Contributors xxiiiEugene T. Patronis, Jr.
Eugene T. Patronis, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Georgia Institute of
Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has taught for over 50 years. During the
majority of that time he has also served as an industrial and governmental consul-
tant in the fields of acoustics and electronics.
He is the co-author with Don Davis of the 3 edition of Sound System
Engineering.Michael Pettersen
Michael Pettersen is the Director of Applications Engineering for Shure Incorpo-
rated. Fascinated by sound and audio since building a crystal radio set as a lad, he
earned a B.A. in Music Theory from the University of Illinois in 1974.
Employed by Shure since 1976, Michael helped develop and market five
different models of automatic microphone mixers. He has presented papers on auto-
matic microphone mixers to the National Association of Broadcasters, the Acous-
tical Society of America, the National Systems Contractor Association, the
European Institute of Acoustics, the Michigan Bar Association, the Voice of
America, and others.
He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America and directs Shure’s
Consultant Liaison Program, a program that informs acoustical consultants world-
wide about new product developments from Shure. Michael also plays guitar with
jazz big bands in the Chicago area.Ken C. Pohlmann
Ken Pohlmann serves as an engineering consultant in the design of digital audio
systems, in the development of mobile audio systems for automobile manufacturers,
and as an expert witness in technology patent litigation. Some of his consulting clients
include Alpine Electronics, Analog Devices, AOL Time Warner, Apple, Bertlesmann,
Blockbuster, Cirrus Logic, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Fujitsu Ten, Harman International,
Hughes, Hyundai, IBM, Kia, Lexus, Matsushita, Microsoft, Motorola, Nippon
Columbia, Onkyo, Philips, Real Networks, Recording Industry Association of
America, Samsung, Sony, TDK, Toyota, and United Technologies.
Mr. Pohlmann is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami in Coral
Gables, Florida, where he served as a tenured full professor and director of the
Music Engineering Technology program in the Frost School of Music. He initiated
new undergraduate and graduate courses in acoustics and psychoacoustics, digital
audio, advanced digital audio, Internet audio, and studio production and founded the
first Master’s degree in Music Engineering in the United States. Mr. Pohlmann holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in elec-
trical engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Mr. Pohlmann is the author of Principles of Digital Audio (5th edition, 2005, McGraw-Hill) and The Compact
Disc Handbook (2nd edition, 1992, A-R Editions); co-author of The Master Handbook of Acoustics (5th edition,
2009, McGraw-Hill), Writing for New Media (1997, Wiley), and editor and co-author of Advanced Digital Audio