• Ph.D., M.S., B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Acoustics, University of California, Berkeley
• Fellow: ASA
• Past President: NCAC (1980-1982)
• Member: AES, INCE, ASHRAE

Founded Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, Inc. in 1966. Extensive consulting experience includes mechanical equipment noise and vibration control, rapid transit systems, industrial noise, architectural acoustics, community noise, and expert witness testimony. Internationally recognized expert in rail transit noise and vibration control.

• Ph.D., M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, B.A. in Physics and Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• Member: ASA, NCAC, TRB, ASME
• Registered Mechanical Engineer

Areas of professional work include rail transportation noise and vibration control, optical table vibration and building vibration analyses and control for the micro-electronics and aero-space industries, environmental acoustics, and HVAC noise control. Areas of research include propagation and attenuation of vibration through soils and porous media, development of methods for predicting ground-borne noise and vibration from rail transit systems, and modeling of subway air pressure transients.

• Ph.D., M.S., B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Acoustics, University of California, Berkeley
• Member: ASA, NCAC, AEP, ASME
• Registered Mechanical Engineer

Professional experience includes analysis and design of noise and vibration control for rapid transit systems, highways, industrial facilities and HVAC systems; acoustical evaluation of architectural designs including residences, public buildings, and offices; expert witness investigation and testimony in cases involving residential acoustics; and site evaluation for vibration sensitive micro-electronics facilities. Project manager for numerous environmental noise and vibration studies on large transportation projects.

• M.S. in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University
• B.S. in Physics, Wagner College, New York
• Member: ASA, AES, INCE, Acust.Argentinos

Experienced in measurement, prediction and control of noise due to rapid transit systems, highways and industrial operations. Manages architectural acoustic projects involving sound isolation from exterior noise and between spaces; the evaluation, prediction and mitigation of HVAC noise as well as the acoustical design of interior spaces.

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• B.S. in Engineering: Acoustics, Stanford University
• Member: ASA, AES, INCE

Experienced in environmental noise and vibration measurement and analysis, prediction and control of noise due to highways and of noise and vibration due to rapid transit systems, in acoustical design of buildings, and in operation of environmental noise modeling computer program programs interfaced to a digitizer. Background in medical imaging acoustics.

• M.B.A., Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
• National Science Foundation Fellowship Recipient

Project experience has included environmental noise and vibration measurement and analysis on projects involving transportation systems, evaluation of noise and vibration insulation properties of residential structures, and calculation of noise levels associated with building HVAC and other mechanical systems.

• M.Sc. in Engineering Acoustics, University of Southampton, U.K.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Member: Institution of Engineers (Australia), Australian Acoustical Society

• M.S. in Acoustics, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
• Member: ASA, Director: NCAC (2002 to 2006), Vice Chairman: NCAC (2006 to present)

Projects include noise and vibration assessments for transit systems (rail, bus, automated people movers); product noise testing and design; community noise studies; HVAC system noise measurement, assessment, and mitigation; acoustical design of interior spaces; and acoustical and vibration design for high-tech manufacturing facilities.  Mr. Phillips also has extensive experience in acoustical analysis techniques used for the prediction of noise and vibration levels in structural-acoustic systems including Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Boundary Element Methods (BEM).

Gary M. Glickman - Senior Consultant

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Member:  ASA, AES, Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honors Society)

Mr. Glickman works on noise insulation for residential developments and schools, community noise and wayside noise and vibration control for rail transit systems.  His work has included field measurements of noise and vibration and engineering analyses.  He also has experience in predicting vibration levels in buildings using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

Carlos H. Reyes - Senior Consultant

• B.S. in Sound Engineering, University Vicente Perez, Santiago, Chile
• Member: ASA, AES

Projects include noise and vibration in residential developments and schools; community noise; and rail transit noise and vibration studies.  Mr. Reyes also has extensive experience in the use of computer software for modeling transportation related noise including the FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM) software.

Michael A. Amato - Associate/Laboratory Manager

• A.S. in Electronics Technology, Laney College
• Music Major, University of California, Berkeley (1976)
• Music Major, San Francisco State University (1974)

Mr. Amato has been involved in the design of speech and music sound reinforcement and masking systems for churches, conference rooms, and auditoriums; assisted engineering staff with field measurements, electronic analysis of noise and/or vibration data, and the graphical representation of data for reports; involved in the construction and/or modification of electronic equipment and circuit boards for use in laboratory and field work plus specialized electronic instrumentation for use in specific job-related projects; developed and performed tests of static and dynamic stiffness of resilient track fasteners. 

Patrick G. Faner - Assistant

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Since joining WIA, Mr. Faner has worked on projects involving transit noise and vibration.  His coursework at the University of California, Berkeley included mentored independent study in Acoustics.  He is proficient in the use of MATLAB, Simulink, C, C++, LabView, Solidworks, and AutoCAD.

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