Acoustic scattering from elastic cylinders and spheres : surface waves (Watson transform) and transmitted waves Diffusion acoustique par des cylindres et des sphères élastiques ondes de surface (transformation de Watson) et ondes transmises

Professor of Physics, Catholic University of America, Washington DC 20064, USA (since 1964) . Field of research: Theoretical Physics (acoustics, ultrasonics, clastic and electromagnetic waves, nuclear physics) Acoustics: Advancement of the theory of surface waves in acoustic scattering. Pioneering development of acoustic resonance scattering theory . Channeling in under-ocean sound propagation . Elastic waves : First development of theory of resonance scattering by cavities and inclusions in solids . Electromagnetic waves : Establishment of the relation between resonance scattering theory and the Singularity Expansion Method (SEM). Theory of radio-wave propagation in the earth-ionosphere waveguide. Nuclear theory: Basic development of coherent bremsstrahlung theory (editor of recent book) . Development of a model of collective nuclear multipole vibrations, with application to electron scattering (author of two books) . Photo-pion reactions . Collective model of ion-ion scattering. Neutrino reactions (editor of book) .