• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1985
• MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1987
• Ph D, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1990

Journal Articles

Kimberly A. Riegel and Victor W Sparrow, 2022, "Secondary sonic boom predictions for U.S. coastlines", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 152, (5), pp. 2816-2827

Trevor A. Stout and Victor W Sparrow, 2022, "Atmospheric turbulence effects on shaped and unshaped sonic boom signatures", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 151, (5), pp. 3280-3290

Trevor A. Stout, Victor W Sparrow and Philippe Blanc-Benon, 2021, "Evaluation of numerical predictions of sonic boom level variability due to atmospheric turbulence", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 149, (5), pp. 3250-3260

Kimberly A. Riegel and Victor W Sparrow, 2019, "Sonic boom propagation around a large building using a combined ray tracing/radiosity method", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 145, (4), pp. 2317-2327

Trevor A Stout and Victor W Sparrow, 2018, "Time-domain spline interpolation in a simulation of N-wave propagation through turbulence", JASA Express Letters, 144, (3), pp. 7

William J. Doebler and Victor W Sparrow, 2018, "Erratum: Stability of sonic boom metrics regarding signature distortions from atmospheric turbulence", JASA Express Letters, 144, (1), pp. 1

William J. Doebler and Victor W Sparrow, 2017, "Stability of sonic boom metrics regarding signature distortions from atmospheric turbulence", JASA Express Letters, 141, (6), pp. 7

Joyce A. Rosenbaum, Anthony A Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2016, "Inclusion of elevation angle source directivity in the parabolic equation method", Noise Control Engineering Journal, 64, (2), pp. 14

Alexandre Jolibois, Jerome DeFrance, H Koreneff, Philippe Jean, Denis Duhamel and Victor W Sparrow, 2015, "In situ measurement of the acoustic performance of a full scale tramway low height noise barrier prototype", Applied Acoustics, 94, pp. 11

J. Salamone, Victor W Sparrow and K. Plotkin, 2013, "Solution of the lossy nonlinear Tricomi equation with application to sonic boom focusing", AIAA J., 51, (7), pp. 1745-1754

A. Jolibois, D. Duhamel, Victor W Sparrow, J. Defrance and P. Jean, 2012, "Scattering by a cylinder covered with an arbitrary distribution of impedance and application to the optimization of a tramway noise abatement system", J. Sound Vib., 331, pp. 5597-5622

S. T. Cho and Victor W Sparrow, 2011, "Diffraction of sonic booms around buildings resulting in the building spiking effect", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129, (3), pp. 1250-1260

K. L. Gee, Victor W Sparrow, M. M. James, J. M. Downing, C. M. Hobbs, T. B. Gabrielson and A. A. Atchley, 2008, "The role of nonlinear effects in the propagation of noise from high-power jet aircraft", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123, (6), pp. 4082-4093

Lance L. Locey and Victor W Sparrow, 2007, "Modeling atmospheric turbulence as a filter for sonic boom propagation", Noise Control Eng. J., 55, (6), pp. 495-503

Kent L. Gee, Victor W Sparrow, Michael M. James, J. Micah Downing, Christopher M. Hobbs, Thomas B. Gabrielson and Anthony A. Atchley, 2007, "Measurement and prediction of noise propagation from a high-power jet aircraft", AIAA J., 45, (12), pp. 3003-3006

Kent L. Gee, Victor W Sparrow, Anthony Atchley and Thomas B. Gabrielson, 2007, "On the perception of crackle in high-amplitude jet noise", AIAA Journal, 45, (3), pp. 593-598

K. L. Gee, S. Hales Swift, Victor W Sparrow, K. J. Plotkin and J. M. Downing, 2007, "On the potential limitations of conventaional sound metrics in quantifying perception of nonlinearly propagated noise", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, (1), pp. EL1-7

Alexandra Loubeau, Victor W Sparrow, Larry L. Pater and Wayne M. Wright, 2006, "High-frequency measurements of blast wave propagation", JASA Express Letters, 120, (3), pp. EL29-EL35

K. L. Gee and Victor W Sparrow, 2006, "Measurement and prediction of nonlinearity in outdoor propagation of periodic signals", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, (5), pp. 2491-2499

O. Al-Bataineh, T. D. Mast, E. Park, Victor W Sparrow, R. M. Keolian and N. B. Smith, 2006, "Utilization of the k-space method in the design of a ferroelectric hyperthermia phased array", Ferroelectrics, 331, pp. 103-120

K. L. Gee, T. B. Gabrielson, A. A. Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Preliminary analysis of nonlinearity in military jet aircraft noise propagation", AIAA Journal, 43, (6), pp. 1398-1401

M. S. Wochner, A. Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Numerical simulation of finite amplitude wave propagation in air using a realistic atmospheric absorption model", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 118, (5), pp. 2891-2898

Other

Victor W Sparrow, Trevor A. Stout, Kevin A. Bradley and Christopher M. Hobbs, 2019, "SonicBAT: Some highlights and subsequent developments", pp. 8

Trevor Stout and Victor W Sparrow, 2019, "Three-dimensional simulations of shaped sonic boom signature loudness variations due to atmospheric turbulence", pp. AIAA Paper 2019-2562

B. Kim and Victor W Sparrow, 2013, "Comparison of finite element models for residential building walls and low frequency sound transmission"

R. Romond and Victor W Sparrow, 2013, "Incorporating real atmospheres into aviation noise models using meteorological data from the AERMOD atmospheric dispersion model"

S. Liu, Victor W Sparrow and Y. Makino, 2013, "Establishing new noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft: status report", pp. 73-77

J. Salamone and Victor W Sparrow, 2012, "A sonic boom propagation model including mean flow atmospheric effects"

A. Jolibois, D. Duhamel, Victor W Sparrow, J. Defrance and P. Jean, 2012, "Application of admittance optimization to the design of a low-height tramway noise barrier"

Victor W Sparrow, X. Di and F. Brittain, 2011, "Why full wave methods? What a noise control engineer should know"

J. Rosenbaum, Victor W Sparrow and A. Atchley, 2011, "Comparison between a hybrid parabolic equation-fast field program model and a ray-based method of outdoor sound propagation"

K. Poulain, Victor W Sparrow, K. Brentner and L. Sutherland, 2010, "Application of atmospheric absorption models for aircraft en-route noise"

J. Rosenbaum, A. Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2010, "Modeling propagation of aviation noise under range-dependent conditions, using a Parabolic Equation method"

J. E. Rosenbaum, A. A. Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2009, "Enhanced sound propagation modeling of aviation noise using a hybrid parabolic equation - fast field program method"

A. Lind and Victor W Sparrow, 2009, "Including the effects of terrain reflections and postboom noise in sonic booms"

Victor W Sparrow and S. Garrett, 2008, "An audio reproduction grand challenge: design a system to sonic boom an entire house"

S. Cho and Victor W Sparrow, 2008, "Sonic boom diffraction around buildings using a finite difference time domain approach"

L. Locey, Victor W Sparrow and A. Piacsek, 2008, "Sonic boom post processing to include atmospheric turbulence effects"

E. Haering, L. Cliatt, T. Bunce, T. Garbrielson and Victor W Sparrow, 2008, "Initial results from the variable intensity sonic boom propagation database"

A. Piacsek, L. Locey and Victor W Sparrow, 2008, "Time-domain modeling of atmospheric turbulence effects on sonic boom propagation"

Victor W Sparrow, L. L. Pater and T. B. Gabrielson, 2007, "Nonlinear effects in the propagation and measurement of blast waves", pp. 7

L. L. Locey and Victor W Sparrow, 2007, "Perceived loudness fluctuations in low-boom signatures due to atmospheric turbulence", pp. 6

K. L. Gee and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Quantifying nonlinearity in the propagation of noise from military jet aircraft"

M. M. James, J. M. Downing, C. H. Hobbs, K. L. Gee and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Nonlinearity in the outdoor propagation of high-power jet noise: measurement results"

Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "PARTNER Project 8: Sonic boom mitigation"

K. L. Gee, A. A. Atchley, L. E. Falco, T. B. Gabrielson and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Bispectral analysis of high-amplitude jet noise", pp. AIAA Paper 2005-2937

K. L. Gee, Victor W Sparrow, T. B. Gabrielson and A. A. Atchley, 2005, "Nonlinear modeling of F/A-18E noise propagation", pp. AIAA Paper 2005-3089

L. E. Falco, K. L. Gee, A. A. Atchley and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Investigation of a single point indicator of nonlinearity in one-dimensional propagation", pp. 1385-1389

K. L. Gee and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Asymptotic behavior in the numerical propagation of finite-amplitude jet noise"

A. L. Loubeau and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Nonlinear propagation of high-frequency energy from blast waves"

L. Locey and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "FIR filter models for sonic boom propagation through turbulence"

D. Sastrapradja and Victor W Sparrow, 2005, "Rayleigh streaming simulation in a cylindrical tube using the vorticity transport equation"

• 2016 Rayleigh Lecture, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 2016

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