M.Sc. (ongoing), Ocean Acoustics, University
of Victoria
B.A., Engineering Physics,
University of British Columbia, 2000
Training Courses:
Marine Emergency Duties – A1
WHMIS
Helicopter Underwater Egress Training
BC Hydro PSSP Training
Specialties:
Acoustic propagation modeling
Underwater/in-air noise measurement
Acoustic data analysis
Scientific programming (modeling, signal
processing)
Acoustic particle velocity measurement
Hydrophone systems
Technical report writing
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Melanie has worked as acoustician at JASCO
since 2001. She has been involved
in numerous EA projects involving numerical acoustics
modeling and field monitoring studies. Her work has involved modeling sounds produced
by seismic airgun arrays,
vessel traffic, and marine construction equipment. She has participated in field
studies in the Mackenzie Delta, the St. Lawrence River, and the Arctic and Indian
Oceans as well as at Sakhalin Island in Russia measuring sound levels from marine
industrial noise sources. She has been the team leader for several field studies
in the South China Sea and in the Western region of Canada. She has also performed
in-air sound measurements to assess community impacts relating to construction noise.
She has performed extensive sound data analysis for these monitoring studies and
is proficient in the use and design of underwater sound recording equipment. Melanie
has co-authored several scientific reports, including a contribution to a refereed
publication. She has presented acoustic results at professional conferences and
at an Inuvialuit band council meeting. Melanie is approaching completion of
a Masters degree, specializing in underwater acoustic modelling.
