Biography

Brian Patchett is an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department at Utah Valley University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2017 and a Ph.D. in Physics (emphasis Acoustics) at Brigham Young University in 2022.

Dr. Patchett's education as both an undergraduate and graduate student was focused heavily on acoustics. Signal processing and analysis, experimental acoustic design in both anechoic and reverberant environments, and design of acoustic modeling algorithms in MATLAB and COMSOL comprise the bulk of his research experience. His Ph.D. was earned at Brigham Young University Physics and Astronomy Dept., where advanced acoustics courses in acoustic systems, fluid acoustics, room acoustics, and analysis of acoustic signals comprised the majority of the total course list. He is an active member of the Acoustical Society of America. His doctoral dissertation is a study in nonlinear acoustic focusing of finite amplitude sound utilizing time-reversal signal processing.

His current research through the Computational Acoustics, Signal Processing, and Experimental Research (CASPER) lab at UVU has applications in remote excitation of structures, nondestructive evaluations, covert communications, and generation of focused acoustic events exceeding 200 dB. There are also efforts underway to study neurological reactions to musical excitation and architectural acoustic investigations into modeling the road noise on the UVU/I-15 pedestrian bridge.

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