Power Acoustics, Inc. Personnel - Noise and Acoustical Consultants

Personnel:

Dave Parzych, President and Principal Acoustical Consultant

Power Acoustics principal noise consultant has more than 25 years of continuous experience in the field of acoustics and noise control. Dave's industry experience has ranged from working as an acoustical engineer to silence our Navy's nuclear power submarine fleet, to reducing commercial aircraft propulsion noise and abating the sound from land based power plants used by electric power generation utilities.

Dave started Power Acoustics, Inc. in 1998. He performs sound surveys, noise related environmental impact assessments and sound modeling studies, silencer or muffler designs, enclosure and open top barrier designs and works for clients as an expert witness. Dave works in all aspects of acoustics and noise control including his power generation and industrial noise specialty, as well as transportation and commercial noise issues. He has also developed engineering software used for calculating community sound levels, SPM9613, from his Orlando, Florida office. Dave has written dozens of technical papers and reports on noise modeling and environmental sound. More information about Dave can be found in David Parzych's Curriculum Vitae.

Larry Kenny, Chief Designer

Larry Kenny has been working in the steel fabrication industry for over 25 years and provides design service support, as needed, on silencers, enclosures and sound barriers. He has several US patents and numerous accomplishments that have helped employers and customers profit from his efforts. While directly employed by several heavy steel fabricators, Larry has designed and supported the construction of several hundred gas turbine intake and exhaust silencer systems, exhaust diffusers for every major gas turbine model used by the power industry, exhaust stacks, industrial high temperature dampers and water control valves, as well as, a multitude of other miscellaneous custom steel fabrications for power plant applications. Larry is the principal of Creative Design Concepts and Prototyping (CDCP). CDCP provides manufacturing tooling, fixtures, documentation and product design support for several major government projects including the Oak Ridge National Laboratories Spallation Neutron Source, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratories National Compact Stellar Experiment. He is fluent in all forms of finite element analysis, 2D and 3D parametric CAD modeling, ISO and Six Sigma quality systems.