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Wednesday, March 17, 2004 Scripps Oceanography Scientist Elected to National Academy of Engineering Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego William Kuperman, a professor of oceanography and director of the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).Kuperman was elected to the NAE "for international leadership in the development and application of computational methods for ocean acoustics." He specializes in ocean acoustics, signal processing and physical oceanography. He has been at Scripps Institution of Oceanography since 1992 and was formerly a senior scientist in the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Acoustics Division.  "Bill is a major figure in ocean acoustics." said John Orcutt, Scripps deputy director. "Bill's recent pioneering work on time reversal in observed ocean acoustic fields is one of several major contributions to research in marine acoustics, and is now finding applications in other fields including medicine and acoustical imaging. His leadership of the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps has been essential to the health of the laboratory and Scripps Institution of Oceanography." As director of the Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) at Scripps, Kuperman oversees a large multidisciplinary research program, which focuses on exploratory and technology-based research and development of unique underwater sensor systems. MPL receives major sponsorship from the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. Its main administrative headquarters are located adjacent to Scripps's Nimitz Marine Facility on San Diego Bay. Kuperman holds a Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair in Oceanographic Science. He is president-elect and a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, former associate editor of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, coauthor of the textbook Computational Ocean Acoustics and was awarded the 1995 Acoustical Society of America's Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics Medal. Kuperman earned a B.S. in physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, an M.S. in physics from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland. Founded in 1964, the NAE is part of the National Academies and has a membership of more than 2,000 senior professionals in business, academia and government who are among the world's most accomplished engineers. Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. # # # # # # Note to broadcast and cable producers: University of California, San Diego provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. Please phone or e-mail the media contact listed above to arrange an interview. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. The National Research Council has ranked Scripps first in faculty quality among oceanography programs nationwide Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,300, and annual expenditures of approximately $155 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration. |
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