CURRICULUM
VITAE
Michael D. Collins
Naval Research Laboratory
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Member, American Geophysical Union
R. Bruce Lindsay Award, Acoustical Society of America (1993)
A. B. Wood Medal, Institute of Acoustics (1993)
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Ph.D. Applied Mathematics (1988)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. Mathematics (1982)
1. M. D. Collins, “Low-Frequency, Bottom-Interacting Pulse Propagation in Range-Dependent Oceans,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 13, 222–228 (1988).
2. M. D. Collins, H. B. Ali, M. J. Authement, A. Nagl, H. Überall, J. F. Miller, and J. I. Arvelo, “Low-Frequency Sound Interaction with a Sloping, Refracting Ocean Bottom,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 13, 235–244 (1988).
3. M. D. Collins, “The Time-Domain Solution of the Wide-Angle Parabolic Equation Including the Effects of Sediment Dispersion,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 84, 2114–2125 (1988).
4. M. D. Collins, “A Nearfield Asymptotic Analysis for Underwater Acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, 1107–1114 (1989).
5. M. D. Collins and M. F. Werby, “A Parabolic Equation Model for Scattering in the Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, 1895–1902 (1989).
6. M. D. Collins, “Applications and Time-Domain Solution of Higher-Order Parabolic Equations in Underwater Acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 86, 1097–1102 (1989).
7. M. D. Collins, “A Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Wave Propagation in an Ocean Overlying an Elastic Bottom,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 86, 1459–1464 (1989).
8. M. D. Collins, “The Rotated Parabolic Equation and Sloping Interfaces,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 1035–1037 (1990).
9. M. D. Collins and S. A. Chin-Bing, “A Three-Dimensional Parabolic Equation Model that Includes the Effects of Rough Boundaries,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 1104–1109 (1990).
10. M. D. Collins, “Benchmark Calculations for Higher-Order Parabolic Equations,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 1535–1538 (1990).
11. W. A. Kuperman, M. D. Collins, J. S. Perkins, and N. R. Davis, “Optimal Time-Domain Beamforming with Simulated Annealing Including Application of A Priori Information,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 1802–1810 (1990).
12. M. D. Collins, “Higher-Order Padé Approximations for Accurate and Stable Elastic Parabolic Equations with Application to Interface Wave Propagation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 1050–1057 (1991).
13. M. D. Collins and E. K. Westwood, “A Higher-Order Energy-Conserving Parabolic Equation for Range-Dependent Ocean Depth, Sound Speed, and Density,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 1068–1075 (1991).
14. M. D. Collins and W. A. Kuperman, “Focalization: Environmental Focusing and Source Localization,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 90, 1410–1422 (1991).
15. M. D. Collins and R. B. Evans, “A Two-Way Parabolic Equation for Acoustic Back Scattering in the Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91, 1357–1368 (1992).
16. M. D. Collins, “A Self-Starter for the Parabolic Equation Method,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 2069–2074 (1992).
17. M. D. Collins, W. A. Kuperman, and H. Schmidt, “Nonlinear Inversion for Ocean-Bottom Properties,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 2770–2783 (1992).
18. M. D. Collins, “A Split-Step Padé Solution for the Parabolic Equation Method,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 1736–1742 (1993).
19. M. D. Collins, “A Two-Way Parabolic Equation for Elastic Media,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 1815–1825 (1993).
20. M. D. Collins, J. S. Berkson, W. A. Kuperman, N. C. Makris, and J. S. Perkins, “Applications of Optimal Time-Domain Beamforming,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 1851–1865 (1993).
21. M. D. Collins, “An Energy-Conserving Parabolic Equation for Elastic Media,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 94, 975–982 (1993).
22. M. D. Collins, “The Adiabatic Mode Parabolic Equation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 94, 2269–2278 (1993).
23. M. D. Collins, L. T. Fialkowski, W. A. Kuperman, and J. S. Perkins, “Environmental Source Tracking,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 94, 3335–3341 (1993).
24. M. D. Collins and W. A. Kuperman, “Overcoming Ray Chaos,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95, 3167–3170 (1994).
25. M. D. Collins, “Generalization of the Split-Step Padé Solution,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 382–385 (1994).
26. G. J. Orris and M. D. Collins, “The Spectral Parabolic Equation and Three-Dimensional Back Scattering,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1725–1731 (1994).
27. M. D. Collins, N. C. Makris, and L. T. Fialkowski, “Noise Cancellation and Source Localization,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1773–1776 (1994).
28. B. E. McDonald, M. D. Collins, W. A. Kuperman, and K. D. Heaney, “Comparison of Data and Model Predictions for Heard Island Acoustic Transmissions,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 2357–2370 (1994).
29. M. D. Collins and W. A. Kuperman, “Inverse Problems in Ocean Acoustics,” Inv. Probs. 10, 1023–1040 (1994).
30. M. D. Collins, L. T. Fialkowski, W. A. Kuperman, and J. S. Perkins, “The Multivalued Bartlett Processor and Source Tracking,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 235–241 (1995).
31. M. D. Collins, B. E. McDonald, K. D. Heaney, and W. A. Kuperman, “Three-Dimensional Effects in Global Acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 1567–1575 (1995).
32. M. D. Collins, B. E. McDonald, W. A. Kuperman, and W. L. Siegmann, “Jovian Acoustics and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 2147–2158 (1995).
33. M. D. Collins, R. A. Coury, and W. L. Siegmann, “Beach Acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 2767–2770 (1995).
34. M. D. Collins and L. Fishman, “Efficient Navigation of Parameter Landscapes,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 1637–1644 (1995).
35. M. D. Collins, W. A. Kuperman, and W. L. Siegmann, “A Parabolic Equation for Poro-Elastic Media,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 1645–1656 (1995).
36. M. D. Collins, R. J. Cederberg, D. B. King, and S. A. Chin-Bing, “Comparison of Algorithms for Solving Parabolic Wave Equations,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 178–182 (1996).
37. R. J. Cederberg and M. D. Collins, “Application of an Improved Self-Starter to Geoacoustic Inversion,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 22, 102–109 (1997).
38. M. D. Collins, J. F. Lingevitch, and W. L. Siegmann, “Wave Propagation in Poro-Acoustic Media,” Wave Motion 25, 265–272 (1997).
39. R. J. Cederberg, M. D. Collins, H. Schmidt, and W. L. Siegmann, “Rational Operators for Filtering,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 2518–2523 (1997).
40. L. T. Fialkowski, M. D. Collins, J. S. Perkins, and W. A. Kuperman, “Source Localization in Noisy and Uncertain Shallow Water Environments,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 3539–3545 (1997).
41. R. S. Kulkarni, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “Nonlinear Wide-Angle Paraxial Acoustic Propagation in Shallow-Water Channels,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 224–232 (1997).
42. A. T. Abawi, W. A. Kuperman, and M. D. Collins, “The Coupled Mode Parabolic Equation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 233–238 (1997).
43. M. D. Collins, B. E. McDonald, W. A. Kuperman, and W. L. Siegmann, “Jovian Acoustic Matched-Field Processing,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 2487–2493 (1997).
44. J. F. Lingevitch and M. D. Collins, “Wave Propagation in Range-Dependent Poro-Acoustic Waveguides,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 783–790 (1998).
45. R. S. Kulkarni, W. L. Siegmann, M. D. Collins, and B. E. McDonald, “Nonlinear Pulse Propagation in Shallow-Water Environments with Attenuating and Dispersive Sediments,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 1356–1362 (1998).
46. M. D. Collins and W. L. Siegmann, “A Complete Energy-Conservation Correction for the Elastic Parabolic Equation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105, 687–692 (1999).
47. M. D. Collins and J. F. Lingevitch, “Secular Behavior and Breakdown of Chaotic Ray Solutions,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 24, 232–236 (1999).
48. J. F. Lingevitch, M. D. Collins, and W. L. Siegmann, “Parabolic Equations for Gravity and Acousto-Gravity Waves,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105, 3049–3056 (1999).
49. M. D. Collins, “The Stabilized Self Starter,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 1724–1726 (1999).
50. D. K. Dacol, M. D. Collins, and J. F. Lingevitch, “An Efficient Parabolic Equation Solution Based on the Method of Undetermined Coefficients,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 1727–1731 (1999).
51. M. D. Collins, “Wave-Number Sampling at Short Range,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 2535–2539 (1999).
52. M. D. Collins, W. A. Kuperman, B. E. McDonald, and W. L. Siegmann, “Parabolic Equation Modeling of Azimuthally Advected Gravity Waves,” Wave Motion 31, 131–138 (2000).
53. A. J. Fredricks, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “A Parabolic Equation for Anisotropic Elastic Media,” Wave Motion 31, 139–146 (2000).
54. J. F. Lingevitch and M. D. Collins, “Estimating Elastic Sediment Properties with the Self Starter,” Wave Motion 31, 157–163 (2000).
55. M. J. Mills, M. D. Collins, and J. F. Lingevitch, “Two-Way Parabolic Equation Techniques for Diffraction and Scattering Problems,” Wave Motion 31, 173–180 (2000).
56. L. T. Fialkowski, M. D. Collins, W. A. Kuperman, J. S. Perkins, L. J. Kelly, A. Larsson, J. A. Fawcett, and L. Hall, “Matched-Field Processing Using Measured Replica Fields,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 739–746 (2000).
57. M. D. Collins and D. K. Dacol, “A Mapping Approach for Handling Sloping Interfaces,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 1937–1942 (2000).
58. M. D. Collins, H. Schmidt, and W. L. Siegmann, “An Energy-Conserving Spectral Solution,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 1964–1966 (2000).
59. L. T. Fialkowski, J. S. Perkins, M. D. Collins, M. Nicholas, and J. A. Fawcett, “Matched-Field Source Tracking by Ambiguity Surface Averaging,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 739–746 (2001).
60. J. F. Lingevitch, M. D. Collins, D. K. Dacol, D. P. Drob, J. C. W. Rogers, and W. L. Siegmann, “A Wide Angle and High Mach Number Parabolic Equation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 729–734 (2002).
61. J. F. Lingevitch, M. J. Mills, M. D. Collins, and R. B. Evans, “A Two-Way Parabolic Equation that Accounts for Multiple Scattering,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 476–480 (2002).
62. W. Jerzak, M. D. Collins, R. B. Evans, J. F. Lingevitch, and W. L. Siegmann, “Parabolic Equation Techniques for Seismic Waves,” Pure Appl. Geophys. 159, 1681–1689 (2002).
63. D. C. Calvo, M. D. Collins, and D. K. Dacol, “Higher-Order On-Surface Radiation Conditions Derived from an Analytic Representation of a Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map,” IEEE Trans. Ant. Prop. 51, 1607–1614 (2003).
64. L. T. Fialkowski, J. F. Lingevitch, J. S. Perkins, D. K. Dacol, and M. D. Collins, “Geoacoustic Inversion Using a Rotated Coordinate System and Simulated Annealing,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 28, 370–379 (2003).
65. W. Jerzak, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “Modeling Rayleigh and Stonely Waves and other Interface and Boundary Effects with the Parabolic Equation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 3497–3503 (2005).
66. R. N. Baer and M. D. Collins, “Source Localization in the Presence of Internal Waves,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118, 3117–3121 (2005).
67. R. N. Baer and M. D. Collins, “Source Localization in the Presence of Gross Sediment Uncertainties,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 870–874 (2006).
68. D. A. Outing, W. L. Siegmann, M. D. Collins, and E. K. Westwood, “Generalization of the Rotated Parabolic Equation to Variable Slopes,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3534–3538 (2006).
69. E. T. Küsel, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “A Single-Scattering Correction for Large Contrasts in Elastic Layers,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 808–813 (2007).
70. E. T. Küsel, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “The Split-Step Padé-Fourier Solution,” Acta Acustica united with Acustica 93, 810–814 (2007).
71. D. A. Outing, W. L. Siegmann, and M. D. Collins, “Scholte-to-Rayleigh Conversion and Other Effects in Range-Dependent Elastic Media,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 32, 620–625 (2007).
72. J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, M. D. Collins, H. J. Simpson, and R. J. Soukup, “Comparisons of Simulations and Data from a Seismo-Acoustic Tank Experiment,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 1987–1993 (2007).
73. J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, F. B. Jensen, M. Zampolli, E. T. Küsel, and M. D. Collins, “Parabolic Equation Solution of Seismo-Acoustics Problems Involving Variations in Bathymetry and Layer Thickness,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, 51–55 (2008).
74. J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, M. Zampolli, and M. D. Collins, “Extension of the Rotated Elastic Parabolic Equation to Beach and Island Propagation,” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. 34, 617–623 (2009).