Bio

Diego Turo’s research interests are in the area of acoustics and vibrations. In particular, modeling atmospheric sound propagation over rough sea, granular materials and vegetation. His expertise extends to modeling linear and nonlinear sound propagation in complex media, including inorganic materials (i.e. gravel, sand, asphalt, and fiberglass), organic materials (i.e. trees and covered-grass ground) as well as human tissues (i.e. muscles, liver and kidney). Prior to joining Catholic University, he was research assistant professor at the Bioengineering department at George Mason University, where he worked on ultrasonic techniques for mechanical characterization of muscle tissue in vivo.

Representative Publications

1. A. Vecchiotti, T. J. Ryan, M. D. Stengrim, J. R. Foeller, Z. Zhu, J. F. Vignola, D. Turo, "Experimental characterization of littoral atmospheric acoustics: concurrent meteorological and acoustic observations." (submitted, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2024)
2. A. Vecchiotti, T. J. Ryan, J. F. Vignola, D. Turo, "Atmospheric Sound Propagation over Rough Sea: Numerical Evaluation of Equivalent Acoustic Impedance of Varying Sea States." Acoustics MDPI, 2024
3. A. Vecchiotti, T. J. Ryan, F. A. Cobb, J. F. Vignola, D. Turo, "Investigation of engineering models for sound propagation in a near-shore environment." Applied Acoustics, 2022
4. T. Ryan, A. Vecchiotti, J. Foeller, F.A. Cobb, J.F. Vignola, and D. Turo, "Synchronized acoustic and atmospheric measurement system for characterization of atmospheric sound propagation." Noise Mapping, 2022
5. N. T. Gangemi, C. F. Sieck, J. F. Vignola, D. Turo, A. Ikei, A. Vignola, J. W. Baldwin, S. W. Liskey, A. D. Edmunds, W. B. Wilson, M. A. Boone, G. Yesner, D. M. Photiadis, and B. R. Matis, "Frequency-dependent surface wave suppression at the Dirac point of an acoustic graphene analogue". Physical Review B, 2022
6. J. Williams, F. Corvaro, J. F. Vignola, D. Turo, B. Marchetti, Matteo Vitali, "Application of non-invasive active infrared thermography for delamination detection in fresco", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2022

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