IMAGE ACOUSTICS, INC.
COMPANY PROFILE
Image
Acoustics, Inc. was formed in 1974 to provide acoustical engineering services
to both industry and government. The services range from theoretical
studies to the development of practical designs, particularly in the area of
acoustical transducers. Assistance is also provided in the development of a
product including recommendations for manufacturing and testing. Advice,
education and direction are offered along with a battery of analytical tools
and computer programs which we have developed. The transducer types that are
within our interest include sonar, audio and ultrasonic devices typically used
for oceanographic, government, entertainment,
industrial or medical application. The company was formed and is directed by
Dr. John L. Butler who has over 35 years in-depth research, development, and
design experience in electro-acoustic transducers and transducer arrays for
underwater and air applications. Dr. Butler is co-author of "Transducers
and Arrays for Underwater Sound," with Dr. Charles Sherman (Springer, NY,
2007). He holds over twenty patents, has published over 30 papers on
electro-acoustic transducers and was elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society
of America in 1977.
Image
Acoustics, Inc. uses Finite Element Analysis and a battery of transducer and
array computer programs to perform efficient and effective design and analysis.
Many of these programs were developed and coded at Image Acoustics, Inc. and
are available for commercial use. For information on Image software see
"Software" on the Image homepage.
Image Acoustics has provided services to the following firms:
American Superconductor Corporation, Devens, MA
Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State, PA
Cambridge Acoustical Associates, Medford, MA
Benthos, Inc., North Falmouth, MA
Edge Technologies, Ames, Iowa
ITT Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT
Ferro Solutions Inc., Woburn, MA
Falmouth Scientific Inc., Cataumet, MA
General Electric, Syracuse, N.Y.
Gould, Inc., Glen Bernie, MD
International Transducer
Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA
L-3 Communications, Burlington, MA
Massa Products Corporation, Hingham,
MA
Materials Systems, Inc, Littleton, MA
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA
Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport,
RI
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
ORI, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
Plessey Australia Pty. Limited, Sydney, NSW Australia
Raytheon Company, Portsmouth, RI
Sippican Ocean Systems, Inc., Marion, MA
Texas A&M, ODP Operation, College Station, TX
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Braintree, MA
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Annapolis, MD