Center for Acoustics Research and Education

Center for Acoustics Research and Education
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At the Center for Acoustics Research and Education (CARE), researchers focus on how sound on land, in air, and under water can be used to monitor and assess impacts relating to national security concerns, food security, energy, environment, and health.
 

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    Oceanography Ph.D. '21
    Hilary is currently a Marine Bioacoustician for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in their Center for Marine Acoustics. There she synthesizes and uses the collective information available about impacts of human-made noise on marine life to help shape best management practices and inform policy.
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    Ocean Engineering M.S. '22
    Aditi is an Acoustic Engineer at Tetra Tech in Boston and part of the Noise Team specializing in underwater and in-air acoustics. She primarily performs acoustic modeling to estimate distances to thresholds of injury and behavioral disruption in marine mammals due to offshore construction.
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