- Joseph A Rice
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SSC San Diego Engineering Acoustics Chair
Department of Physics
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2982
Email: rice@nps.edu
- EDUCATION:
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MS - University of California San Diego, 1990
BA - University of Cincinnati, 1981
BS - University of Cincinnati, 1981
NPS EXPERIENCE:
- Research in acoustic propagation and digital communications for telesonar modem development, undersea communications and undersea sensor networks.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- 1995 - present - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Communications and Information Systems Dept., San Diego, CA. Principal investigator of undersea acoustic communications projects collectively organized as the Seaweb Initiative.
- 1992 - 1995 - Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Science Command, Marine Sciences and Technology Dept., San Diego, CA. Test Director for the SWellEX series of experiments, measuring the environmental sensitivity of underwater acoustic propagation in littoral oceans.
- 1981 - 1991 - Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego. Research engineer responsible for experimental explosive multistatic-sonar sources, undersea reverberation numerical modeling, array-element localization algorithms, and PAEL sonobuoy development. Chief scientist of numerous at-sea underwater acoustic experiments, engineering tests, and measurements of oceanographic phenomena. System engineer for the fabrication and testing of a digital 99-channel sonobuoy data acquisition system for installation aboard maritime P-3C aircraft. Data analyst of VLF acoustics for the High-Gain Initiative and the STRAP Program. Developer of one of the first microprocessor-based oceanographic data acquisition syste Analyst of arctic ambient noise recordings of low-frequency seismic events. Researched ASW uses of bioluminescence, including sea testing the correlation of the phenomenon with physical ocean parameters. Correlated in-situ measured oceanographic frontal data with remotely-sensed satellite observations. Implemented a hydrodynamic computer model of the Advanced Autonomous Array, a drifting ASW sensor.
- 1979 - 1979 - University of Cincinnati, Institute for Applied Interdisciplinary Research. Developed a software package for modeling the dynamics of linked pendulum systems and applied this model to towed and moored cable systems for design optimization and performance prediction.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Undersea Acoustic Signaling and Networks
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Acoustic propagation and signaling through shallow ocean environments
- Sonar link budget analysis
- Digital communications for multipath channels
- Wireless networks
- Long-baseline navigation
- Sonar detection, classification, and localization
- Electro-acoustic transducers
AWARDS:
- Department of Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (1998)
- Naval Ocean Systems Center Exemplary Achievement Award (1989)
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) Navy League of the United States (NLUS)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- J. A. Rice, A Prototype Array-Element Localization Sonobuoy, NOSC Technical Report 1365, December 1990
- J.A. Rice, Acoustic signal dispersion and distortion by shallow undersea transmission channels, Proc. NATO SACLANT Undersea Research Centre Conf. on High-Freq. Acoust. in Shallow Water, Lerici, Italy, pp. 435-442, July 1997
- J.A. Rice, V.K. McDonald, M.D. Green, and D. Porta, Adaptive modulation for undersea acoustic telemetry, Sea Technology, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 29-36, May 1999
- J. A. Rice, Telesonar Signaling and Seaweb Underwater Wireless Networks, Proc. NATO Symposium on New Information Processing Techniques for Military Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 9-11, 2000
- J. A. Rice, C. L. Fletcher, R. K. Creber, J. E. Hardiman, and K. F. Scussel, Networked Undersea Acoustic Communications Involving a Submerged Submarine, Deployable Autonomous Distributed Sensors, and a Radio Gateway Buoy Linked to an Ashore Command Center, Proc. UDT HAWAII 2001 Undersea Defence Technology, Waikiki, HI, Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2001
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
- Keywords: Acoustics, Sound Propagation, Digital Communications, Wireless Networks, Transducers, Telesonar, Seaweb
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