George W. Kamperman, P.E., INCE Bd. Cert.
Consulting Engineer in Acoustics  

Education & Professional Experience:  B.S., Alma College; graduate study (acoustics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology;  Noise and Vibration Laboratory, General Motors Proving Ground;  Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Consultants in Acoustics; President of Kamperman Associates Inc.

Professional Societies: Fellow, Acoustical Society of America; Board Certified Member: Institute of Noise Control Engineering;  National Council of Acoustical Consultants; Registered Professional Engineer.

Professional Responsibilities:  Mr. Kamperman was in charge of the acoustical Instrumentation Laboratory at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Mass., where he was responsible for developing new equipment and procedures for the measurement of sound and vibration. He opened a Chicago area office and developed a consulting activity in industrial noise control for Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.  In 1972 he established the firm of Kamperman Associates Inc., specializing in noise and vibration control and environmental impact studies.  He has lectured at many courses and seminars.  His project responsibilities have concentrated in the area of noise and vibration measurement and control in a wide variety of buildings and machinery. 

Standards & Test Codes:  Mr. Kamperman has had a major role writing numerous Noise Regulations, Standards, and Test codes to assist business, industry and agencies in the development of practical methodology:

City of Chicago Noise Ordinance.

State of Illinois Noise Regulations.

SAE J184  Qualifying a Sound Data Acquisition System.

SAE J952B  Sound Levels for Engine Powered Equipment.

SAE J1075  Measurement Procedure for Rating Sound Level of Construction Job Sites.

SAE J88  Sound Level Measurement Procedure for Powered Mobile Construction Equipment.

ANSI S1.2  Method for the Physical Measurement of Sound.

ANSI S1.11  Octave, Half‑Octave, & Third-Octave Band Filter Sets.

ANSI S1.4  Specification for General Purpose Sound Level Meters.

ANSI S12.7  Methods for the Measurement of Impulse Noise.

ANSI S1-62  Measurement and Evaluation of Community Noise.

ANSI S1.25  Specification for Personal Noise Dosimeters.

ANSI S12.9 Quantities/Procedures for Description and Measurement of Environmental Sound  

A Partial Listing of Papers and Publications:

"Performance of Sound and Vibration Instrumentation," Noise Reduction, L. L. Beranek, Ed. (McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1960), Chap. 6.

"Sound," ISA Transducer Compendium, E. J. Minnar, Ed. (Instrument Society of America/Plenum Press, New York, 1963), Chap. 6.

"Vibration Isolation Effectiveness of Inertia Pads Resting on Soil," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, AIAA, Vol. 2, No. 2, March-April 1965, pp. 182-186.

"Instrumentation For Noise Measurement," Tutorial Papers on Noise Control, Inter-Noise 72, October 1972, pp. 84-97.

"Effects and Control of Highway Traffic Noise," Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE, May 1973, pp. 307-322.

"Ways to Weigh Noise Outdoors," Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1973, pp. 40-45.

"A New Technique for Evaluating Personal Noise Exposure - A Statistical Approach," National Safety News, January 1974, pp. 76-79.

"Operator Noise Control in Construction Machinery," Proceedings, Reduction of Machinery Noise, Purdue University, 1975, pp. 261-277.

"Machine Element Noise," Handbook Of Industrial Noise Control, L. Faulkner, Ed. (Industrial Press Inc., New York, 1976), Chap. 8.

"Real Time Frequency Analyzers for Noise Control," Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3, November/December 1977, pp. 131-136.

"Human Response to Blasting Noise and Vibration," Proceedings of Inter-Noise 80, December 1980, pp. 979-984.

"Motorcycle Acceleration Noise in the Urban Setting," Proceedings of Noise-Con 81, June 198l, pp. 241-244.

"Controlling Noise at the Source," National Safety News, April 1982, pp. 60-62.

E-mail: George@Kamperman.com