Mark F. Hamilton
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Harry L. Kent, Jr. Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (512) 471-3055
Fax: (512) 471-7682
Email: hamilton@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Mark F. Hamilton earned his Ph.D. in acoustics from Pennsylvania State
University in 1983. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin
in 1985. He is affiliated with the
Applied Research
Laboratories. Hamilton received the National Science Foundation Presidential
Young Investigator Award in 1985 and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Fellowship for Science and Engineering in 1988.
Dr. Hamilton conducts research in physical acoustics, mainly nonlinear
acoustics. He is currently focusing on biomedical applications of high-intensity
sound. Hamilton is working on models of acoustic cavitation with the goal of
improving kidney stone disintegration during shock wave lithotripsy, a
noninvasive treatment method. He is also studying bubble growth in marine
mammals subjected to underwater sound. Hamilton is developing a biomechanical model of the
human lung to simulate response to sonar operating near the lung’s resonance
frequency. He is exploring uses of nonlinear ultrasonic propagation effects for
imaging in body tissue. Hamilton is also developing micro-electro-mechanical
system-based parametric acoustic arrays for secure battlefield communication
that is free of electromagnetic radiation.
Research interests:
- Nonlinear propagation of ultrasound in tissue
- Biophysical responses to underwater sound
- Acoustic cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy
- Micro-electro-mechanical systems-based parametric acoustic arrays