Resume for Kimberly A. Riegel
Kim Riegel is a consultant in acoustics at CSTI. She is also a graduate student at Penn State University where she has worked with Dr. William Mark of the Drive Train Center at the Applied Research Laboratory on structural health modeling on gears for her master's degree. Kim modeled various gear systems using existing computer models and from these calculations, she determined methods to limit gear noise and to predict failures.
Her current Ph.D. study deals with the impact of sonic booms on urban environments.
As a consultant, Kim has worked on a variety of projects. In industrial noise, she has worked on petrochemical plants, compressor stations, and natural gas plants. These projects included, vibration, airborne noise, and Acoustic Induced Vibration Analysis. She has also assisted in several train horn evaluations.
Kim is an experienced computer programmer; while at Vassar, she assisted in developing software for three projects: Beowulf Cluster, gravitational physics and cosmic strings, and Einstein@Home program. She also served as the lead programmer for setting up the distributed computing network for Planetquest, using the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. Kim is proficient in Unix, Macintosh, Windows, and Linux operating systems and trained in the use of Fortran, C, C++, Matlab, Mathematica, Sysnoise, and SoundPLAN
Education, Professional Registration, and Societies
Vassar College B.A. Physics 2004
Pennsylvania State University, M.Eng., Acoustics, 2007
Member, Acoustical Society of America
Former Secretary, State College Chapter of Acoustical Society of America