Department of Mechanical Engineering

Michael J. Roan


Michael J. Roan


Associate Professor

141 Durham Hall
540-231-5846
540-231-8836- FAX

mroan@vt.edu



Education Research Experience


Education

Ph.D. Acoustics Pennsylvania State University 1999
M.S. Acoustics Pennsylvania State University 1991
B.S. Physics Pennsylvania State University 1989

 

Research

  • Underwater acoustics
  • Acoustical Signal Processing
  • Automated Health Monitoring for Rotating Machinery
  • Information Fusion and Multi-Array Processing
  • Sensor Development for Chemical, Biological, and Explosive Detection


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Teaching Activities

To be determined

 

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Experience

  Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
 

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Honors

No honor listed


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Publications

Journal Papers

  • J. G. Erling, M.J. Roan, and M.G. Gramann, "Performance Bounds for Multi-Source Parameter Estimation Using a Multi-Array Network," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (Pending Revision - Sept. 2005)

  • L.H.Sibul, M.J., Roan, S.C., Schwartz, and C., Coviello,"Lossless Information Integration in Multistatic Active Detection Systems," IEEE Transactions Signal Processing . (To Appear - 2005)

  • M.J. Roan, M.G. Gramann, J. G. Erling, and L.H. Sibul, "Nonlinear Adaptive Signal Processing in Experimental Acoustics," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , October, 2003.

  • M. J. Roan and J. Erling, and L.H. Sibul, "A New, Non-Linear, Blind Source Separation Algorithm for Gear Tooth Failure Analysis" The Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , Vol. 16, No. 5,pp. 719-740, September, 2002

Book Chapters

  • M.B. Porter, Siderius, M., and Kuperman, W.A., Chapter: High Frequency Ocean Acoustics , pp 237-247, American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2004 (Refereed and Edited AIP Conference Proceedings), ISBN: 0-73540-210-8.

  • A. Varvarni," Advances on Fracture and Damage Assessment of Materials", Chapter: Testing and Materials Damage Detection Methods , WIT Press (In Press), ISBN: 1-85312-836-8.


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