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Reflections from Highway Noise Barriers and Use of Absorptive Materials in the U.S.: Why Small Increases in Noise Levels may Deserve Serious Consideration, Published Paper

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2233, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 161-166. Christopher W. Menge

Port Columbus, Ohio, International Airport Southwest Noise Berm-Wall Project: Comparison of General Prediction Method and ISO 9613-2 Computations, Published Paper

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2233, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 167-177. Timothy Johnson

Caution, Proceed at Your Own Risk: Navigating the Regulatory Seascape for Marine Renewables (4.4 mb)

New England Marine Renewable Energy Conference
November 2011
Cambridge, MA
Stephen B. Barrett

Environmental Effects of Sediment Transport Alteration and Impacts on Protected Species: Edgartown Tidal Energy Project (4.1 mb)

US Department of Energy Wind and Water Power Program
November 2011
Arlington, VA
Stephen B. Barrett

A Description of FAA Airport Sustainability Initiative (7.7 mb)

Green Eggs: Green Airports
September 2011
Falmouth, ME 
Phil M. DeVita

WORKSHOP 2: The ABCs of Environmental Assessments 
Pages1-20 (4 mb), Pages 21-38 (3 mb)

Global PBN Summit
September 2011
Seattle, WA
Mary Ellen Eagan

Noise Study for a Very Quiet Roller Coaster (4 mb), Published Paper

Noise-Con 2011
July 2011
Portland, OR
Christopher W. Menge

Municipal Wind Turbine Community Complaints and Noise Measurement Evaluation (6.8 mb), Published Paper

Noise-Con 2011
July 2011
Portland, OR
Christopher W. Menge

Application of the Federal Railroad Administration Noise Model to New High Speed (4 mb), Published Paper

Noise-Con 2011
July 2011
Portland, OR
Jason C. Ross,
Carl E. Hanson,
Lance D. Meister

Feasibility of a Directive On-Board Locomotive Audible Warning Device (6 mb), Published Paper

Noise-Con 2011
July 2011
Portland, OR
Jason Ross,
Timothy Johnson

Technical Guidance for Evaluating Selected Solar Technologies on Airports (the Solar Guide), Part 1 (7 mb),  Part 2 (6 mb)

UC Davis Aviation Noise and Air Quality Symposium
March 2011
Tucson, AZ
Philip M. DeVita

Noise 101, Module 3 - Effects of Aircraft noise on People (1.3 mb) 

UC Davis Aviation Noise and Air Quality Symposium
March 2011
Tucson, AZ
Mary Ellen Eagan

Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65 dB (2.8 mb) 

TRB Annual Meeting
Aviation Noise Subcommittee, ADC40(3)
January 23-27, 2011
Washington, D.C.
Mary Ellen Eagan

A comparison of noise impacts of intercity rail and short-haul air travel (5.8 mb) 

TRB Annual Meeting
Aviation Noise Subcommittee, ADC40(3)
January 23-27, 2011
Washington, D.C.
Mary Ellen Eagan,
Ruth A. Mazur 
2010

Regional Analysis Testing with AEDT (1 mb)

AEDT DRG Meeting
December 2010
Burlington, MA
Robert C. Mentzer

Falmouth Wind Turbine Noise Study Presentation (4.8 mb) Falmouth Wind Turbine Noise Study Report (4.8 mb) 

EBC New England Land-Based Wind Energy Conference
November 22, 2010
Boston, MA
Christopher W. Menge

Tire-Pavement Noise Evaluation Using On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) Measurements

Northeast Pavement Preservation Partnership
November 8, 2010
Portsmouth, NH

Douglas E. Barrett
The History of DNL 65 and Implications for Future Noise Policy (1 mb) FAA New England Region 2010 Airports Conference
November 1-2, 2010
Waltham, MA
Mary Ellen Eagan
Evaluation of the Ground-Borne Vibration Reduction Properties of Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) on the Denver RTD Light Rail System (1.9 mb)

10th International Workshop on Railway Noise
October 2010
Nagahama, Japan

David A. Towers, P.E.
Noise and Vibration Considerations on Shared-Use Rail Corridors (3 mb) 2010 Railroad Environmental Conference
October 2010
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Lance D. Meister
NextGen Environmental Review Processes
The Risk of CatEx-ing RNAV
 (5.3 mb)

AAAE Conference on The Role of NextGen at Airports
October 2010
Denver, CO

Robert L. Miller
Solar Guidance for Airports: Information for Sponsors on Developing Airport Compatible Solar Projects (2.1 mb) Association of California Airports
September 2010
California
Philip M. DeVita
Update: National Ambient Air Quality Standards (3 mb) Association of California Airports
September 2010
California
Philip M. DeVita
Reflections from Highway Noise Barriers and the Use of Absorptive Materials in the U.S. (6 mb) TRB Committee ADC40 Summer Meeting
July 2010
Denver, CO
Christopher W. Menge,
Douglas E. Barrett 
Baltimore Grand Prix Noise Study (7 mb) TRB Committee ADC40 Summer Meeting
July 2010
Denver, CO
Christopher W. Menge
Port Columbus International Airport Southwest Berm/Wall Design Study (3.5 mb)

TRB Committee ADC40 Summer Meeting
July 2010
Denver, CO

Douglas E. Barrett
Passive and Active Noise Control For Next Generation Locomotive Cabs (1.5 mb)
APTA Rail Conference 2010
June 5-6, 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jason C. Ross
Solar Guidance for Airports: Information for Sponsors on Developing Airport Compatible Solar Project (6.2 mb)
FAA Western Pacific Regional Conference
June 3, 2010
Los Angeles, CA
Stephen B. Barrett
Solar Guidance for Airports: Information for Sponsors on Developing Compatible Solar Projects ACI-NA Spring Conference
April 16, 2010
San Antonio, TX
Stephen B. Barrett
Solar Siting and Feasibility Analysis AAAE Airports Energy Efficiency Forum
February 19, 2010
Seattle, Washington
Stephen B. Barrett

Airspace & Far Term NEXTGEN (2.8 mb)

Airport Planning Design and Construction Symposium
February 2010
Atlanta, GA
Diana B. Wasiuk
Climate Change and Regulation; Potential Implications for Airports (1.4 mb) SWAAAE Airport Management Short Course Conference
January 23-27, 2010
Monterey, CA
Philip M. DeVita
2009
Overview of Current Aviation Noise Issues (1.7 mb) ACI-NA Environmental Affairs Seminar
October 11, 2009
Austin, TX
Mary Ellen Eagan
Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65 dB (3.2 mb) AAAE Airport Noise and Mitigation Symposium
October 5, 2009
Boca Raton, FL
Mary Ellen Eagan
Setting limits for acceptable noise in National Parks (119 kb) inter•noise 2009
August 2009
Ottawa, Canada
Nicholas P. Miller
Development of passive and active noise control for next generation locomotive cabs (420 kb) inter•noise 2009
August 2009
Ottawa, Canada
Timothy M. Johnson
Carl E. Hanson,
Jason E. Ross
Is drag racing louder than a NASCAR speedway? (Paper, 890 kb) (presentation, 1.3 mb) inter•noise 2009
August 2009
Ottawa, Canada
Timothy M. Johnson,
Christopher W. Menge
Challenges and pitfalls in the acoustical design of noise barriers for P3 Projects (1 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee
July 2009
Dayton, Ohio
Christopher W. Menge
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol "Create a Barrier of Silence" Design Contest (3.2 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee
July 2009
Dayton, Ohio
Douglas E. Barrett
How many people could be awakened by a full night of aircraft (or other) noise events (5.3 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee
July 2009
Dayton, Ohio
Nicholas P. Miller
The Role of Existing Barriers in Roadway Widening (3.4 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee
July 2009
Dayton, Ohio
Robyn V. Hartz
Comparison of Community Noise from Wayside Horns and Locomotive Mounted Horns, Part 1 (4mb) Part 2 (4 mb) APTA Rail Transit Conference
June 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Lance D. Meister
ACRP Project 03-03 Enhancing Airport Land
Use Compatibility: Case Study of Airport Experiences (188 kb)
National Aviation System Planning Symposium
May 2009
Pacific Grove, CA
Eugene M. Reindel
Survey of Helicopter Noise Abatement Procedures (1.9 mb) Florida Airports Council
Noise & Community Affairs
Committee Meeting
January 2009
Ted Baldwin
NextGen Environmental Issues: What Florida Airports need to know (2.2 mb) Florida Airports Council
Environmental & Noise Conference
January 2009
Daytona Beach, FL
Mary Ellen Eagan
2008
Recommended Metrics to Better Quantify the effects of Aircraft Noise on Populations Around Airports (2.7 mb) ANMS
October 2008
San Antonio, Texas
Nicholas P. Miller
How Many People will be awakened by Nighttime Aircraft Noise? (380 kb) ICBEN
July 2008
Fox Woods, Connecticut
Nicholas P. Miller
Effective and Cooperative Noise Abatement Implementation at New Racetrack, paper (4.2 mb) and presentation (6.3 mb), Published Paper NOISE-CON 2008
July 2008
Dearborn, Michigan
Christopher W. Menge
Noise Level Reduction Measurement Methods for Sound-insulated Structures (32kb), Published Paper NOISE-CON 2008
July 2008
Dearborn, Michigan
John C. Freytag,
Eugene M. Reindel
Computing Number of People Awakened by Aircraft Operations Noise (200 kb) Acoustics '08
June 2008
Paris, France
Nicholas P. Miller
US National Parks and management of park soundscapes: A review (900 kb). This article is copyrighted by the  Elsevier Ltd. and appears on this website with permission. For a copy please go to www.elsevier.com/locate/apacoust Applied Acoustics 69 (2008) Nicholas P. Miller
2007
Challenges and Promises in Mitigating Transportation Noise (300 kb) The National Academy of Engineering
The Bridge, Fall 2007 issue
Co-authored by Dr. Carl E. Hanson of HMMH, along with Professor Ian Waitz of MIT and Dr. Robert Bernhard of Notre Dame University
The Little Book of Quieter Pavements and Accompanying Listening Experiences (2.3 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee
Summer 2007
Robert Otto Rasmussen, Eric P. Mun, The Transtec Group, Inc., Robert J. Bernhard, Purdue University, Nicholas P. Miller, Christopher W. Menge, Douglas E. Barrett, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, Inc., Ulf Sandberg, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), Mark Swanlund, Federal Highway Administration, Mark Ferroni, Federal Highway Administration
Alternative analysis of sleep-awakening data (1.7 mb) Article, Noise Control Eng.
J. 55(2), p. 224, 2007 March-April
Nicholas P. Miller,
Grant Anderson
Health Effects of Aviation Noise (500 kb) UC Davis Symposium on Aviation Noise and Air Quality
March 2007
Doug E. Barrett
Using ‘Supplemental  Metrics’ to Address the Effects of Noise on People (9 mb) UC Davis Symposium on Aviation Noise and Air Quality
March 2007
Mary Ellen Eagan
Using Supplemental Metrics to Communicate Aircraft Noise Effects, Paper (2.6 mb), Presentation (4.7 mb) TRB Annual Meeting
January 2007
Mary Ellen Eagan
2006
A Very Difficult TNM Quiz (300 kb) TRB ADC40 Committee Noise and Vibration Conference
Summer 2006
Grant Anderson
Using ‘Supplemental Metrics’ to Address the Effects of Noise on People (6.5 mb) TRB ADC40 Committee Noise and Vibration Conference
Summer 2006
Mary Ellen Eagan
Aircraft Noise Modeling from Gate to Enroute Airspace UC Davis Symposium on Aviation
Palm Springs, CA
March 2006
Robert L. Miller,
David A. Crandall
Survey Results: Noise Operations Monitoring System Users (NOMS) (300 kb) UC Davis Symposium on Aviation
Palm Springs, CA
March 2006
Eugene M. Reindel
Environmental Ground-Borne Vibrations from Train Operations in the US 36 Corridor (Denver-Boulder, CO) (600 kb) 2006 TRB Annual Meeting Washington, DC
January 2006
David A. Towers, P.E.
Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration Prediction Approaches (2 mb) Rail Transportation Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration Prediction Workshop
2006 TRB Annual Meeting Washington, DC
January 2006
David A. Towers, P.E.
Soundscape Design for Urban Parks (2.5 mb) New Partners for Smart Growth Denver, Colorado
January 27, 2006
Douglas E. Barrett
A Pragmatic Re-analysis of Sleep Disturbance Due to Aircraft Noise (645 kb) 2006 TRB Annual Meeting
January 2006
session 349: Environmental Metrics for Policy Makers
Mary Ellen Eagan
2005
Noise Assessment Leading to the FRA Rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Grade Crossings (2.3 mb) 2005 Railroad Environmental Conference
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL October 26, 2005
Lance Meister
A Pragmatic Re-Analysis of Sleep Disturbance Data (1.8 mb), Published Paper NOISE-CON 2005 Nicholas P. Miller,
Grant Anderson
Assessment of Community Reaction to Proposed Club Racetrack (1.5 mb), Published Paper NOISE-CON 2005 Christopher Menge
Success of the Naples Part 161 Study for a Stage 2 Ban (1.3 mb) ACI Environmental Committee Toronto, Canada
September 18, 2005
Ted Baldwin
Housing and the Sound Environment (525 kb)This article is copyrighted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Land Development magazine and appears on this website with permission. The content cannot be copied or reproduced without written permission from NAHB. Land Development National Association of Home Builders,
Vol.18, No. 3
Summer 2005
Nicholas P. Miller
Collection and Analysis of Natural Sounds Data in National Parks (900 kb) Transportation Research Board Washington, DC
January 2005
Jason C. Ross
What is Natural Soundscape (900 kb) Transportation Research Board Washington, DC
January 2005
Nicholas P. Miller
2004
Hot Topics in Aircraft Noise (980 kb) Florida Airports Council
Environmental and Noise Conference Delray Beach, Florida
October 10, 2004
Mary Ellen Eagan
Urban Soundscapes: What Should a Public Space Sound Like (370 kb) Build Boston Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
November 16, 2004
Douglas E. Barrett
Relation Between Aircraft Noise Reduction in Schools and Standardized Test Scores (340 kb) FICAN Public Forum at
UC Berkeley Noise Symposium
Palm Springs, CA
February 2004
Mary Ellen Eagan,
Grant Anderson,
Bradley Nicholas
2003
Airport Ground Operations Noise and Low Frequency Noise (2.8 mb) Florida Airports Council
7th Annual Environmental and Noise Conference
Delray Beach, FL
October 2003
Douglas E. Barrett
Acoustical Acceptance Testing of Portland International Airport Ground Run-up Enclosure (700 kb) Winner of the "24th Annual Harter Rupert Award for the Best Paper on Transportation Noise, presented by TRB Committee A1F04 on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration."
Transportation Research Board Washington, DC
January 2003
Douglas E. Barrett
2002
Overcoming Instrument Noise Floors When Measuring in Quiet Environments (208 kb) inter•noise 2002
Dearborn, MI
August 2002
Jason C. Ross
Transportation noise and Recreational lands (1.1 mb) inter•noise 2002
Dearborn, MI
August 2002
Nicholas P. Miller
Residential impact criteria and abatement strategies for roller coaster noise (1.1 mb) inter•noise 2002
Dearborn, MI
August 2002
Christopher W. Menge
Noise Data from Snowmobile Pass-bys: The Significance of Frequency Content (560 kb) National Park Service
January 2002
Christopher W. Menge,
Jason C. Ross
2001
Overview of Noise Metrics and Acoustical Objectives (200 kb) AAAE Sound Insulation Symposium Palm Springs, CA
October 2001
Eugene M. Reindel
A Proposal for Acoustic Data Collection in Parks and Wilderness Areas (400 kb) inter•noise 2001
The Hague, The Netherlands
August 2001
Nicholas P. Miller
Effects of Military Aircraft Overflights on Recreational Users of National Parks (500 kb) inter•noise 2001
The Hague, The Netherlands
August 2001
Nicholas P. Miller
2000
Acela noise and Vibration Measurements (6 mb) Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
January 2000
Carl E. Hanson
Noise from amusement park attractions: Sound level data and abatement strategies (830 kb) Noise Control Engineering Journal
1999 September-October
Volume 47, Number 5
Christopher W. Menge