Jesse Spence

Mr. Spence is a Senior Engineer at Noise Control Engineering, Inc. He joined NCE in 2001. Mr. Spence has been the principle investigator and project manager on many projects of varying scope, ranging from airborne noise and vibration predictions and measurements on Platform Supply Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, military vessels, Research Vessels, and other commercial vessels, to predictions and measurements of acoustical performance for underwater noise treatments. Mr. Spence was the principle investigator for a year-long study into methods of reducing underwater sound from all oil and gas industry activities including seismic exploration, pile driving, explosives, vessels, platforms, and other operations. Mr. Spence is the product manager and primary customer liaison for NCE's Designer-NOISE™ prediction software and is responsible for programming updates. Mr. Spence is the lead engineer on many projects when Finite Element Analysis is required in order to predict modal behavior and forced responses on various structures, ranging from machinery foundations to entire vessels. Mr. Spence has also been involved in other specialized projects including high frequency vibration testing (2 kHz to 60 kHz) of an underwater transducer array, testing and development of new absorption/cladding materials, and bow thruster induced vibration on a cruise ship.

Prior to his work at NCE, Mr. Spence was a Senior Transducer Engineer at Boston Acoustics where he was responsible for the design and manufacture of new transducers for high-end audio applications. Mr. Spence has also had the opportunity to design isolated rooms for music practice spaces and has consulted others on the techniques involved. He holds a BSME from University of Rochester and a MS in Acoustics from Boston University. He is a member of Institute of Noise Control Engineers (INCE) and (AES).

Specialty: FEA, SEA, and noise modeling, noise and vibration measurements

Email: jesse@noise-control.com

Phone: 978-670-5339 ext 20