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INGO TITZE February 2015 Business Address: Department Of INGO TITZE February 2015 Business Address: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Phone: 319-335-6600 Fax: 319-335-6603 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY 1. Higher Education 1972 Ph.D. Physics Brigham Young University 1965 M.S.E.E E.E. and Physics (minor) University of Utah 1963 B.S. Electrical Engineering University of Utah 2. Professional and Academic Positions 2009-present Executive Director National Center for Voice University of Utah (part- and Speech time) 1995-present UI Foundation Depts. of Communication University of Iowa Distinguished Professor Sciences and Disorders (part-time) and School of Music 2010-present Adjunct Professor Department of Otolaryngology/ University of Utah Head and Neck Surgery 1994-2009 Chief Scientist and National Center for Voice The Denver Center Executive Director and Speech; formerly the for the Performing Arts Wilbur James Gould Voice Center 1990-present Director National Center for Voice University of Iowa & Speech 1989-1994 Adjunct Professor Westminster Choir College Princeton, New Jersey 1984-1995 Professor Dept of Speech Path & Aud University of Iowa 1983-1994 Director of Research Recording and Research Denver Center for the (as consultant) Center Performing Arts 1979-1984 Associate Professor Dept of Speech Path & Aud University of Iowa 1978 Visiting Lecturer Dept Hearing/Speech Science University of Maryland 1977-1978 Consultant Dept Linguistics/Speech Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Analysis 1976-1979 Assistant Professor Sensory Communication Gallaudet College Speech Comm. Research Research Laboratory 1974-1976 Assistant Professor Department of Physics Univ. of Petroleum & Titze - Page 1 Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 1973-1974 Instructor in Physics Department of Physics Pomona College 1973-1974 Lecturer in Physics & Depts of Physics & California State Polytech Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Univ. (shared appointment) 1972-1973 Instructor of Physics Department of Physics Brigham Young University 1968-1969 Research Engineer The Boeing Company Seattle, WA 1965-1966 Research Engineer North American Aviation Tulsa, OK 1963 Summer Research Argonne National Laboratory Arco, ID Engineer National Reactor Test Station 3. Honors and Awards 2013 Media coverage by Reuters, BBC, Pacific Standard, Iowa Now, and AIP of “Voice Vote” article 2012 Kay-Pentax Lecturer and Awards, American Speech Language Hearing Association 2010 Honors of the Association, American Speech Language Hearing Association 2009 Science Writing Award for Professionals in Acoustics, The Acoustical Society of America 2007 Silver Medal Award, The Acoustical Society of America 2004 Wullstein Lecture and Award, German Ear, Nose, Throat Association 2003 Karl Storz Lecture Award, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology 2002 Willard R. Zemlin Lecture Award, American Speech Language Hearing Association 2001 Presidential Lecture, The University of Iowa 2000 NIDCD Advisory Council, appointment by Donna Shalala, DHHS Secretary 1999 Honorary Fellow, American Laryngological Association 1998 Telly Award, public service announcement 1998 University Forum Speaker, Brigham Young University 1997 Aurora Award for Excellence in Film and Video Industry 1996 American Laryngological Association Award 1996 Honored Alumnus, College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Brigham Young Univ. 1995 University of Iowa Regents Award 1995 UI Foundation Distinguished Professorship 1992 Who's Who Worldwide 1992 Fellow, American Speech Language Hearing Association 1992 Editor's Award, Speech Science, American Speech Language Hearing Association 1992 Featured on Television Documentary, NDR, Hamburg, Germany 1990 Quintana Award, The Voice Foundation 1989 National Distinguished Service Registry 1989 Who's Who in American Education 1989 Claude Pepper Award, National Institutes of Health 1988 Listed in Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals 1988 International Platform Association 1988 Citation by Dean for Excellence in Teaching at U. of Iowa 1986 Listed in Who's Who in America 1986 Listed in Who's Who in the Midwest 1986 Listed in American Men and Women of Science 1986 Part of a documentary on Quantum, The Science Series, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, produced and directed by Peter Hiscock 1985 Part of a nationally-aired feature on Voice Research, Cable News Network (CNN), Science and Technology Today series, produced by Charles Crawford 1985 Part of a documentary entitled "Figures of Speech" on the series Innovation, WNET (Public Titze - Page 2 Television Network), produced by Duncan Scott 1985 Featured in article in Smithsonian Magazine 1984 Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award 1984 The Gould Award for outstanding research in laryngeal physiology 1984 Panelist and site visitor, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences 1983 Fellow, Acoustical Society of America 1971 Member, Phi Kappa Phi 1970 Member, The Society of Sigma Xi 1969 NDEA Graduate Fellow 1964 Member, Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Society 1959 Josephine Bean Scholarship 4. Memberships Acoustical Society of America The Voice Foundation National Association of Teachers of Singing American Association of Phonetic Sciences American Speech Language Hearing Association International Association for Research in Singing International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Collegium Medicorum Teatri American Laryngological Association American Association for the Advancement of Science TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1. Teaching Assignments and Course Developments Spring, 1997-1999 Voice Training and Rehabilitation, 3:213 2 s.h., alt. years Summer, 1982-1988 Instrumentation for Voice Analysis, 3:221 2 s.h., alt. years Summer, 2000-2001 Voice Habilitation, 3:213 2 s.h. Spring, 1982-1989 Digital Signal Processing, 3:258 3 s.h. Fall, 1979-1995 Acoustics and Biomechanics of Speech, 3:250 5 s.h. Fall, 1979-present Principles of Voice Production, 3:201 3 s.h. Fall, 1995-present Acoustics of Speech, 3:250 4 s.h., alt. years Fall, 1995-present Biomechanics of Speech, 3:251 4 s.h., alt. years Summer 1999-present Principles of Voice Production, 3:201 3 s.h. Summer 1999-present Instrumentation for Voice Analysis, 3:221 2 s.h. Summer 2006-present Voice for Performers 2 s.h., team taught Fall, 2006-present Basic Acoustics 3 s.h. Titze - Page 3 Semester/Year Advisees Courses Taught Semester Class Hours Size Fall 2002 4 Grad 3:251 Biomechanics of Speech 5 3 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 6 Summer 2003 3 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 10 3:221 Instrumentation 2 10 Fall 2003 3 Grad 3:250 Acoustics of Speech 5 4 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 6 Summer 2004 3 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 10 3:221 Instrumentation 2 Fall 2004 3 Grad 3:251 Biomechanics of Speech 5 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 8 Summer 2005 3 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 11 3:221 Instrumentation 2 Fall 2005 3 Grad 3:250 Acoustics of Speech 5 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 6 Summer 2006 3 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 14 Fall 2006 3 Grad 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 79 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 13 Summer 2007 1 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 12 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 11 Fall 2007 1 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 6 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 81 Summer 2008 1 Grad 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 12 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 12 Fall 2008 2 Grad 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 75 3:251 Biomechanics of Speech 2 1 Summer 2009 0 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 15 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 12 Fall 2009 0 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 80 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 20 Summer 2010 0 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 13 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 12 Fall 2010 0 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 79 3:251 Biomechanics of Speech 2 8 Summer 2011 0 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 14 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 13 Fall 2011 0 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 80 3:251 Biomechanics of Speech 3 16 Summer 2012 0 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 16 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 14 Fall 2012 0 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 74 Summer 2013 0 3:201 Principles of Voice 3 15 3:204 Voice for Performers 2 12 Fall 2013 1 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 103 3:201 Principles of Voice Fall 2014 1 Grad 3:111 Basic Acoustics 3 70 3:015 Intro to Speech/Hearing 2. Students Supervised a. Ph.D. Dissertation Direction (as Chair or Co-chair) Titze - Page 4 Peter Popolo (2007) “Two-Point Laser System fro Vocal Fold Imaging” Christine Bergan (2007) “Perceptions of Vocal Qualities” Sarah Klemuk (2006) “Rheological Measurements of Vocal Fold Tissues” Doug Montequin (2003) “The Effect of the Laryngeal Vestibule on Phonation” Eric Hunter (2001) “A Finite-Element Model of Laryngeal Posturing” David Druker (1998) "Vocal fold kinematics of different voice qualities: Data and model parameter estimates" Roger Chan (1998) "Shear properties of vocal fold mucosal tissues and their effect on vocal fold oscillation" Kenneth Tom (1996) "Regulation of Intensity in Falsetto Voice" Brad Story (1995) "Physiologically-based speech simulation using an enhanced wave- reflection model of the vocal tract" Stephen Austin (1992) "Subglottal resonance and voice registers" Jack Jiang (1990) "A Methodological Study of Hemilaryngeal Phonation and the Measurement of Vocal Cord Intraglottal Pressure and Impact Stress" Anat Keidar (1986) "Perception of vocal registers" Adrienne Perlman (1984) "Elasticity of vocal fold tissue" Ronald Scherer (1980) "Laryngeal fluid mechanics: Steady flow considerations using static models" b. Master Thesis Direction Daniel McCabe (1999) “Chant therapy and vocal fatigue in teachers: A preliminary study” (Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology) Doug Montequin (1998): "Characterization of the medical surface of the vocal folds: An excised human larynx study" (Dept. of Speech Pathology & Audiology) Starrlett Cookman (1996) "Interrelation of mandibular and laryngeal functions" (Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology) Margaretta Taylor (1996) "Simulation of Italian versus Germanic voice qualities" (Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology) David Wexler (1989) "Fat-graft reconstruction of injured canine vocal folds" (Dept.
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