Kyle M. Becker

Kyle M. Becker received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, in 1991, the M.S. degree in acoustics from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), State College, PA, USA, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in applied ocean sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA, USA, Joint Program in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering in 2002. His career has since included positions as Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Acoustics and Research Associate at the Applied Research Laboratory, both at Penn State, and Senior Scientist at the NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy. His research interests include shallow-water acoustics, geoacoustic inversion, and acoustic scattering from objects and rough surfaces. Dr. Becker was awarded the A.B. Wood Medal by the Institute of Acoustics in the United Kingdom in 2011 He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America.