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Project Experience for David A. Nelson, INCE Bd. Cert., P.E.

Please note that in many cases contract requirements demand that the identity of the client not be publicly revealed


Low-Noise Design and Product Sound Quality

  • Personal Computers
  • Servers
  • Routers
  • Switches
  • Remote computing workstations
  • Surgical Equipment
  • Medical Equipment
  • Experimental Payloads for International Space Station: Fluids Integrated Rack, Combustion Integrated Rack, Plant Research Unit, Advanced Animal Habitat, FEANICS
  • Comprehensive mapping of fan performance and noise emission, with mockup inlet conditions
  • Low-noise design principles for Fan-powered Devices 
  • Low-noise design principles Fan-cooled Devices 
  • Compressed-air powered motors 
  • Sound Quality Program for a Large Consumer Product Manufacturer 
  • Mapping of Sound Transmission through Window by Sound Intensity Method 

Industrial Noise Control

  • Comprehensive Noise Control Action Plan, Sheet and Coil Aluminum Plant
  • Comprehensive Noise Control Action Plan, Industrial Fasteners Plant
  • Comprehensive Noise Control Action Plan, Industrial Plant
  • Reduced-Noise Gas Flow Design Guide for NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Buy-Quiet Guide for NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Noise Control for Heavy Equipment Operators in Surface Mining
  • Noise Control Recommendations for Surface Milling Machine 
  • Noise Map for Plastic Bottle Cap Manufacturing Plant
  • Gas Turbine Power Plant
  • Noise Control for Aerospace Nozzle Test Facility

Acoustical Measurement Systems and Software

  • Trident Multichannel Realtime Analyzer (simultaneous 1/3-octave band, FFT, ISO 532B Loudness, calibrated WAV file recording)
  • Sound Quality Toolset (ISO 532B Zwicker Loudness, Aures Sharpness, Aures Roughness, Fluctuation Strength, Aures Tonality)
  • Sound Quality Analyzer
  • Pure Tone Analyzer (per ECMA 74)
  • Hearing Protector Measurement Lab software
  • Control system for ISO 10302 fan plenum
  • Environmental Noise Analyzer
  • Reverberation Analyzer
  • Control system for hemi-anechoic chamber qualification system
  • Impedance Tube software for ASTM E1050
  • Paper Wrinkle Detector
  • Hard-Disk Drive Sound Power Measurement and Control System
  • Building Acoustics software (ASTM E90, ASTM C423)
  • Programming Specifications for National Instruments' ISO 7779 Sound Power Software 

Acoustical Laboratory Design

  • Test Facility Design for a multi-chamber acoustical test facility for the testing of personal computers and servers, integrated into commercial building
  • Test Facility Design  for an acoustical test facility for the testing of spaceflight hardware noise emissions
  • Chamber qualification for anechoic and hemi-anechoic chamber
  • Evaluate EMC chamber for use as acoustical test chamber
  • Analysis to predict anechoic and hemi-anechoic chamber performance from wedge impedance data
  • Vibration Test Facility Design, seismic and shaker tables, integrated into commercial building
  • Vibration Test Facility Design, drop-shock and shaker tables, integrated into commercial building housing an acoustical test facility
  • Improve Performance of Reverberation Chamber for Appliance Manufacturer’s Technology Center
  • Improve Performance of Reverberation Chamber for HVAC Manufacturer

Instruction in Acoustics and Noise Control

  • Fan Noise, industrial client
  • Low-Noise Design, industrial client
  • Fan Noise, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Gas-Flow Design Guide Seminar, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Low-Noise Design Seminar, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Luncheon Keynote Speech, SAE NVH, 2005
  • Basic Acoustics, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Acoustical Measurements, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Low-Noise Design for Spaceflight Hardware, NASA contractor
  • Product Noise Control, Semi-Therm 2003
  • Auditory Demonstrations CD, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Sound Absorption and Noise Control, commercial client
  • Engineering Noise Control, Industrial client 
  • Noise Control and Low-Noise Product Design, Institute of Noise Control Engineering
  • ISS Payload Design Conference, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Fundamentals of Noise Control and Low-Noise Product Design, NIOSH
  • Fundamentals of Noise Control and Low-Noise Product Design, Institute of Noise Control Engineering
  • Design for Low Noise Emission, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Reducing Noise Emission from ISS Flight Hardware, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Website Content for National Instruments' Developer Zone
  • Acoustics and Measurement, Industrial Client
  • Reduced-Noise Gas Flow Design, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Noise Control, The University of Texas at Austin: Fall Semester

Building Acoustics 

  • Retrofit Noise Control for Recording Studio
  • Data Center
  • Server Laboratory
  • Cafeteria
  • Acoustical Test Facility Design for Spaceflight Hardware 
  • Acoustical Test Facility Design for Computer Manufacturer
  • Integration of Drop/Shock Lab into Building housing Acoustics Test Facility
  • Vibration and Acoustics Test Facility Design
  • Customer Service Telephone Center Adjacent to Manufacturing Operation
  • Entertainment Noise Intrusion into Hotel
  • Railroad Noise Intrusion into Office Building
  • Witness ASTM E90 Testing
  • Measure ASTC and FIIC performance of 15 floor-ceiling assemblies in situ
  • Measure ASTC performance of music practice room doors in situ
  • Measure sound isolation of noise control enclosure in situ

Environmental Noise

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Water Treatment Plant 
  • Music Festival vs. City Ordinance
 
 
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Last modified: July 05, 2008