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279:, the citation of which noted, "Professor Tappert's introduction of the parabolic equation propagation model in 1974 started a revolution in the underwater acoustics modeling community...It is, in large part, a tribute to Professor Tappert's superb efforts that today the PE model is the de facto standard full wave propagation model in underwater acoustics and that, in a practical sense, he is thought of as the 'father of the PE model'." 31: 286:, "for application of the parabolic equation to underwater acoustic propagation." The 145th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society, in 2003, featured a memorial session dedicated to Frederick Tappert on the subject of "Propagation Phenomena and the Parabolic Equation." 572: 264: 113: 546: 156:
Tappert was born in April 1940, to Rev. Dr. Theodore Gerhardt Tappert and Helen Carson Tappert. As a child, Fred lived with his family on the campus of the
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Technical Report on UMPE: The University of Miami Parabolic Equation Model, Version 1.0. (1993)
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This article was dedicated to Frederick Tappert and includes biographical information.
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Tappert was posthumously awarded the Pioneer in Underwater Acoustics Medal by the
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as a senior research scientist, where he worked from 1974 to 1978.
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Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
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In 1967, he was hired as a technical staff member at
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Philadelphia
Coral Gables, Florida
Penn State
Princeton
Physics
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
University of Miami
Doctoral advisor
Edward A. Frieman
underwater acoustics
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Germantown
Northwest Philadelphia
Central High School
Philadelphia
Penn State University
Ph.D.
Princeton University
Edward A. Frieman
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Bell Telephone Labs
Akira Hasegawa
optical solitons
fiber-optic communication
Courant Institute
New York University
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Navy's Superior Public Service Award

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