James A. Kearns, Ph.D.

James Kearns
Division/Department
Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences and Technology
Full Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact Information
Kinsley Engineering Center, Room 101

Meet James A. Kearns

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1984
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1982

Courses

  • Electrical Circuits
  • Robotics, Computer-based Control Systems
  • Mechatronics
  • Computer Applications for Engineers
  • E&M Physics

Research Interests

  • Noise and vibration control
  • Acoustic diffraction phenomena
  • Outdoor sound propagation
  • Design of smart quiet structures

Honors

  • Best paper at the AIAA-Aeroacoustics meeting, 1987
  • Presidential Fellowship, Georgia Tech, 1984

Recent Publications

  • James Kearns and Giorgio Rizzoni “Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering”, 6th edition, to be published by McGraw-Hill in January 2012.
  • Meah, K., Sadrul Ula, A.H.M., Kearns, J., Vaisakh, K. “Short and medium term solutions for the current electricity crisis in Bangladesh”, Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010.
  • Kala Meah, Timothy Garrison, James Kearns, Gregory Link, Laura Garrison, Wayne Blanding, Emine Celik, Stephen Kuchnicki, Jennifer Dawson, Barry McFarland, “An Automated Bottle Filling and Capping Project for Freshman Engineering Students,” 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20-23, 2010, Louisville, KY, USA