Arthur B. Baggeroer

Professor of Mechanical, Ocean, and Electrical Engineering
Ford Professor of Engineering, Emeritus

Room 5-206A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-4336
Fax: 617-253-2350
Email: abb@boreas.mit.edu

Administrative Contact:
Geoff Fox
Room 5-204
Phone: 617-253-9344
Email: gfox@boreas.mit.edu

Research Interests

Ocean Seismo-Acoustics Laboratory

Teaching Interests

2.163J (13.741J) /6.455J/12.518J - Sonar, Radar, & Seismic Signal Processing
2.164J (13.742J) /6.456J/12.519J - Array Processing
6.432 - Stochastic Processes, Detection, and Estimation

Education

Purdue University B.S.E.E. w/ Highest Distinction 1963
M.I.T. (NSF Fellow) S.M.& E.E. 1965
M.I.T. Sc.D. 1968 Doctoral thesis: State Variables, Fredholm Theory and Optimal Communications

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Fellow, 1963 - 1967
Cecil and Ida Green Scholar, Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1990
Chair, Ford Professor of Engineering, MIT, 1991 - present
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, 1992 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award
National Academy of Engineering, elected 1995

Memberships

I.E.E.E.(Inst. of Electronic and Electrical Engineers), Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Group
Technical Committee on Multidimensional Signal Processing (1981-1986)
Information Theory Group
Program Committee (1974)
Best Paper Award Committee (1975)
Communications Group
Oceanic Engineering Group
Associate Editor (1976 - present)
Treasurer (1979 - 1982)
Fellow (1988)
Acoustical Society of America
Chairman, Technical Committee on Underwater Acoustics (1986 - 1989)
Medals and Awards Committee (1990 - present)
Executive Council (elected) (1994 - present)
Fellow (1986)
A.G.U. (American Geophysical Union)
Tau Beta Pi (engineering honorary)
Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering honorary)
Sigma Xi (academic honorary)
National Academy of Engineering
American Institute of Physics, Editorial Board, AIP Series in Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing

Government Committees and Service

Purdue University Visiting Committee 2006
Member, Naval Studies Board 2000
Member, Ocean Studies Board 2000
Acoustic Observatory Working Group 1999 - present
Office of Naval Research
Visiting Committee Member 1999
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Undersea Weapons and Science and Technology 1999
Naval Studies Board
Technology for Future Naval Forces 1995 - 1997
Undersea Warfare Technology Working Group, Naval Studies Board
Submarine Superiority Technology Advisory Working Group 1995 - present
Joint US-Russian Working Group on Acoustic 1995 - present
Thermometry in the Arctic (ACOUS)
Co-chief Scientist for United States - Russian 1994
Transarctic Propagation (TAP) Experiment
Joint Oceanographic Institutions Panel on the 1994
Dual Use of the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS)
Air Force (AFTAC) Review Panel for the Hydroacoustics 1994
Research on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Naval Studies Board, National Research Council 1993
Panel for Technical Review of Shallow Water Acoustic and Non-Acoustic R&D Programs
Co-chief Scientist, R/V Cory Chouest, ONR 1991, 1993
Special Research Program on Acoustic Reverberation
Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council 1992
Research Opportunities in Ocean Acoustics (Chairman)
Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR) 1991 - present
Working Group (96) on Acoustic Monitoring of Ocean Climate
National Science Foundation Fellowship Panel 1990, 1993
Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council 1990
Panel on Facilities for Oceanographic Research
Navel Studies Board, National Research Council Opportunities in Underwater Acoustics 1990
Chief Scientist for Acoustics, ONR CEAREX Expt. 1988 - 1989
ONR Board of Visitors, Arctic, Acoustics & Geophysics 1988- 1990
Visiting Committee Member, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1988
Chief Scientist for ARAMP Experiment 1987
MIZEX Executive Committee for Acoustics 1983 - 1987
Chief Scientist for Acoustics, ONR Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX) 1983, 1984
Polar Oceans Climate Panel, National Academy of Science 1984 - 1988
National Research Council Panel on Navy Long 1981 - 1982
Range, Deep Ocean Technology
Chief Scientist for ONR Fram II and Fram IV 1 Ice Stations 1980, 1982
NSF/IDOE Workshop on Multichannel Systems in Oceanographic Institutes 1973
Town of Westwood, MA - Finance Committee 1976 - 1977
Town of Westwood, MA - School Committee 1977 - 1989 (elected for four terms)
Chairman 1979 - 1980, 1982 - 1983