Volpe Center Acoustics Facility Staff Biography
Eric R. Boeker
Eric R. Boeker is a physical scientist in the Acoustics Facility at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. He joined the center in 2001, and has been involved in numerous noise measurement, modeling and analysis projects for various modes of transportation.
Currently, Mr. Boeker provides technical support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Environment and Energy (AEE), where he is team leader for the Integrated Noise Model (INM), a PC-based computer model used for noise impact analysis in the vicinity of airports. His support for this project includes model and algorithm development, software maintenance and testing, aircraft noise measurement and technical support. He is also part of the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) development team, primarily focusing on the integration of INM into the AEDT tools suite. In support of FAA AEE, Mr. Boeker also undertakes technical analyses for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aircraft Noise Committee (A-21).
Along with INM and AEDT development and support, Mr. Boeker is involved in several additional FAA and NPS projects involving aircraft noise measurement, modeling and analysis. Other activities include work on: updating the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Handbook for Railroad Noise Measurement and Analysis; and development and technical support of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Traffic Noise Model (TNM).
Mr. Boeker's M.S. research involved acoustical signal processing of active sonar. His current research interests include transportation and environmental noise, computational acoustics, acoustical signal processing and analysis, and psychoacoustics.
