RICHARD F. KELTIE
Professor
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (Dean's Office)

Education
1978 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics Minor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1975 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics Minor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1973 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (High Honors), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Research Interests
Structural Acoustics; Vibration of rib-stiffened structures; Acoustic radiation; Mechanical vibrations; Structural Energy Flow; Mechanical Design; Wavevector-Frequency Methods

Professional Experience
1994 to 1995 - Associate Department Head, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1991 to present - Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1986 to 1990 - Director of the Center for Sound and Vibration, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1984 to 1991 - Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1981 to 1984 - Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1978 to 1981 - Engineer & Member of Senior Professional Staff - Sonar Evaluation Program, Strategic Systems Department, Applied Physics Laboratory/Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland

Honors
Invited Panelist and Lead Author, NSF Workshop on Research Needs in Acoustics and Vibrations, Plymouth, MA, July 1986

Invited Panelist, Office of Naval Research Workshop on Structural Acoustics, Woods Hole, MA, September 1986

Outstanding Teacher Award, North Carolina State University, 1986-1987

Listed in American Men and Women of Science

Nominated for the NCSU Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award, Spring 1998

Professional Societies
Sipna Xi

Phi Kappa Phi

Pi Mu Epsilon

Member, Acoustical Society of America

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Selected Publications
"On the Nature of the Idling Noise of Circular Saw Blades", with W. F. Reiter, Journal of Sound and Vibration 44(4), 531- 543, 1976.

"Dimensional Analysis and Scaling of the Aerodynamic Noise Produced by Idling Circular Saw Blades", with W. F. Reiter, ASME Publication 76-WA/DE-11, 1976.

"Analytical Model of the Truck Tire Vibration Sound Mechanism", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,71(2),359-367, 1982.

"A Note on the Acoustic Radiation from Point-Forced Elastic Beams", Journal of Sound and Vibration 92(3), 253-260, 1984.

"An Innovative Fast Fourier Transform Array Technique for Low Wavenumber Measurements of the Turbulent Boundary Layer Fluctuating Pressure Field", with T. H. Hodgson, Proceedings of the Symposium on Turbulence-Induced Noise and Vibration of Rigid and Compliant Surfaces, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984.

"On the Acoustic Power Radiated by Line Forces on Elastic Beams", with H. Peng, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,77(6), 2033-2038, 1985.

"Acoustic Radiation from Beams Due to Distributed Forces", with H. Peng, Proceedings of Noise- Con 85, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 37-44, 1985.

"The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure Fields on the Structural and Acoustic Response of Submerged Shells", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,79(3), 595-603, 1986.

"Characterization of the Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Performance of a Burleigh Piezoelectric Actuator: Part 1", with M.D. Bryant, Sensors and Actuators, 9(2), 95-104, 1986.

"Acoustic Radiation From Plates Under the Action of Disc Forces", with H. Peng, Proceedings of INTER-NOISE 86, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts, July 1986.

"The Effects of Modal Coupling on the Acoustic Power Radiation from Panels", with H. Peng, Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress, and Reliability in Design, 109(1),48-54, 1987.

"Numerical Investigation of the Surface Acoustic Intensity Patterns on Vibrating Panels", with H. Peng, ASME Publication 86-WA/NCA-23, 1986.

"Acoustic Power Radiated &om Point-Forced Thin Elastic Plates", with H. Peng, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 112(1), 45-52, 1987.

"Optimization of Textile Spindle Design Using Finite Element Analysis", with P. Banks-Lee, P.D. Emerson and P.A. Tucker, Textile Research Journal, 61(11), 659-667, 1991.

"Determination of the Impulse Response of a Viscoelastic Beam Using the Fractional Derivative Method", with J.A. Cooke, The Role of Damping in Vibration and Noise Control, ASME Publication DE-Vol.5, 1987, 137-142.

"Sound Radiation From Beams Under the Action of Moving Line Forces", with H. Peng, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 55, 849-854, 1988.

"Sound Radiation From Beams Under the Action of Multiple Random Point Forces", with H. Peng, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, S5(1), 49-56, 1989.

"Sound Radiation From Finite Plates Under the Action of Multiple Random Point Forces", with H. Peng, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 85(1), 57-67, 1989.

"Measurement of Structural Power Flow in Vibrating Systems", with C.K. Allred, Proceedings of the 6th International Modal Analysis Conference, 1675-1681, Orlando, Florida, 1988.

"Interaction of Sound and Structures", with A. Tucker, Research Needs in Dynamic Systems and Control: Volume 2 Acoustics and Noise Control, published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, April, 1988.

"Effects of Source Motion and Foundation Stiffness on the Acoustic Radiation From Submerged Structures", with H. Peng, Proceedings of NOISE-CON 88, Purdue University, June, 1988.

"A Dual Channel Fiber Optic Displacement Probe for Structural Power Flow Measurement", with S.C. Fawcett, Sensors and Acruators, 19(4), 311-325, 1989.

"Use of a Fiber Optic Displacement Probe as a Surface Finish Sensor", with S.C. Fawcett, Sensors and Acruators, 24(1), 1990, 5-14.

"Source Correlation Effects on Wideband Plate Vibration", with S. Oh, Structural Vibration and Acoustics, ASME Publication DE-Vol. 18-3, 105-112, 1989.

"Development and Implementation of a High Speed Open Loop Control Technique for Micro- Positioning of Mechanical Structures", with H. Ozisik, Precision Engineering, Vol 11, No. 4, October 1989, 225-230.

Combustion Instabilities Driven by Thermo-Chemical Acoustic Sources, co-editor with A.S. Hersh and I. Catton, ASME Publication H00531, 1989.

Numerical Techniques in Acoustic Radiation, co-editor with R.J. Bernhard, ASME Publication H00564, 1989.

Analysis Techniques in Acoustics, co-editor with H.K. Hsu, ASME Publication H00565, 1989.

Flow-Induced Noise Due to Laminar-Turbulence Transition Process, co-editor with T.M. Farabee and R.J. Hansen, ASME Publication H00563, 1989.

"Implementation of an Open Loop Control Technique for High Speed Micropositioning in a Single Point Diamond Turning Process", with Hakan Ozisik, Precision Engineering Vol. 13, No. 2, April 1991, 83-94.

"Transient Structural Response of Built-Up Mechanical Systems", with H. Ozisik, Proceedings of the ASME Symposium on Structural Analysis in Electronic Packaging, November, 1990.

"Finite Element Characterization of a Removable Fastener for Attaching Electronic Assembly Boards", with H. Ozisik, Proceedings of the ASME Symposium on Structural Analysis in Electronic Packaging, November, 1990.

Symposium on Vehicle Noise, co-editor with S. Sung and H.K. Hsu, ASME Publication, 1990.

Structural Acoustics, co-editor with A.F. Seybert, D.S. Kang, L. Olson and P. Pinsky, ASME Publication NCA-Vol. 12/AMD-Vol. 128, 1991.

"Guidelines for the Use of Approximations in the Shock Response Analysis of Electronic Assemblies", with Karl Falter, ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, Vol. 115, March 1993, 124-130.

"Development of Simplifications for Modeling the Shock Response of Flexibly-Coupled Beam Structures", with Karl Falter, ASME Publication 92-WA/EEP-1, November 1992.

"Structural Acoustic Response of Finite Rib-Reinforced Plates", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 94(2), 880-887, August 1993.

"Low Frequency Sound Radiation From Stiffened Plates", with Benjamin A. CrayAcoustic Radiation and Wave Propagation, ASME NCA-Vol. 17, Sean Wu, Editor, 105-113, November 1994.

"Vibration Reduction of Mass-Loaded Beams", with Chih-Chung Cheng, Journal of Sound and Vibration 187(2), 213-218, October 1995.

"Use of Structural Coatings to Reduce Transmitted Vibration - Fluid Coating Model", with Marco Orsini, in press ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 1997.

"Detection of Machine Tool Chatter During High Speed Milling", with R.B. Skolniek, accepted for publication in the Dynamic Systems and Control Proceedings, 1998 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 1998.

"Signal Response of Elastically-Coated Plates", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103(4), 1855-1863, April 1998.