Traci Neilsen
Traci Neilsen
Contact
- Office: N269 ESC
- 801.422.7056
- traci.neilsen@byu.edu
- hydroacoustics.byu.edu/
Office Hours
- By appointment. Please email tbn@byu.edu
Meetings and Assignments
Hydroacoustics Research Group: Th 4 pm
Acoustic Research Group Meeting: Th 10 am
University devotional: T 11am
Department Meetings: Th 11 am
Department Chair Meetings: Th 2 pm
Spring 2026 Teaching Schedule
| Course | Time | Days | Room | Building | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics 492R | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Physics 498R | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Research
- Specialty: Underwater acoustics, Acoustic source localization, Inverse methods, Machine learning applications in underwater acoustics
- Research Website
- Supervised Theses and Dissertations
- Publication List
Professional Bio
Tracianne B. Neilsen received a doctoral degree in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin, where her research focused on optimization methods for source localization and environmental characterization from multi-source sound fields in the ocean. Her experience includes management and analysis of large acoustical data sets, numerical modeling of acoustic propagation, and development and employment of multi-dimensional inversion techniques. Her research is in underwater acoustics: how sound travels underwater and interacts with the environment. Her main projects are the application of machine learning to detecting sounds sources in a variable ocean environment and underwater acoustical measurements.