TUNG-CHEN CHUNG, Ph.D.

Chief advisor of US Sound and Vibration Institute

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr. Chung performed more than 950 CEQA/NEPA related and stand-alone noise studies for community and transportation noise analyses, including field measurement, modeling, and data analysis. Typical noise analysis includes construction, vehicular traffic, and long-term stationary source operations. Others include rail, airport, and shooting range noise impact analysis.

Dr. Chung performed more than 750 air quality studies for projects such as transportation facilities, landfills, office buildings, and ocean bay enhancement/sediment management projects.

Dr. Chung conducted the design and analysis of architectural room acoustics (interior configuration and absorption required for proper room use) for more than 20 theaters, studios, workshop places, and convention centers.

Dr. Chung performed more than 80 acoustical analyses on building interior sound and vibration isolation for hospitals, apartment complexes, office buildings, performing arts centers, schools, etc., throughout the United States.

Dr. Chung prepared more than 40 greenhouse gas/climate change impact analyses. He monitors State and federal standards, case law, and scientific research to make sure that his analyses reflect the rapid changes in this evolving field. He works with clients to develop a customized approach to global climate change analysis that not only meets, but anticipates regulatory expectations.

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1991.

University of California, Los Angeles, Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1985.

University of Mississippi, Oxford, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1981.

National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1978.

University of California, Irvine, Business Development Techniques for High Value Contracts, 1994.

University of California, Irvine, UAM Regional Air Quality Modeling, 1992.

University of Louisville, Kentucky, FHWA Highway Noise Analysis Certificate, 1990.

BBN/San Francisco, Noise Control for Building and Manufacturing Plants Certificate, 1987.

Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Board Certified Member

Certified Acoustical Consultant, County of Orange

Approved Acoustical Consultant, County of San Diego

American Physics Society

Acoustical Society of America

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal, Director of Acoustical and Air Quality Services, LSA Associates, Inc., Environmental Planning and Traffic Engineering, Irvine, California, 1997–present.

Director of Technical Services, The Planning Center, Planning and Environmental Impact Report Consultants, Newport Beach, California, 1995–1997.

Section Manager, MBA, Environmental and Planning Consultants, Santa Ana/Irvine, California, 1989–1995. Manager for acoustic and air quality analysis.

Acoustical Specialist, County of Orange Environmental Management Agency, 1989.

Project Manager, Smith, Fause & Associates, Inc., Acoustical Consulting, 1986–1989.

PRESENTATIONS

Noise Standards, Control, and Market Outlook, Chinese American Professional Society Technical Conference, Environmental Forum, September 7, 1996.

Noise Impacts on People and Wildlife, and Governmental Regulations. University of Southern California Environmental Engineering Seminar Guest Speaker, January 31, 1994.

Noise and the Environment – Impacts and Regulations, Chinese American Professional Society Annual Conference, Environmental Forum, June 23, 1993.

Defect of the Kolmogorov Power Laws for Turbulence Using the Wiener-Hermite Expansion, Ph.D. dissertation, December 1991.

Defect of the Five-thirds Law Using the Wiener-Hermite Expansion, Journal of Statistical Physics, Volume 55, June 1989.

EXPERTISE

Transportation Noise Studies

Community Noise Studies

Room Acoustics Design and Analysis

Interior Noise and Vibration Isolation Studies

Air Quality Studies

Greenhouse Gas/Climate Change Impact Studies

Expert Witness Testimony