Robert F. Lambert
Professor Emeritus

B.S., 1948, EE, University of Minnesota
M.S., 1949, EE, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1953, EE, University of Minnesota

Telephone: (612) 625-7897
E-mail: lambert@ece.umn.edu


Fellow IEEE and the Acoustical Society of America; associate editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society for Noise


Basic and applied research in acoustics has been conducted in our department since the 1930s. Early on research primarily involved hearing aids facilitated by the primitive but rapidly growing electronics industry. Today, acoustics research is conducted in a variety of areas, including underwater sound; random signal processing; spectral estimation of noise generated by turbulence; interior and exterior noise control; and basic work on sound propagation in porous media with future application in sound-absorbing materials, marine sediments, seismic exploration, and the like.

I am interested in computer-controlled, automatic measurement of sound intensity, acoustic impedance (admittance), sound absorption, etc., utilizing modern electrical engineering technology.


Selected Publications

"Standing Wave Apparatus for Measuring Fundamental Properties of Acoustic Materials", with J. D. McIntosh and M. T. Zuroski, J. Acoustic Soc. Am., Nov. 1990.

"Nonlinear Wave Propagation Through Rigid Porous Materials, I Nonlinear Parameterization and Numerical Solutions", with J. D. McIntosh. J Acoust. Soc. Am., Nov. 1990.

"Nonlinear Wave Propagation Through Rigid Porous Materials; II Approximate Analytical Solutions", with J. D. McIntosh, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Nov. 1990.

"Forchheimer-Type Nonlinearities for High Intensity Propagation of Pure Tones in Air-saturated Porous Media", with D. K. Wilson and J. D. McIntosh, J. Acoustic Society of America, 84, pp.350-359, 1988.

"Sound in a Layered Fine Fiber Porous Material with Finite Frame Stiffness", J. Acoustic Society of America, 84, pp.1894-1905, 1988.

"Acoustic Structure and Propagation in Highly Porous, Layered, Fibrous Materials", with J. S. Tesar, J. Acoustic Society of America, vol. 76, pp. 1231-1237, 1984.