2117 Robert Drive
Champaign, IL 61821
Phone:   (217) 359-6602   FAX:  (217) 359-3303
email:     [email protected]

Paul D. Schomer, Ph. D., P.E.

Member, Board Certified
Institute of Noise Control Engineering

Selected Major Publications | View All Major Publications

“Biases introduced by the fitting of functions to attitudinal survey data,” NOISE-CON 2005, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 17-19 October 2005.

"Criteria for assessment of noise annoyance," Noise Control Engineering Journal, 53 (4), 132-144, (July/August 2005).

"Overview of the theoretical development and experimental validation of blast sound absorbers,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 51(3), 70-80,  (May/June 2005).

"Basic results from full-scale tests at Ft. Drum," Noise Control Engineering Journal, 51(3), 94-109, (May/June 2005).

"Some Important Factors in Community Response to Sonic Booms," NOISECON 2004,  Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA, 12-14 July 2004.

“The importance of proper integration of and emphasis on the low-frequency sound energies for environmental noise assessment,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 52(1), 26-39, (January/February 2004).

“A statistical description of blast sound propagation,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 49(2), 79-87, (March/April 2001).

“Using fuzzy logic to validate blast noise monitor data,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 48(6), 193-205, (November/December 2000).

“A comparison between the use of loudness level weighting and loudness measures to asses environmental noise from combined sources,” INTERNOISE 2000, Paper No. 101, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, Nice, France, 27-30 August 2000.

“A test of proposed revisions to room noise criteria curves,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 48(4), 124-129, (July/August 2000).

“Proposed revisions to room noise criteria,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 48(3), 85-96, (May/June 2000).

“Loudness-Level Weighting for Environmental Noise Assessment,” Acustica and Acta Acustica, 86(1), 49-61 (January/February 2000).

“Revision to the ISO 1996 series--Description, measurement and assessment of environmental sound,” INTERNOISE 98, Paper No. 190, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 1998.

“Revision to the ISO 1996 series--Description, measurement and assessment of environmental sound,” INTERNOISE 98, Paper No. 190, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 1998.

“On spectral weightings to assess human response, indoors, to blast noise and sonic booms,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 46(2), (March/April 1998).

“Evaluation of a re-analysis of the relationship between the results obtained in laboratory and field studies on the annoyance caused by high-energy impulsive sounds,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 45(6), 251-255 (November/December 1997).

“A Comparative Study of Human Response to Blast Noise and Sonic Booms,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 45(4), 294--305 (July/August 1997).

“On the contribution of noticeability of environmental sounds to noise annoyance,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 44(6), 294--305 (November/December 1996).

“25 Years of progress in noise standardization,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 44(3), 141-148 (May/June 1996).

“Human and community response to military sounds:  Results from field-laboratory tests of small arms, 25 mm cannon, helicopter and blast sounds,” Noise Control Engineering Journal, 43(1), 1-13 (January/February 1995).

“Amendments to ISO Part 2: The Impulse Noise Penalty,” INTERNOISE 95, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, 851-856, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 1995.

“New descriptor for high-energy impulsive sounds,”  Noise Control Engineering Journal, 42(5), 179-191 (September/October 1994).

“SoundProp Fast, accurate prediction of sound propagation under varying weather conditions and over hard or soft surfaces,” INTERNOISE 94, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, Yokohama, Japan, August 1994.

“Time-average aircraft noise descriptors; Confusion with no benefit,” INTERNOISE 92, 2, 987-992, Institute of Noise Control Engineering International, Toronto, Canada, July 1992.

“Indoor human response to blast sounds that generate rattles,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 86(2), August 1989.

“The role of Helicopter noise-induced vibration and rattle in human response,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 81(4), April 1987.

“Noise monitoring in the vicinity of a general aviation airport,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(4), April 1983.

“Sampling strategies for monitoring noise in the vicinity of airports,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73(6), June 1983.

“An analysis of community complaints to noise,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73(4), April 1983.

“Temporal sampling requirements for estimation of long-term average sound levels in the vicinity of aircraft,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 69(3), March 1981.

“Development of temporal sampling strategies for monitoring noise,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 66(3), September 1979.

“Measurement and characterization of off-road construction vehicle noise,”  NOISECON73, 247-249, 1974.