Research Professor
USM Department of Marine Science
1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone: (228) 688-7128
Fax: (228) 688-1121
ralph.goodman@usm.edu

Education
Ph.D. : Physics, University of Michigan, 1958
M.S. : Physics, University of Michigan, 1952
B.S.E. : Physics, University of Michigan, 1951
B.S.E. : Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1950

Research Interests
o Environmental underwater acoustics
o Low frequency sea surface scattering
o High frequency scattering and propogation

Selected Publications
J. W. Caruthers, S. J. Elmore, and R. R. Goodman, "Acoustic attenuation in very shallow water due to the presence of bubbles in rip currents," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 106 (2), pp 617-625, December 1999.

M. J. Daley, K. E. Gilbert, R. R. Goodman, "An acoustic interferometer for measuring sound-speed variations in a turbulent fluid," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 106 (4), p 2294, December 1999.

P. A. Elmore, J. W. Cauruthers, R. R. Goodman, and S. J. Stanic, "Effects of bubbles on high frequency sound propagation in very shallow water," presented at the 135th Acoustical Society of America.

J. W. Caruthers, S. J. Stanic, P. A. Gilmore, and R. R. Goodman, "The Scripps Bubble Experiment of 1997," invited paper presented at the 135th Acoustic Society of America.

R. R. Goodman, J. W. Caruthers, and P. A. Elmore, "Dispersion Estimates for Bubbly Sea Water," presented at the 133rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, abstract in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 101, p 3196, 1997.