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Stephen Secules
Senior Consultant
Education
- Master of Science in Architectural Acoustics at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Bachelor of Engineering at Thayer Engineering School at Dartmouth College
- Course emphasis and research in signal processing and acoustics
- Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth College
Consulting Experience
- Two years previous experience in the acoustics department of an internationally recognized multidisciplinary engineering firm in London, UK
Representative Skills
- Building Acoustics Design
- Vibration Measurement and Analysis
- Environmental and HVAC Noise Measurement and Analysis
- Electroacoustics System Design for Speech Intelligibility
Representative Projects
- Residential –
- Acoustic design including sound insulation, services noise and vibration control, and California Building Code requirements. Projects: Mission Bay Block 2 (San Francisco), 1180 4th St (SF), BTW Community Center and Residential (SF), Triton Plaza (Foster City).
- Site testing for code compliance. Projects: 151 El Camino (Millbrae), Lura Glo Studios (Oakland)
- Construction Noise and Vibration – noise and/or vibration monitoring and analysis for municipal requirements. Projects: Sunset Playground (SF), Cayuga Playground (SF).
- Laboratory and R&D –
- Acoustic design and measurement including HVAC noise control, sensitive equipment vibration design, noise and vibration measurement and mitigation advice. Projects: Lockheed Martin B245 (Palo Alto), UCSF Anatomy Lab (SF).
- Vibration measurement, analysis, and mitigation advice for highly sensitive facilities. Projects: Seagate Kato Farm R&D (Fremont), Elan Pharmeceuticals 180 Oyster Point vivarium conversion (South SF).
- Room Acoustics – design advice for speech intelligibility or musical performance. Projects: Citrix conference rooms (Santa Clara), Stanford Dinkelspiel Auditorium (PA).
- Environmental Noise - measurement and reporting for noise code adherence, environmental noise mitigation advice. Projects: NEC Laboratories (Cupertino), 1550 Space Park Dr (Santa Clara), Intuit Bloom Energy fuel cell noise (Woodland Hills).
- HVAC Noise and Vibration – measurement and mitigation advice. Projects: Redwood City Technology(RWC), College of San Mateo (San Mateo).