Elizabeth Thorp Küsel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Last Updated: 06/03/2009
Contact

Email : kusele@alum.rpi.edu

Address : Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Ave,
Boston, MA 02115, USA

Currently at : Oregon State University, NOAA / PMEL
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365, USA
Web: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/staff/kusel.html

Phone : +1 541-867-0319

"Neither timid nor reckless men should go to sea."

Arleigh A. ("31-Knot") Burke, Admiral, U.S. Navy
Research Interests Acoustic and seismic wave propagation, parabolic equation methods for underwater acoustics and seismic problems, acoustic and seismic data analysis, acoustical oceanography. Background
  1. Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2005
  2. M.S. Mathematics, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2003
  3. B.Sc. Oceanography, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001
Awards
  1. Research Assistantships, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002-2005.
  2. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics, Acoustical Society of America, 148th meeting, November 2004.
  3. Founders Award of Excellence (top 1% of students), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004.
Publications
  1. E. T. Küsel and P. Ratilal, "Effects of incident field refraction on scattered field from vertically extended cylindrical targets in range-dependent ocean waveguides". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 1930-1936, 2009.
  2. J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, F. B. Jensen, M. Zampoli, E. T. Küsel , and M. D. Collins, "Parabolic equation solution of seismo-acoustics problems involving variations in bathymetry and sediment thickness". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, 51-55, 2008.
  3. E. T. Küsel , W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, "The split-step Padé-Fourier solution". Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 93, 810-814, 2007.
  4. E. T. Küsel , W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, "A single-scattering correction for large contrasts in elastic layers". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 808-813, 2007.
  5. Michael D. Collins, Harry J. Simpson, Raymond J. Soukup, Jon M. Collis, Elizabeth T. Küsel , Wayne Jerzak, Donald A. Outing, and William L. Siegmann. "Parabolic Equation Techniques for Range-Dependent Seismo-Acoustics". AIP Conf. Proc. 834, 130-138, 2006.
  6. Saavedra, L., Dornelles, L. M. A., Santos, S. B., Absalão, R., Anjos, S. M. C., Melo, G .V., Stanton, N. S. G., Fonseca, E. M., Lime, L. M., Küsel, E. T. , Ribeiro, E. O., Lazillotta, A. A. A. & Esteves, F. A. "Oceanographic Characterization of the inner continental shelf near Cabo Frio, RJ, in the winter of 1995". Series Oecologia Brasiliensis, volume VII, PPGE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1999.
  7. L. M. A. Dornelles, L. M. Lima, and E. T. Küsel, "Heavy Metals in the bottom sediments of the continental shelf near Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil and its association with the textural facies". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 70 (2), 1998.
Presentations
  1. E. T. Küsel, D. K. Mellinger, L. Thomas, T. A. Marques, D. J. Moretti, and J. Ward, "Beaked whale density estimation from single hydrophones by means of propagation modeling". 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Portland, OR, United States, May 2009.
  2. E. T. Küsel, and P. Ratilal, "Calibration of a passive acoustic target scattered data from the Gulf of Maine". 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Portland, OR, United States, May 2009.
  3. E. T. Küsel, and P. Ratilal, "Model for scattered field from vertically extended targets in range-dependent ocean waveguides". 156th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Miami, FL, United States, November 2008.
  4. E. T. Küsel, M. Andrews, and P. Ratilal, "Theoretical modeling of active seismic detection of shallow buried tunnels". 154th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, LA, United States, November 2007.
  5. E. T. Küsel, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, "A single-scattering solution that handles large contrasts across interfaces". 148th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. San Diego, CA, United States, November 2004.
  6. E. T. Küsel, W. L. Siegmann, M. D. Collins, and J. F. Lingevitch, "Energy-conserving and single-scattering parabolic equation solutions for elastic media". 146th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Austin, TX, United States, November 2003.
  7. E. T. Küsel, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, "The split-step Padé-Fourier solution". 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Cancun, Mexico, December 2002.
  8. E. T. Küsel, and L. M. A. Dornelles, "Distribution of bottom sediments in the continental shelf near to Cabo Frio, RJ, in association with organic matter and calcium carbonate". IX National Oceanographic Week, Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil, October 1996.
Misc Density Estimation for Cetaceans from passive Acoustic Fixed sensors (DECAF) Mobysound: Marine animal calls database for research in automatic recognition. Laboratory for Acoustics and Remote Sensing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Road trip adventures from Boston, MA, to Newport, OR, Winter 2008/2009