstock, "Waveform freezing of sonic booms revisited," Proceedings of High-Speed Research: 1995 Sonic Boom Workshop, D. G. Blaize, ed., Vol. 1, NASA CP 3335, (Hampton, VA, 1995), pp. 20-40.

 

R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "THOR: A time domain algorithm for propagation of sonic booms and other finite-amplitude waves in real, inhomogeneous fluids," Proceedings of the 15th  International Congress on Acoustics, ed. M. Newman (Trondheim Norway, June 1995) Vol. IV, pp. 393--396.

 

R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Effect of Stratification and Geometrical Spreading on Sonic Boom Rise Time," Proceedings of High-Speed Research: 1994 Sonic Boom Workshop, D.A. McCurdy, ed., NASA-CP 3279 (Hampton, VA, 1994), pp. 19--38.

 

R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Effect of stratification of the atmosphere on sonic boom propagation." Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Long-Range Sound Propagation, ed. D. I. Havelock and M. R. Stinson (Ottawa, Canada, 1994), pp. 59--76.

 

 

Oral Presentation Abstracts

 

P. V. Chitnis and R. O. Cleveland, ³Comparison between an open-cage electrode lithotripter and an encapsulated electrode lithotripter,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2562 (2004).

 

O. A. Sapozhnikov, R. O. Cleveland, and M. R. Bailey, ³The role of shear and longitudinal waves in the kidney stone comminution by a lithotripter shock pulse,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2562 (2004).

 

Y. A. Pishchalnikov, J. A. McAteer, I. V. Pishchalnikova, R. J. VonDerHaar, J. C. Williams, Jr., A. P. Evan, M. R. Bailey, and R. O. Cleveland, ³Importance of pulse synchrony to stone comminution in dual-pulse lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2562 (2004).

 

E. Bossy, A. Cohen, and R. O. Cleveland, ³Ultrasound parametric imaging of coral,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2548 (2004).

 

C.-C. Coussios, C. H. Farny, C. R. Thomas, R. O. Cleveland, R. G. Holt, and R. A. Roy, ³Cavitation detection during and following HIFU exposure in vitro,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2448 (2004).

 

R. A. Roy, R. G. Holt, and R. O. Cleveland The physical acoustics of HIFU exposure: A suite of in vitro studies, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2447 (2004).

 

C. H. Farny, T. L. Szabo, R. A. Roy, and R. O. Cleveland, In vitro measurements of acoustic properties using a high-frequency scanning acoustic microscope (SAM), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2377 (2004).

 

R. Cleveland, P. Chitnis B. Gerbus, J. McAteer  ³An in vitro comparison of open-cage and encapsulated electrodes in shock wave lithotripsy (SWL),² Presented at the Congress of the European Association of Urology, (Vienna, Austria, 2004) Paper LB014.

 

Basak Ulker Karbeyaz, Eric L. Miller Robin O. Cleveland and Ronald A. Roy, ³Adaptive linearized modeling and inversion for 3D tissue characterization,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2379 (A) 2003.

 

Basak Ulker Karbeyaz, Eric L. Miller, Robin O. Cleveland, Ronald A. Roy, ³Quantitative object localization and characterization from broadband ultrasonic backscatter,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2380 (A) 2003.

 

Yuri A. Pishchalnikov, James A. McAteer, Andrew P. Evan, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Robin O. Cleveland, Tim Colonius, Michael R. Bailey, Lawrence A. Crum , ³Dynamics of concerted bubble cluster collapse in shock wave lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2386 (A) 2003.

 

Robin O. Cleveland, ³Application of nonlinear acoustics in the atmosphere and biomedicine,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2416 (A) 2003.

 

Yuan Jing, Robin Cleveland, ³Effect of aberration on the acoustic field in tissue harmonic imaging (THI) J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2436 (A) 2003.

 

M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, O. A. Sapozhnikov, A. P. Evan, J. A. McAteer, T. Colonius, R. O. Cleveland, ³Cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2417 (A) 2003.

 

Robin O. Cleveland, ³Overview of shock waves in medicine.,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2452(A) 2003.

 

Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Robin O. Cleveland, Michael R. Bailey, Lawrence A. Crum , ³Generation of shear waves as an effective mechanism of dynamic load of the lithotripter shock wave on the kidney stone,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2454 (A) 2003.

 

Robin O. Cleveland, Parag V. Chitnis ³Acoustic and cavitation fields produced by shock wave therapy (SWT) devices with different generating principles² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2464 (A) 2003.

 

Parag Chitnis, Javier Van Cauwelaert, Robin Cleveland, ³Simultaneous measurements of the cavitation and acoustic fields of an electrohydraulic lithotripter,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,  2464 (A) 2003.

 

Javier Van Cauwelaert, Robin O. Cleveland, ³Stone orientation affects the mechanism of failure in artificial kidney stones subject to shock waves,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114,. 2464 (A) 2003.

 

Caleb H. Farny, Tara C. Chklovski, T. L. Szabo, Ron A. Roy, Robin O. Cleveland, "High-frequency characterization of tissue phantoms using a scanning acoustic microscope (SAM)," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 2324 (A) 2003.

 

Yuan Jing, Xinmai Yang, Robin O. Cleveland, "Experimental and numerical investigation of tissue harmonic imaging (THI)," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 2324 (A) 2003.

 

James A. McAteer, James C. Williams, Jr., Andrew P. Evan, Robin O. Cleveland, Michael R. Bailey, and Lawrence A. Crum, ³Role of cavitation in stone fragmentation by shock wave lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2316 (A) 2002.

 

Javier Van Cauwelaert and Robin Cleveland, ³Progression of crack formation in artificial kidney stones subject to shock waves,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2315 (A) 2002.

 

Robin Cleveland and Juan Tello ³Effect of the diameter and the sound speed of a kidney stone on the acoustic field induced by shock waves,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2315 (A) 2002.

 

James A. McAteer, James C. Williams, Jr., Andrew P. Evan, Robin O. Cleveland, Michael R. Bailey, and Lawrence A. Crum , ³A gypsum-based artificial stone for shock wave lithotripsy research,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2315 (A) 2002.

 

Parag Chitnis and Robin Cleveland, ³Comparison of the cavitation fields of an electromagnetic and electrohydraulic lithotripter,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2291 (A) 2002.

 

Robin Cleveland, Laurent Dallois, and Philippe Blanc-Benon, ³Effects of nonlinearity on the propagation of acoustic pulses in random media,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2214 (A) 2002.

 

Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Vera A. Khokhlova, Michael R. Bailey, James C. Williams, Jr., James A. McAteer, Robin O. Cleveland, and Lawrence A. Crum, ³Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 1183 (A) 2002.

 

Y. A. Pishchalnikov, O. A. Sapozhnikov, J. C. Williams, Jr., A. P. Evan, J. A. McAteer, R. O. Cleveland, T. Colonius, M. R. Bailey, and L. A. Crum, ³Cavitation bubble cluster activity in the breakage of stones by shock wave lithotripsy,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 2461 (A) 2002.

 

A. D. Pierce, R. O. Cleveland, and M. Zampolli  ³Radiation impedance matrices for rectangular interfaces within rigid baffles: Calculation methodology and applications,²J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 672 (A) 2002.

 

R. Anglade, R. K. Babayan, P. Chitnis, R. O. Cleveland  ³Respiratory motion reduces in vitro stone fragmentation in a Storz Modulith SLX lithotripter,² J. Urology  167(4):378, 2002.

 

Parag Chitnis and Robin Cleveland, Acoustic and Cavitation Field of an Orthopedic Shock Wave Device HMT Equitron, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110: 2614 (A) 2001. [Presented by PV Chitnis].

 

Babayan RK, Anglade R, and Cleveland RO Effect of stone motion on in vitro stone fragmentation using a Storz Modulith SLX lithotripter. World Congress on Endourology, )Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001). J. Endourology  15(suppl. 1):A17.

 

A.D. Pierce, H. T. Johnson, R. O. Cleveland, D. N. Pascual, T. G. Bifano, Crosstalk between acoustic sensors in a MEMS array J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109:2347 (A) 2001.

 

R. O. Cleveland, D. N. Pascual, H. T. Johnson, T. G. Bifano, A. D. Pierce, Microfluidic amplification of ultrasound with application to MEMS hydrophones  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109:2348 (A) 2001.

 

Cleveland RO, Chitnis PV, Anglade R, Babayan RK,  Measurements of the pressure field and in vitro stone fragmentation of a Storz Modulith SLX lithotripter  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109:2482 (A) 2001.

 

RO Cleveland, R Müller, JC Williams Jr., JA McAteer, Time-lapse assessment of SWL shock wave damage to kidney stones using micro-computed tomography (µCT), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109:2482 (A) 2001.

 

D. N. Pascual, D. A. Compton, T. G. Bifano, R. O. Cleveland, A. D. Pierce, "Microfluidic device for amplification of ultrasonic pressure waves with application to MEMS hydrophones," J. Acoust Soc. Am., 107:2911 (A) (2000).

 

M. Zampolli, A. D. Pierce, R. O. Cleveland, "Variational formulations for sound in enclosed spaces and ducts," J. Acoust Soc. Am., 107:2874 (A) (2000).

 

A. D. Pierce and R. O. Cleveland, "Radiation impedance matrix of a rectangular aperture, with arbitrary vibration, in a rigid baffle," J. Acoust Soc. Am., 107:2847 (A) (2000).

 

O. Sapozhnikov, M. Bailey, L. Crum, R. Cleveland, S. Vaezy, J. McAteer, and A. Evan, In vivo detection of cavitation induced by lithotripsy shock waves in pig kidney, Ultrasound Med. Biol., vol. 26, no.4, suppl.B, p.A64 (2000)

 

B. C. Davenny and R. O. Cleveland, ³Control of cavitation in lithotripsy by waveform shaping,² J. Acoust Soc. Am., 106:2192 (A) (1999).

 

I. M. Hallaj, K. Hynynen, and R. O. Cleveland, ³Path-integrated Goldberg number as a predictor of enhanced heating from finite-amplitude therapeutic ultrasound sources,² J. Acoust Soc. Am., 106:2255 (A) (1999).

 

R. O. Cleveland, M. R. Bailey, L. A. Crum, A. P. Evan, ³Mechanisms of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy², 29th Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association (UIA) Symposium, June 7-8, 1999 Baltimore.

 

P.H.F. Nicholson and R.O. Cleveland, ³Ultrasound propagation through whale cancellous bone,²  Ultrasound in Bone Conference, March 3-31, 1999, York, England.

 

R. O. Cleveland, ³In vivo modeling of the HM3 lithotripter,² J. Acoust Soc. Am., 105:1269 A (1999).

 

M. R. Bailey, R. O. Cleveland, O. A. Sapozhnikov, J. A. McAteer, J. C. Williams Jr., L. A. Crum, ³Effect of increased ambient pressure on lithotripsy-induced cavitation in bulk fluid at solid surfaces,² J. Acoust Soc. Am., 105:1267 (A) (1999).

 

T. G. Bifano, R. O. Cleveland, D. A. Compton, A. D. Pierce, ³A novel micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) design for an underwater  acoustic field sensor,² J. Acoust Soc. Am., 105:998 (A) (1999). Lay paper: http://www.acoustics.org/press/137th/cleveland.html

 

I. M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, S.G. Kargl, ³Modeling and simulating finite-amplitude propagation through time-varying inhomogenous absorbing media,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105, 956 (A) (1999).

 

B. A. Connors, A. P. Evan, L. R. Willis, J. A. McAteer, J. E. Lingeman, R. O. Cleveland, M. R. Bailey and L. A. Crum, ³Separation of SWL-induced cavitation and renal injury from impairment of renal hemodynamics,² J. Urol. 159:32 (A) (1998).

 

I. M. Hallaj, R. O. Cleveland, R. A. Roy, and R. G. Holt, ³Coupled thermal-acoustic simultation results with temperature-dependent tissue parameters for therapeutic ultrasound,² J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 1844 (A) (1998).

 

R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, D. A. Lifshitz, B. A. Connors, L. R. Willis, A. P. Evan, J. E. Lingeman, ³B-scan ultrasound monitoring of cavitation acitivity in and around the kidney during shock wave lithotripsy," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 3154 (A) (1997).

 

R. O. Cleveland and O. A. Sapozhnikov, "Localized detection of cavitation generated by lithotripsy shock waves," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 3139 (A) (1997).

 

R. O. Cleveland, L. A. Crum, D. A. Lifshitz, B. A. Connors, and A. P. Evan, "In vivo measurements of lithotripsy shock waves in pigs," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 2617 (A) (1996).

 

M. A. Averkiou, R. O. Cleveland, and R. A. Roy, "The small-amplitude, continuous wave reflected field produced by a spherical source placed at the focus of an ellipsoidal reflector," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 2748 (A) (1996).

 

O. A. Sapozhnikov, V. G. Andreev, V. A. Khokhlova, Y. A. Pischal'nikov, and R. O. Cleveland, "Propagation of intense acoustic pulses with shocks in relaxing fluids," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 2591 (A) (1996).

 

A. P. Evan, D. A. Lifshitz, B. A. Connors, L. R. Willis, J. E. Lingeman, R. O. Cleveland, and L. A. Crum, "In vivo measurements of lithotripsy shock waves in pigs," 14th World Congress of Endourology and SWL, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November   1996.

 

R. O. Cleveland,  M. A. Averkiou, L. A. Crum, and J. A. McAteer, "Measurements of the effect of polypropylene vials on ultrasound propagation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(4), 2478 (A) (1996).

 

J. A. McAteer, S. P. Andreoli, A. P. Evan, D. D. Denman, C. Mallett, R. O. Cleveland,  M. A. Averkiou, L. A. Crum, J. E. Lingeman, and D. Lifshitz, "Shock wave lithotripsy: A demonstration of experimental methods for in vitro shock wave exposure and analysis of cell injury," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(4), 2527 (A) (1996).

 

R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Time-domain modeling of finite-amplitude sound in relaxing fluids," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98(5), 2865 (A) (1995).

 

R. O. Cleveland, "Effects of atmospheric stratification on sonic-boom propagation," Invited Paper,  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 3257(A) (1995).

 

J. P. Chambers, R. Raspet, H. E. Bass, R. O. Cleveland, M. F. Hamilton, and D. T. Blackstock, "Comparison of computer codes for propagation of sonic booms through the atmosphere," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97: 3259 (A) (1995).

 

R. O. Cleveland and D. T. Blackstock, "Sonic boom rise time,"  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96:3275 (A) (1994).

 

R. O. Cleveland and D. T. Blackstock,  "Waveform freezing in an inhomogeneous medium." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92: 2331 (A) (1992).

 

 

Invited Seminars and Other Oral Presentations

 

Short course in ³Nonlinear Acoustics² given at University of Paris VI.  April-May 2004.

 

"Shock waves in medicine," Laboratoire d¹ Imagerie Param,etrique,. University of Paris 6, France, February 2004.

 

R.O. Cleveland and P.V. Chitnis, ³Comparison of the acoustic and cavitation fields produced by SWT devices with different generating principles,² 5th Congress of the International Society for Musculoskeletal Shockwave Therapy, Wintherthur, Switzerland, June 2002.

 

"Shock waves in medicine," Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluides et Acoustique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, May 2002.

 

Robin O. Cleveland, Michael R. Bailey, Dahlia Sokolov, Lawrence A. Crum, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Vera A. Khokhlova, James A. McAteer, Andrew P. Evan, ³Cavitation dynamics induced by extracorporeal shock waves,² 4th Congress of the International Society for Musculoskeletal Shockwave Therapy, Berlin, 24 ­ 26 May 2001

 

Andrew P. Evan, Lynn R. Willis, Robin O. Cleveland, James A. McAteer, Lawrence A. Crum, Bret A. Connors, James E. Lingeman, ³Shock wave lithotrispy (SWL) induced structural/functional changes in the human and pig kidney,² 4th Congress of the International Society for Musculoskeletal Shockwave Therapy, Berlin, 24 ­ 26 May 2001. [Presented by AP Evan].

 

"An Acoustic Retina: Boston University MEMS Hydrophone," Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 5 March, 2001.

 

"Ultrasound modulation of diffusive optical waves for medical imaging" D.J. Townsend, J.J. Stott, RA. Roy, R.O. Cleveland, C.A. Di Marzio, International Congress and Exposition on Mechanical Engineering, Orlando, FL; November, 2000. [Presented by RO Cleveland].

 

"Lithotripsy: a shocking blow to kidney stones," Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluides et Acoustique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, 7 July 2000.

 

"An Acoustic Retina: Boston University MEMS Hydrophone," Centre d'Acoustique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, 30 June 2000.

 

"Lithotripsy: a shocking blow to kidney stones," College of Engineering Reception in Honour of R. Bruce Lindsay Award, Boston University, June 2000.

 

Mario Zampolli, Robin O. Cleveland, Allan D. Pierce, "Model for  the  acoustic  field  inside waveguides  of  variable  cross-section with application  to  mems-devices," Boston University Science Day,  March 2000.

 

"Lithotripsy: a shocking blow to kidney stones,"

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2 March 2000.

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 23 February 2000.

 

Benjamin Davenny and Robin Cleveland "The role of cavitation in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy," Boston University Science Day,  March 1999.

 

"Ultrasound surgery: time-reversal techniques and bubble mediated heating,"

Dept. of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK, 5 January 1999.

"Lithotripsy: a shocking blow to kidney stones,"

Department of Urology, Boston University Medical School, 3 August 1998.

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 29 January 1998.

 

"LITHOTRIPSY: The Breaking of Kidney Stones by Acoustic Shock Waves," 

Department of Electrical Engineering, Univeristy of Rochester, NY, 29 September 1997.

Departmant Of Radiology, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 15 September 1997.

Medical Physics Departmant, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK, 9 June 1997.

National Institute of Medical Research (INSERM), Lyon, France, 5 June 1997.

Physics Department, Moscow State Universitry, Moscow, Russia, 26 May 1997.

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 27 January 1997.

Physics Department, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, 14 November 1996.

Applied Physics Laboratory, The University of Washington at Seattle, 7 November 1996.

Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Computer and Electrical Engineering,          and Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, 4 October 1996.

Northwest Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, 18 September 1996.

 

"Refraction and Nonlinear Distortion of Sonic Booms in the Atmosphere," Fall Meeting of the Texas Section of the Association of American Physics Teachers, Austin Texas, 14 October 1994.

 

 

Student Advising

 

Academic advisor:  Ibrahim M. Hallaj, ³Nonlinear acoustics in underwater and biomedical applications: array performance degradation and time reversal invariance,² Ph D, University of Washington, Seattle (1999).

 

Advisor: Benjamin C. Davenny, ³Control of cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy², MS, Boston University (2000).

 

Co-advisor:  Mario Zampolli ³Acoustical problems associated with the design of a MEMS-fluidic devices,² PhD, Boston University (2000).

 

Advisor:  Daniel Pascual ³Testing of MEMS ultrasonic hydrophone utilizing optical sensing and acoustic amplification,² MS, Boston University (2001).

 

Advisor:  Parag Chitnis ³Comparison of electrohydraulic and electromagnetic lithotripters,² MS, Boston University (2002).

 

Advisor:  Tara Chklovski ³A scanning acoustic microscope for imaging intravascular plaque,² MS, Boston University (2002).

 

Advisor:  Javier van Cauwelaert ³Fracture of kidney stones by shock waves,² MS, Boston University (2003).

 

Advisor:  Caleb Farny ³Tissue characterisation of intravascular plaque,² MS, Boston University (2003).

 

Advisor: Yuan Jing ³Nonlinear imaging in biomedical ultrasound,² PhD, Boston Univ. (Jan 2005).

 

Advisor:  Parag Chitnis ³Waveform control for enhancement of lithotripsy,² PhD, Boston University (expected 2006).

 

Graduate committees:

 

Second reader:  Rebecca B. Shuman, ³Forward and inverse acoustic scattering in media with microstructure,² MS, Boston University (1998).

 

Third reader:  Dhiraj Malkani ³MEMS deformable mirrors,² MS, Boston University (2000).

 

Third reader:  Jerome Cartmell ³A continuum description of wave propagation in bubbly liquids,² PhD, Boston University (2000).

 

Third reader:  Cory L. Clarke ³Applications of the causality condition to mechanical impedances and acoustic reflection coefficients with minimum and nonminimum phase,² MS, Boston Univ. (2000).

 

Fourth reader:  W. Gary Dewar ³Experimental investigation of the unsteady flow characteristics within the shear layer of a shallow wall cavity,² PhD, Boston University (2001).

 

Undergraduates:

 

ECE Senior design project: T. Gore, T. Borogovac, R. Moy, H Abedians "A high voltage switching device for controlling a piezoelectric power transducer array", Boston University, Summer 2001/Fall 2002.

 

AME Senior design project: A. Brunschwig, B. Dupnik, and S. Felix, "A high pressure chamber for lithotripsy experiments", Boston University, Fall 1999/Spring 2000.

 

Directed studies: Elizabeth Tyree ³Drive train of the BU FIRST Robot,² (Spring 2001).

 

Undergraduate students: Brad Gerbus (Fall 2003-present), Molly Johnston and Brooke Bucholz (NSF-REU students Summer 2003), Summer Gibbs (NSF-REU student Summer 2002), Jill Anderson, Rachel Mogilka and Erin Martel (Fall 2002), Paolo Zanetti (Fall 2001-Summer 2002), Juan Tello (Fall 2001-Spring 2002), Sam Ratterman (NSF-REU student Summer 2001), Tomohiko Hayashi (Summer 2001); Eric Westgate (Spring 2000); Fortino Lopez, Boston University (Summer 1998‹Fall 2000 ); Cathy Lee, Boston University (Fall 1998); Jarred Swalwell, Univeristy of Washington (Fall 1996-Summer 1997).