Ning Xiang () is a Chinese-American

acoustical Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

physicist, former Research Engineer of HEAD acoustics, and former Research Scientist of Fraunhofer Institut fuer Bauphysik, and of National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA). He is now Director and full professor of the Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics at

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

. He authored a textbook, ''Acoustics for Engineers'', (Springer) with

Jens Blauert Jens Peter Blauert (born 20 June 1938 in Hamburg) is a German scientist specializing in psychoacoustics and an emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics. His major scientific field ...

, and edited ''Acoustics, Information, and Communication'' (Springer) with Gerhard Sessler, a memorial volume in honor of

Manfred R. Schroeder Manfred Robert Schroeder (12 July 1926 – 28 December 2009) was a German physicist, most known for his contributions to acoustics and computer graphics. He wrote three books and published over 150 articles in his field. Born in Ahlen, he stud ...

in 2015. In 2017 he edited ''Architectural Acoustics Handbook'' (J. Ross Publishing). He is an expert in architectural acoustics, and received the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal from the Acoustical Society of America in 2014. Xiang was born in Tianjin, China to Xiang Yang, a high school principal. He received his undergraduate education studying communication engineering from Tianjin University in Tianjin, China and later received a doctorate in engineering after studying acoustics and communication engineering under

from

Ruhr-University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction bega ...

, Germany. Xiang is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and a Fellow of the

Institute of Acoustics Institute of Acoustics may refer to: * Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Institute of Acoustics (IOA, ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established in 1964 by the Chinese government in the context of China's natio ...

, United Kingdom. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to measurements and analysis techniques, and numerical simulation of sound fields in coupled rooms evidenced by his over 300 publications in journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. With

he developed binaural scale-modeling since 1991. He developed a new method in 1995 using nonlinear regression for estimating reverberation times. With James Sabatier he successfully applied acoustic-to-seismic coupling in landmine detection. With

he developed a simultaneous dual channel measurement method using reciprocal maximum-length sequences (2003). He is a promoter of Bayesian analysis in acoustics. Xiang was visiting professor at

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussi ...

(UPMC) in June 2013.

Books

*''

Acoustics for Engineers Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acousticia ...

'' ( Springer-Verlag, 1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2009. 3rd ed. 2021) *'' Acoustics, Information and Communication -- a Memorial Volume in Honor of

'' (with co-editor Gerhard Sessler, Springer-Verlag, 2015)

References

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