Thomas Blanford

Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Lab
24 Colovos Road
Durham, New Hampshire 03824

Thomas E. Blanford received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in acoustics from The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA, in 2019. From 2012 to 2017, he was worked as a validation engineer with Analog Devices and InvenSense, where he developed low-power, high-performance microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones. From 2019 to 2023, he was an Assistant Research Professor with the Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University with a faculty appointment in the Graduate Program in Acoustics. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor with the Center for Acoustics Research and Education and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. His research interests include the design and modeling of acoustic transducers and sonar systems, acoustic navigation, and signal processing in acoustics.