Of knitting needles and surround sound

Abstract

The author began his association with Dick Lyon in 1972 when he became a graduate student in the Acoustics and Vibration Lab at MIT. Their personal and professional relationship continued, on and off, through the mid 1990s. While early studies of outdoor sound propagation and transportation noise will be discussed, this presentation will focus primarily on their work together at RHLyonCorp in the study of vibration-induced failure mechanisms and in commercial product development, including early efforts in sound quality jury trials.