A journey with Bill Kuperman from ocean acoustics to structural health monitoring

Bill Kuperman had a tremendous impact on ocean acoustics through his research focusing on sound propagation, analysis, and sources localization. His work would combine modeling, signal processing, and experimental developments. Eager to learn and interact with other fields, he has also contributed to the development of source localization and structure characterization methods for other fields, such as structural acoustics, ultrasonic non-destructive testing, or structural health monitoring. In particular, he was a pioneer in developing Matched Field processing for source localization or for structure characterization in diffuse or reverberating environments. This presentation will talk about his extended contributions to source localization and structure characterization in such environments in the fields of underwater acoustics, structural acoustics, non-destructive testing, and structural health monitoring.