Pennsylvania State University
Interests in ASCENT:
- Alternative Jet Fuels
- Noise Research
Contact:
Vic Sparrow
vws1@psu.edu
Projects
- Noise Model Validation for AEDT
- Measurements to Support Noise Certification for UAS/UAM Vehicles and Identify Noise Reduction Opportunities
- Combustor Wall Cooling Concepts for Dirt Mitigation
- Jet Noise Modeling and Measurements to Support Reduced LTO Noise of Supersonic Aircraft Technology Development
- Turbine Cooling Through Additive Manufacturing
- Support for Supersonic Aircraft Noise Efforts in ICAO CAEP
- Modeling of Urban Air Mobility Noise to Enable Innovative Means of Noise Reduction
- Rotorcraft Noise Abatement Procedures Development
- Acoustical Model of Mach Cut-off
- Identification of Noise Acceptance Onset for Noise Certification Standards of Supersonic Airplanes
- Quantifying Uncertainties in Predicting Aircraft Noise in Real-world Situations
- Emissions Data Analysis for CLEEN, ACCESS, and Other Recent Tests
- Analytical Approach for Quantifying Noise from Advanced Operational Procedures
- Noise Outreach
- Civil, Supersonic Over Flight, Sonic Boom (Noise) Standards Development
- Rotorcraft Noise Abatement Operating Conditions Modeling
- Noise Emission and Propagation Modeling
- Alternative Jet Fuel Supply Chain Analysis
Lead Investigators
Publications
- Estimating Uncertainties Using Judgmental Forecasts with Expert Heterogeneity
- Dynamics and Uncertainty in Land Use Conversion for Perennial Energy Crop Production: Exploring Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services Policies
- Perceptual characterization of Mach cut-off Sonic Booms
- An improved Mach cut-off model based on a 3-D ray tracing method and realistic atmospheric data
- Investigation of deturbing methods for sonic boom signatures
- Aviation noise impacts: state of the science
- Communities Ready for Takeoff: Integrating Social Assets for Biofuel Site-selection Modeling
- Laboratory test bed for sonic boom propagation
- Subjective study on attributes related to Mach cut-off sonic booms
- Preliminary assessment and extension of an existing Mach cut-off model
- The minimum number of ground measurements required for narrow sonic boom metric confidence intervals
- Quantifying uncertainties in predicting aircraft noise in real-world situations
- Stability of sonic boom metrics regarding signature distortions from atmospheric turbulence
- Effects of carbon dioxide on atmospheric absorption of noise for en-route aircraft and supersonic aircraft
- Meteorological reanalysis data inputs for improved aircraft noise modeling
- Predictive Model Development for Aviation Black Carbon Mass Emissions from Alternative and Conventional Fuels at Ground and Cruise
- Aviation black carbon mass predictive model for alternative and traditional fuels at ground and cruise
- Measured N-wave sonic boom events and sensitivity in sonic boom metrics
- Tools for Development and Analysis of Rotorcraft Noise Abatement
- Rotorcraft Simulations with Coupled Flight Dynamics, Free Wake, and Acoustics