Ning Xiang
| Ning Xiang | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ning Xiang TianJin, China |
| Nationality | American (Chinese) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater |
Tianjin University (Tianjin, China Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
| Known for |
Acoustics Architectural Acoustics, and Signal Processing in Acoustics |
| Awards | Wallace Clement Sabine Medal (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
Acoustics Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | HEAD acoustics GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany Fraunhofer Institut fuer Bauphysik, Stuttgart Germany National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA), University of Mississippi Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Jens Blauert |
| Doctoral students | Yun Jing Alexander Bockman Philip Robinson Jonathan Botts Cameron Fackler |
| Influenced | by Leo Beranek, Manfred R. Schroeder, Jens Blauert |
Ning Xiang (Chinese: 向宁) is a Chinese-American acoustics expert, former Research Engineer of HEAD acoustics, and former Research Scientist of Fraunhofer Institut fuer Bauphysik, and of National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA). He is now Director and full processor of the Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He authored a textbook, Acoustics for Engineers, (Springer) with Jens Blauert, and edited Acoustics, Information, and Communication (Springer) with Gerhard Sessler, a memorial volume in honor of Manfred R. Schroeder in 2015. In 2017 he edited Architectural Acoustics Handbook (J. Ross Publishing).
He is an expert in architectural acoustics, and received the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal from the Acoustical Society of America in 2014.
Xiang was born in TianJin, China to Yang Xiang, a high school principal. He received his undergraduate education studying communication engineering from Tianjin University in Tianjin, China and later received a doctorate in engineering after studying acoustics and communication engineering under Jens Blauert from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Ning Xiang is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to measurements and analysis techniques, and numerical simulation of sound fields in coupled rooms evidenced by his over 300 publications in journals, magazines, and conference proceedings.
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