Student Thesis Archive

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2020

Dallin Haslam, “Exploration of Vacuum-Tube Combo Guitar Amplifier Directivities,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2020).

Sam Bellows, “Analysis of Directivity Factors and Indices of Human Speech,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, April 2019).

Claire Pincock, “High-Resolution Speech Directivity Balloons,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, April 2017).

K Joshua Bodon, “Development, Evaluation, and Validation of a High-Resolution Directivity Measurement System for Played Musical Instruments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, April 2016).
Michael Denison, “A Method to Evaluate Nonideal Effects of Anechoic Chambers for Multiple-Angle Measurements,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, April 2016).
Travis Hoyt, “Volume Velocity Estimation for Multiple-Driver Loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2016).
Zachary R Jensen, “Improvements to the Two-Point In Situ Method for Measurement of the Room Constant and Sound Power in Semi-Reverberant Rooms,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, April 2016).
Michael Rollins, “The Influence of Room Acoustics on the Voice,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2016).

Mark Berardi, “Quantification of Vocal Effort in Varying Acoustical Environments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, December 2015).
Nathan Eyring, “Subjective Evaluations of Acoustic Sources,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, July 2015).

Matthew Calton, “An Acoustical Analysis and Loudspeaker System Design of a Local High School Auditorium,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, April 2014).
Joseph Morris, “A Model of the Royden G. Derrick Planetarium using the Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers (EASE),” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, July 2014).
Jeshua Mortensen, “Computing the directivities of Platonic-solid loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, April 2014).
Jenny Whiting, “On the Use of EASE and a Real-Time Convolution System for the Creation and Use of Virtual Acoustic Environments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, April 2014).

Daniel Marquez, “Measuring the Blocked Electrical Impedance of Moving-Coil Loudspeakers: A Comparison of Six Methods,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2011).

Daniel Ross Tengelsen, “Acoustical Analysis of a Horn-Loaded Compression Drivers Using Numerical Analysis,” Advisor: Brian Anderson, Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, August 2010).

Xi Chen, “Equalization of Loudspeakers and Enclosed Sound Fields,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (PhD Dissertation, December 2009).
Panu Tapani Puikkonen, “Development of an Adaptive Equalization Algorithm Using Acoustic Energy Density,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, April 2009).
Brian Trevor Thornock, “Comparison and Development of Methods for Measuring Directional Sound Arrivals in Rooms,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, December 2009).

Ryan T Chester, “Error Sensor Strategies for Active Noise Control and Active Acoustic Equalization in a Free Field,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, March 2008).
Nathan Curtis, “A Patentability Assessment For The Polar Squared Impulse Response Method,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2008).
Michael Mendoza, “Design And Construction Of An Anechoic Chamber,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2008).
Daniel Tengelsen, “Omnidirectional Enhancement Of A Regular Polyhedron Loudspeaker,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2008).

Matthew Morrise, “Equalization Metrics,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
Brian Thornock, “Design and Development of Phantom-to-ICP Power Conversion Circuits,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, April 2007).

Gordon Robert Dix, “Development and Comparison of Highly Directional Loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, May 2006).
Shinji Inagi, “Acoustical Study of Organ Pipe Voicing,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2006).
David B Nutter, “Sound Absorption and Sound Power Measurements in Reverberation Chambers Using Energy Density Methods,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, August 2006).
Brandon Skinner, “2-Dimensional Magnetic Transducers For Stringed Instruments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, December 2006).

Steven Davis, “Considerations And Instructions For Measuring Three-Dimensional Directivity Patterns For Sources Of Time Varying Amplitude,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, July 2005).
Michael Dickerson, “Design, Construction, And The Testing Of An Electric Monochord With A Two-Dimensional Magnetic Pickup,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman, Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, December 2005).
Connor Duke, “High-Fidelity Sound Reproduction System,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, April 2005).
Bryan Keeler, “The Behavior Of A Loudspeaker Surround,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, November 2005).
Sarah Rollins, “Acoustics of the Salt Lake Tabernacle: Characterization and Study of Spatial Variation,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, November 2005).
Benjamin Shafer, “The Construction And Qualification Of A Reverberation Chamber For Sound Absorption And Sound Power Measurements,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, August 2005).
Sentagi Sesotya Utami, “An Acoustical Analysis of Domes Coupled to Rooms, with Special Application to the Darussholah Mosque, in East Java, Indonesia,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, August 2005).

Brian E Anderson, “Derivation of Moving-Coil Loudspeaker Parameters Using Plane Wave Tube Techniques,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, January 2004).
Ryan Chester, “Construction and Evaluation of an Acoustical Scale Model of a Mosque and a Miniature Human Voice Source,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, December 2004).
Kara Kemsley, “The Effects of Source Directivity on Room Acoustics Parameters,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, April 2004).
Heather Smith, “Geometric Acoustic Modeling of the LDS Conference Center,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, November 2004).