Recent Publications

Dr. Bernhard Tittmann and his colleagues have over 300 articles, book chapters, and conference presentations to their credit. Here are some of the more recent ones:

1. Lin, S.-C. S., B. R. Tittmann, J.-H. Sun, T.-T. Wu and T. J. Huang. (2009). Acoustic Beamwidth Compressor Using Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 185502.
2. Boudreau, K. B., D. A. Parks, B. T. Reinhardt, M. M. Kropf, and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Progress Towards the Development of an Environment Controlled Automated Ultrasonic Non-Linear Measurement System. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
3. Ju, H. S., and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Quantitative Acoustic Model for Adhesion Evaluation of PMMA/Silicon Film Structures. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
4. Searfass, C. T., A. Baba, B. R. Tittmann, and D. Agrawal. (2009) Fabrication and Testing of Microwave Sintered Sol-Gel Spray-on Bismuth Titanate-Lithium Niobate Based Piezoelectric Composite for Use as a High Temperature (>500° C) Ultrasonic Transducer. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
5. Parks, D. A., M. M. Kropf, and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Aluminum Nitride as a High Temperature Transducer. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
6. Reinhardt, B. T., K. Boudreau, M. Kropf, and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Dislocation Detection Through Harmonic Generation. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
7. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S. H., S. Ju, and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Surface Roughness Study of Selected Materials Using Atomic Force Microscopy. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
8. Adachi, Y., B. R. Tittmann, and C. Miyasaka. (2009). Angular Spectrum of Plane Waves Method of Elastic Wave Field Calculation. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
9. Guers, M. J., and B. R. Tittmann. (2009) Modeling of Wave Propagation and Defect Detection in Rectangular Bar Specimens. Presented at 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 26-31, 2009, Kingston, RI.
10. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S., and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Characterization of Silicon Surface after Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Treatment by Atomic Force Microscopy. Presented at Seeing at the Nanoscale VII, July 28-31, 2009, Santa Barbara, CA.
11. Maev, E., F. Severin, C. Miyasaka, B. R. Tittmann, and R. Gr. Maeva. (2009) Acoustic Imaging of Thick Biological Tissue. IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 1354-1358.
12. Guers, M. J., and B. R. Tittmann. (2009). Influence of Temperature on Guided Waves in a Rectangular Bar Specimen. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 8-12, 2009, San Diego, CA.
13. Tittmann, B. R., C. Miyasaka, E. Maev, and R. Gr. Maev. (2009). Acoustic Imaging of Isotropic and Anisotropic Thick Tissue. Presented at the 30th International Acoustical Imaging Symposium, March 1-4, 2009, Monterey, CA.
14. Pedrick, M., B. R. Tittmann, and J. Seliga. (2009). Design and Performance of a Broadband 10 MHz Transducer for Elevated Temperature, Leave-in-Place Applications. Materials Evaluation, vol 67(2), pp. 149-153.
15. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S. and B. R. Tittmann. (2008). Assessment of Hydrous Affinity of Selected Material. Colloids and Surfaces A, 331(3), pp. 268-274.
16. Tittmann, B. R., and C. E. Yen. (2008) Acoustic Emission Technique for Monitoring the Pyrolysis of Composites for Process Control. Ultrasonics, vol. 48(6-7), pp. 621-630.
17. Bezdĕk, M., and B. R. Tittmann. (2008) Dispersion Analysis of a Three-Layered Waveguide with Finite Element and Matrix Methods. Acta Acoustica, Vol. 94(1), pp. 792-806.
18. Sandman, J. S., and B. R. Tittmann. (2008) Towards an Ultrasonic Sensor for Pressure Vessels. Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 130(2), pp. 02501-1–02501-05.
19. Searfass, C. T., B. R. Tittmann, and D. K. Agrawal. (2008). Sol-Gel Deposited Thick Film Bismuth Titanate Transducer Achieves Operation up to 550°C. Presented at Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, July 20-25, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.
20. Parks, D. A., and B. R. Tittmann. (2008). Contact Elevated Temperature Transducer. Presented at Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, July 20-25, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.
21. Guers, M. J., and B. R. Tittmann. (2008). Finite Element Analysis of In-Situ Ultrasonic Creep Monitoring Methods. Presented at Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, July 20-25, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.
22. Bezdek, M., K. Joseph, M. Guers, and B. R. Tittmann. (2008). Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation of Double Wall Structures. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 11-13, San Diego, CA. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2008, edited by T. Kundu, Vol. 6935, pp. 693516-1 – 693516-10.
23. Fladischer, S., S. Jayaraman, and B. R. Tittmann. (2008). Simulation of Acoustic Emissions from Delaminatins and Cracks in Plates of Aluminum and Graphite. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 11-13, San Diego, CA. Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2008, edited by P. J. Shull, H. F. Wu, A. A. Diaz, and D. W. Vogel, Vol. 6934, pp. 6934OG-1 – 69340G-9.
24. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S., and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Capillary Forces Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy. Presented at Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Nov. 26-30, 2007, Boston, MA.
25. Zilinskis, Daniel R., Manton J. Guers, and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Continuous, Noninvasive Level Measurement with a PVDF Strip. Presented at 34th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, July 22-26, 2007, Golden, Colorado. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Vol. 27A, pp. 904-909.
26. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S. and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Qualitative Assessment of Hydrophilicity/Hydrophobicity of Material Using Atomic Force Microscopy. Presented at Seeing at the Nanoscale V, June 24-27, 2007, Santa Barbara, CA.
27. Parks, D. A., and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). High Temperature Broadband BAW Contact Transducer. Presented at 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, October 28-31, 2007, New York, NY. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007, pp. 2389-2392.
28. Pedrick, M., S. Iyer, B. R. Tittmann, and S. Sinha. (2007). Ultrasonic Discontinuity Detection in Thin-Walled Concrete. Materials Evaluation, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 923-928.
29. Guers, M. J., C. J. Fontana, and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). A Noninvasive Pressure Measurement Technique and the Potential for Integrated Calibration. Presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 22-27, 2007. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Vol. 27B, pp. 1500-1504.
30. Tittmann, B. R., C. Miyasaka, A. M. Mastro, and R. R. Mercer. (2007). Study of Cellular Adhesion with Scanning Acoustic Microscopy. Special Issue on High Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging in Industrial, Material and Biomaterial Applications. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 1502-1513.
31. Tittmann, B. R. (2007). Ultrasonic Sensors for Health Monitoring of Pressure Vessels: A Survey. Presented at the 2007 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, July 22-26, 2007, San Antonio, TX.
32. Bohenick, M., E. Blickley, B. R. Tittmann, and M. Kropf. (2007). Investigating a Stepped Ultrasonic Phased Array Transducer for the Evaluation and Characterization of Defects. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 20-22, San Diego, CA. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007. Edited by T. Kundu, Vol. 6532, pp. 15-1 – 15-7.
33. Pedrick, M. K., and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Sensitivity Comparisons of Layered Rayleigh wave and Love Wave Acoustic Devices. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 20-22, San Diego, CA. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007. Edited by T. Kundu, Vol. 6532, pp. O-1 – O-12.
34. Kropf, M. M., and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Ultrasonic Magnetostrictive Transducers for Guided Ultrasonic Waves in Thin Wires. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 20-22, San Diego, CA. Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007. Edited by T. Kundu, Vol. 6532, pp. L-1 – L-8.
35. Jayaraman, S., D. Pellkofer, I. Lucas, M. Bezdek, and B. R. Tittmann. (2007). Progress in Air-Coupled Ultrasound. Presented at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, March 20-22, San Diego, CA. Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2007. Edited by H. Felix Wu, Aaron A. Diaz, and Peter J. Shull, Vol. 6531, pp. V-1 – V-10.
36. Tittmann, B. R., and C. E. Yen. (2007). Ultrasonic Properties of Carbon/Carbon Composite and the Use of Guided Waves for the Structural Health Monitoring of Pyrolysis. Presented at the International Congress on Ultrasonics, April 9-12, 2007, Vienna, Austria.
37. Doroski, Derek, B. R. Tittmann, and C. Miyasaka. (2007). Study of Biomedical Specimens Using Acoustic Microscopy. Presented at 28th International Acoustical Imaging Symposium, San Diego, California, March 20-23, 2005. Acoustical Imaging. Edited by Michael P. André, Vol. 28, pp. 13-20.
38. Ebert, A., B. R. Tittmann, J. Du, and W. Scheuchenzuber. (2006). Technique for Rapid in Vitro Single-Cell Elastography. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 1687-1702.
39. Xhao, X, B. Mi, T. Gian, M. Stevenson, S. Owens, R. Royer Jr., B. R. Tittmann, and B. B. Raju. (2006) A Portable Ultrasonic NDI System for Metal Matrix Composite Track Shoes. Presented at the Thirty-Third Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 30-August 4, Portland, Oregon, 2006.
40. Wang, X., M. J. Guers, and B. R. Tittmann (2006) Transmission Matching for Joining Two Acoustical Waveguides. Presented at the Thirty-Third Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 30-August 4, Portland, Oregon, 2006.
41. Guers, M. J. D. R. Zilinskis, and B. R. Tittmann. (2006.) Noninvasive Approach for a Pressure Measurement. Presented at the Thirty-Third Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, July 30-August 4, Portland, Oregon, 2006.
42. Sandman, J. S., and B. R. Tittmann. (2006) Ultrasonic Sensor for High Temperature Gas Filled Vessels. Presented at the 2006 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, July 23-27, 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
43. Lucas, I., and B. R. Tittmann. (2006) High Amplitude Studies of Natural Dome Salt and Hydrostatically Pressed Salt. Presented at 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, July 18-22, 2005, State College, Pennsylvania. Innovations in Nonlinear Acoustics, edited by Anthony A. Atchley, Victor W. Sparrow, and Robert M. Keolian, pp. 83-86. Mellville, NY: American Institute of Physics.
44. Tittmann, B. R. (2006) New Techniques to Characterize Soft Rubber Materials Used In Tires. Presented at the 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, July 2-6, 2006, Vienna, Austria.
45. Jayaraman, S. B., M. A. Bohenick, V. Semak, B. R. Tittmann, J. R. Welsh, and N. C. Nicholas. (2006) Laser Pulse Impact Characterization Using Ultrasonic Transducers. Presented at the 151st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 5-9, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.
46. Tittmann, B. R. (2006) High-Resolution Ultrasound: A Survey. Presented at the 151st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 5-9, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.
47. Du, J., and B. R. Tittmann. (2006) Acoustic Microscopy Inspection of Layered Structures. Presented at the 151st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 5-9, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.
48. Maghsoudy-Louyeh, S., J. Du, and B. R. Tittmann. (2006) Capture of in Vivo Biological Images Below the Surface of Aqueous Media with Ultrasonic Atomic Force Microscopy. Presented at the 151st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 5-9, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.
49. Pedrick, M. K., B. R. Tittmann, and S. Iyer. (2006) Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation in Thin-Walled Concrete for Flaw Detection. Presented at the 151st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 5-9, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.