Micah Shepherd

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Micah Shepherd

Micah Shepherd

Associate Professor

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Winter 2024 Teaching Schedule

Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
3:00p - 3:50p
MWF
W
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
3:00p - 3:50p
MWF
Th
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
11:00a - 11:50a
MWF
W
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
5:00p - 5:50p
MWF
W
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
10:00a - 10:50a
MWF
Th
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
1:00p - 1:50p
MWF
Th
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
9:00a - 9:50a
MWF
F
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
11:00a - 11:50a
MWF
F
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 167 10:00a - 10:50a
3:00p - 3:50p
MWF
F
C215
C460
ESC
ESC
Physics 492R TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Physics 498R TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

Research

Specialty: Acoustics

Supervised Theses and Dissertations

Publication List

Professional Bio

Dr. Shepherd completed a BS in applied physics at BYU in 2005 and an MS in physics at BYU in 2007.  He then took a research faculty position at Penn State doing basic and applied research in structural acoustics.  In 2008, he enrolled in Penn State's Graduate Program in Acoustics, while maintaining his full-time research position. After completing his PhD in 2014, he concurrently taught and advised students in the Graduate Program in Acoustics while continuing to perform structural acoustics research. He joined the faculty at BYU in 2022.

Current research areas include: 

1) Thermoelasticity - the study of energy dissipation mechanisms in vibrating beams and plates

2) Launch Vehicle Acoustics - the use of acoustic intensity in the near- and far-field of a rocket launch to localize the acoustic source 

3) Vibration-based Sound Power - the combination of elemental radiator theory and laser vibrometry to measure sound power of arbitrarily-shaped structures

4) Physics of Percussion Instruments - the acoustic measurement and physical modeling of percussion instruments to understand and predict their sound radiation  

5) Signal Characterization of Seizures - the study of seizure dynamics in the brain to understand their spatial and temporal characteristics and predict the onset of severe seizure events