Resume for Robert D. Bruce, P.E.
Bob Bruce specializes in the solution of acoustical problems. He has investigated occupational noise exposures, hearing loss, structural fatigue, community annoyance, and vibration problems. Bob has solved noise problems in the following industries: aerospace, automobile, chemical, cogeneration, food, gas compression, lumber, metals, oil, plastics, power, rubber, and textile.
Bob has analyzed noise problems from aircraft, airports, missiles, highways, rapid transit systems, railroads, racecars, and hovercraft.
He has designed acoustical treatments for concert halls, churches, hospitals, office buildings, recreational centers, shopping malls, and university buildings
For more than 30 years and on thousands of projects, Bob has shared with his clients and colleagues his knowledge of acoustical measurements, noise control, vibration, and building acoustics. He has written chapters on measurements and control techniques for sound and vibration in 11 books and has published over 40 technical papers related to building acoustics, environmental noise, and industrial noise and vibration.
Education, Professional Registrations and Honors
Lamar University, B.S., Electrical Engineering, Beaumont, Texas, 1963
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SM, Cambridge, MA, 1966
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EE (Engineer's Degree), Cambridge, MA, 1966
PE, State of Texas #76351
Board Certified in Noise Control Engineering by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE)
President of INCE, 1986
Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who in Industrial Hygiene
Guest Lecturer at MIT, Emerson College, University of Michigan, Northeastern
University, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston