Schomer, Paul
Oral history interview with Paul Schomer, 2020 June 16.
In this interview, Paul Schomer of Schomer and Associates is interviewed by Rich Peppin of the Acoustical Society of America. Schomer discusses his family and childhood; his graduate education at UC Berkeley; his history with the Acoustical Society of America; and the changing relationships between the ASA and researchers in government, industry, the military, and academia.
Paul D. Schomer, acoustical engineer. Schomer obtained a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois (1965), a MS in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in acoustics from University of California Berkeley (1966), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in acoustics from University of Illinois (1971). His research involves environmental noise, human and community responses to noise, instrumentation and methodology for the measurement and monitoring of noise, architectural acoustics, and acoustical measurements of building parameters. He is a consultant to industry and government as well as an adjunct professor and member of the graduate faculty of the University of Illinois. He is also an active member of the Acoustical Society of America.
Schomer, Paul
Acoustical Society of America
University of California, Berkeley
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Acoustical engineering.
Acoustics -- Study and teaching.
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Peppin, Richard J. interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA