Acoustics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMassD) offers Acoustics through various graduate courses associated with the Master of Science and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering. The focus is on applied underwater acoustics, with emphasis on signal processing and analysis, transduction and sensors. Course offerings include Fundamentals of Acoustics, Acoustics and Electromagnetic Waves, Underwater Acoustics, Electroacoustic Transduction, Medical Ultrasonics, Array Processing, Communications, Detection and Estimation. UMassD has unique facilities including an Underwater Acoustic Test Tank, Open-Ocean water access, and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles that support our graduate projects. The expertise to be gained reaches from acoustic array design, environmental monitoring and statistical inference. Many of the alumni go on to work at US Navy laboratories, non-profit research centers, as well as industry and small companies focusing on marine technology. Acoustics has been offered at UMassD for over five decades and we encourage applicants from diverse STEM backgrounds to apply to our graduate program.