Background
Bies, David Alan was born on August 15, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Milton Irving and Frances E. (Mitchell) Bies.
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Mechanical engineering educator
Bies, David Alan was born on August 15, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Milton Irving and Frances E. (Mitchell) Bies.
Annual Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948, Master of Arts, 1951, Doctor of Philosophy, 1953. Staff physicist Bodine Soundrive, Los Angeles, 1954-1959. Consultant Bolt Beranek & Newman, Los Angeles, 1959-1972.
Reader department mechanic engineering U. Adelaide (Australia), 1972-1990.
Visiting research fellowship.
Staff physicist Bodine Soundrive, Los Angeles, 1954-1959. Consultant Bolt Beranek & Newman, 1959-1972. Reader department mechanical engineering University Adelaide, Australia, 1972-1990, visiting research fellow department mechanical engineering Australia, 1991—2002.
Retired, 2002.
( The practice of engineering noise control demands a sol...)
(The third edition of Engineering Noise Control has been t...)
(A comprehensive discussion of the theory of principles an...)
Fellow Acoustical Society of America, Australian Acoustical Society, International Institute Sound and Vibration. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Noise Control Engineering, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Margret Ormerod, November 24, 1954 (divorced 1985). 1 child, Carolyn Annual.