Department of Aerospace Engineering

David Holger

Associate Provost|Academic Programs
Dean of the Graduate College
1550 Beardshear Hall
Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA 50011

Phone: (515) 294-7184
Fax: (515) 294-9273

holger@iastate.edu

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota, 1974
Certificate of Post-Graduate Study in Engineering, Cambridge University, 1972
MS, University of Minnesota, 1971
BS, University of Minnesota, 1970

Research Interests

Boundary integral equations in acoustics; ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation; acoustic modal analysis; active noise control; architectural acoustics; duct acoustics; acoustic signal processing; fan noise; aircraft noise; fluid dynamic sound generation; potential flow modeling in acoustics

Technical Publications

Holger, D.K., and Yang, J., "Optimization of Secondary Source Locations for Active Noise Control in Three-Dimensional Spaces," AIAA paper No. 93-4420, 1993.

Holger, D.K., Invited Book Review of <cite>Vibroacoustic Condition Monitoring</cite> by C. Cempel, <cite>Applied Mechanics Reviews</cite>, 46. #1, B5, 1993.

Hughes, M.S., Hsu, D.K., Margetan, F., Thompson, R.B., Ghorayeb, S.R., Holger, D.K., Zachary, L.W., and Thompson, D.O., "Application of SAFT on Composites," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 11, 1992.

Holger, D.K., Invited Book Review of <cite>The Science of Flight: Pilot-oriented Aerodynamics</cite> by W.N. Hubin for ISU Press, 1992.

Thompson, R.B., Thompson, D.O., Holger, D.K., Hughes, M.S., Hsu, D.K., Papadakis, E.P., Tsai, Y.M., and Zachary, L.W., "Ultrasonic NDE of Thick Composites," ASME NDE-Vol.10, <cite>Enhancing Analysis Techniques for Composite Materials</cite>, 1991.

Ghorayeb, S.R., Hughes, M.S., Holger, D.K., and Zachary, L.W., "A Preliminary Application of SAFT on Composites," <cite>Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation</cite>, 10A, 1991, pp. 1027-1034.

Holger, D.K., "Indirect Boundary Integral Equation Methods for Noise Control," <cite>Proc, Noise-Con 88</cite>, Noise Control Foundation, New York, 1988, pp. 603-608.

Holger, D.K., "Noise Reduction Recommendations for the Des Moines Register Mailroom," Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA, 1988.

Holger, D.K. and Yang, J., "Optimization of Secondary Source Locations for Active Noise Control in Three-Dimensional Spaces," 15th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference, Long Beach, CA, Oct 1993.

Holger, D.K. and Jiao, Q., "Vibrations of Damaged Trapezoidal Plates," 116th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. of Am., Honolulu, HI, Nov. 1988.

Holger, D.K., "Graduate Education in Acoustics at Iowa State University," 116th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. of Am., Honolulu, HI, Nov. 1988.

Holder, D.K., "Indirect Boundary Integral Equation Methods for Noise Control," Noise-Con 88, West Lafayette, IN, June 1988.

Holger, D.K., "A Boundary Integral Equation Method for Transient Problems in Architectural Acoustics", 115th Metting of the Acoust. Soc. of Am., Seattle, WA, May 1988.

Extension/Outreach Activities

1990-present: community College NDE Collaboration Program (with D. Thompson and W. Lord)

Patents

April 7, 1987: "Method and Means for Measuring Sound Intensity," U.S. Patent #4,655,086 (with A.M. Pate)