Gopu Potty

  • Professor Research
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Phone: 401.874.6591
  • Email: gpotty@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Middleton Building, Rm 115
    Narragansett Bay Campus
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  • Accepting Students: Yes

Research

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Acoustic Signal Processing
  • Wave Propagation
  • Comprehensive Acoustics
  • Comprehensive Acoustic System Simulation
  • Gaussian Ray Bundling

Education

  • Ph.D., Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 2000
  • M.S., Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1987
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Kerala, India, 1985

Selected Publications

McNeese AR,Wilson PR, Garcia DD, et al. Use of the rupture induced, underwater sound source in the New England mud patch. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 152(4), A102-A19. doi: 10.1121/10.0015682
Dall’Otso DR, Dahl PH, Potty GR, Miller JH. Vector properties of the low-frequency acoustic waves generated by earthquakes of the New England Bight. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 152(4), A192-A192. doi: 10.1121/10.0015994
Uffelen LV, Miller JH, Potty GR. Underwater acoustics and ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 152(4), A145-A145. doi: 10.1121/10.0015761
Case JFL, McNeese AR, Wilson PS, Miller JH, Potty GR. Acoustic modeling of ducted propagation in the New England Mud Patch. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 152(4), A145-A145. doi: 10.1121/10.0015842
Miller JH, Potty GR, Lin Y-T, Hoyer F. Measurements of interface waves in the New England Mud Patch and estimation of the properties of the mud layer and underlying sand. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 152(4), A145-A145. doi: 10.1121/10.0015842
Quinn MCL, Baxter CDP, Potty GR. Distributed Acoustic Sensing Soil for Infrastructure Monitoring SNR Evaluation. Géotechnique Letters, 2022; 12(3), 1-16. doi: 10.1680/jgele.21.00088
Lin Y-T, Newhall AE, Miller JH, et al. Passive acoustic monitoring during the construction of the Coastal Virginia offshore Wind project. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 2022; 141(4), A239-A239. doi: 10.1121/10.0011187
Amaral JL, Miller JH, Potty GR, et al. Analysis of underwater sounds from impact pile driving at the Block Island Wind Farm. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 2022; 151(4), A239-A240. doi: 10.1121/10.0011188
Lin YT, Uffelen LJV, Miller JH, Potty GR, Vigness-Raposa KJ. Horizontal refraction and diffraction of underwater sound around an island. The journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 151(3), 1684-1694. doi: 10.1121/10.0009672
Bonnel J, Dosso S, Knoebels DP, et al. Trans-dimensional geoacoustic inversion on a range-dependent track: Using chirp subbottom survey data as prior information for seabed layering. The journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021; 150(4), A156-A156. doi: 10.1121/10.0007970
Potty GR, Miller JH, Bonnel J, Lin YT, Godin OA. Estimation of seabed attenuation in the New England Mud Patch.  The journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021; 150(4), A115-A115. doi: 10.1121/10.0007815
Amaral JL, Miller JH, Potty GR, Lin YT, Vigness-Raposa KJ. Fin whale localization and environmental inversion using modal arrivals of the 20-Hz pulse. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021; 150(4), A201-A201. doi: 10.1121/10.0008125
Bonnel J, Dosso SE, Goff JA, et al. Transdimensional Geoacoustic Inversion Using Prior Information on Range-Dependent Seabed Layering, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2021. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2021.3062719
Potty GR., Miller JH., Gopu VR., Michalopoulou ZH., Bonnel J. Geoacoustic parameter estimation using machine learning techniques. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020; 148(4), 2727-2727. doi: 10.1121/1.5147576
Amaral JL., Frankel AS., Miller JH. et al. Bubble curtain effectiveness during impact pile driving for monopile installation at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020; 148(4), 2627-2628. doi: 10.1121/1.5147308
Uffelen LV., Miller JH., Potty G. Underwater acoustics and ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020; 148(4), 2745-2746. doi: 10.1121/1.5147629
Potty GR., Miller JH., Lin YT., Newhall AE. Characterization of particle motion near offshore wind farm sites in the United States east coast. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020; 148(4), 2550-2550. doi: 10.1121/1.5147079
Amaral JL, Miller JH, Potty GR, et al. Characterization of impact pile driving signals during installation of offshore wind turbine foundations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020; 147(4), 2323-2333. doi: 10.1121/10.0001035
Potty GR, Miller JH, Michalopoulou ZH, Bonnel J. Estimation of Geoacoustic Paramters Using Machine Learning Techniques. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 146(4), 2987. doi: 10.1121/1.5137342
Moore JT, Miller JH, Potty GR, Lin YT, Bonnel J, Newhall A. Improvements in Signal Processing for the Estimation of Environmental Parameters with Machine Learning Using a Compact Tetrahedral Array and Sources of Opportunity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 146(4), 2987. doi: 10.1121/1.5137341
Miller JH, Potty GR, Lin YT. Observations of Compressional, Shear and Interface Waves in the New England Mudpatch. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 146(4), 3068. doi: 10.1121/1.5137643
Gupta AS, Potty GR. Guest Editorial Underwater Acoustic Propagation Physics and Signal Processing Techniques for Shallow Water Acoustic Communications. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2019; 44, 818-819. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2019.2936633
Dossot GA, Smith KB, Badiey M, Miller JH, Potty GR. Underwater Acoustic Energy Fluctuations During Strong Internal Wave Activity Using a Three-Dimensional Parabolic Equation Model. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 146(3), 1875-1887. doi: 10.1121/1.5125260@jas.2019.3DUA2019.issue-1
Potty GR, Miller JH. Effect of Shear on Modal Arrival Times. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2019; 45(1), 103-115. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2019.2925920
Lin YT, Newhall AE, Miller JH, Potty GR, Vigness-Raposa KJ. A Three-Dimensional Underwater Sound Propagation Model for Offshore Wind Farm Noise Prediction. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 145(5), EL335-EL340. doi: 10.1121/1.5099560
Moore JT, Miller JH, Potty GR, et al. Estimation of Environmental Parameters with Machine Learning Using a Compact Tetrahedral Array and Sources of Opportunity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 145(3), 1671. doi: 10.1121/1.5101133
Potty GR, Miller JH, Bonnel J. Effect of a Soft Sediment Layer Over Elastic Basement on Normal Mode Dispersion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 145(3), 1672. doi: 10.1121/1.5101136
Van Uffelen LJ, Miller JH, Potty GR. Underwater Acoustics and Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019; 145(3), 1707. doi: 10.1121/1.5101260
Reilly SM, Potty G. Improving the Speed of Acoustic Propagation Modeling, for Sonar Training Applications, with a 3D Gaussian Ray Bundling Model. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018; 144 (3), 1791. doi: 10.1121/1.5067905
Miller J, Potty G, Tripathy A, et al. Source Localization using a Compact Tetrahedral Array. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018; 144(3), 1745. doi: 10.1121/1.5067739
Potty G, Miller J, Wilson P, et al. Characterization of Bottom Parameters in the New England Mud Patch Using Geophone and Hydrophone Measurements. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018. 144(3), 1973. doi: 10.1121/1.5068621
Tripathy A, Potty G, Miller J, et al. Characteristics of the Soundscape Before and After the Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018; 144(3), 1856. doi: 10.1121/1.5068166
Potty G, Unrein K, Miller J, et al. Measurements of Modal Attenuation Using Broadband Sources in the New England Mud Patch. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018. doi: 10.1121/1.5068524

Recent Grants

3/28/2023. Co-PI. US Department of the Interior (DOI). “Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna.”
3/7/2023. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “FIELD OBSERVATIONS DURING OFFSHORE WIND STRUCTURE INSTALLATION AND EARLY OPERATION.”
9/1/2022. Co-PI. TRITON Systems, Inc. “Navy SBIR Phase I Topic N221-053 entitled "Multi-Aperture Vector Sensor Vertical Array Processing Enhancements to Reduce Operator Workload.”
2/18/2021. Co-PI. University of Connecticut, Office of Naval Research. “NIUVT 2020 SEED 17: Fiber-Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing of the Seafloor for Shallow Water Acoustics and Persistent Acoustic Monitoring.”
7/21/2020. Co-PI. Office of Naval Research. “URI Field Work in the 2021 Seabed characterization Experiment.”
3/4/2020. Co-PI. University of Connecticut, Office of Naval Research. “NIUVT: Supp 01: Acoustic Propagation in shallow water: Impacts on Signal Processing.”
1/7/2020. Co-PI. ORSTED. "Marine Mammal Monitoring with Acoustics (MARIMBA)."
12/7/2018. Co-PI. RI Department of Environmental Management. “Passive Acoustic Tracking of Tagged Sturgeon in Narragansett Bay.”
8/15/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Acoustic Monitoring of the Maryland and Virginia Offshore Wind Farms.”
8/1/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Supplement 2: Underwater Acoustic Data Analysis and Measurements for the Block Island Wind Farm Construction and Operation.”
5/30/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico.”
5/17/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Low Frequency Acoustic Propagation: The Effects of Sediment Properties.”
5/4/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Acoustic Monitoring of the Maryland and Virginia Offshore Wind Farm.”
1/29/2018. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Supplement 2: Under Acoustic Data Analysis and Measurements for the Block Island Wind Farm Construction and Operation.”
12/6/2017. Co-PI. Brown University. “Remote Sensing of Sub-Surface Structure of Extraterrestrial Bodies Using Laser Doppler Velocimetry Measurements of Rayleigh Waves.”
10/11/2017. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Summer 2017 BIWF Program and Quick look Data Analyses.”
9/22/2017. Co-PI. US Department of Interior. “CI - Assessing Movements of Nano tagged Birds Near the Block Island Wind Farm: A Validation Study.”
7/14/2017. Co-PI. US Office of Naval Research. “Low Frequency Acoustic Propagation: The Effects of Sediment Properties.”
6/14/2017. Co-PI. Brown University. “Remote Sensing of Sub-Surface Structure of Extraterrestrial Bodies Using Laser Doppler Velocimetry Measurements of Rayleigh Waves.”
5/5/2017. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico.”
3/7/2017. Co-PI. HDR / e2M. “Underwater Acoustic Data Analysis and Measurements for the Block Island Wind Farm Construction and Operation.”
2/14/2017. Co-PI. US Office of Naval Research. “Low Frequency Acoustic Propagation: The Effects of Sediment Properties.”

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