Gabe Venagas

Gabriel Venegas

Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering
Phone: (603) 862-3204
Office: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Kingsbury Hall W137 33 Academic Way Durham, NH 03824

gvenegas@ccom.unh.edu
(603) 862-3204

Dr. Gabriel R. Venegas is an Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Center for Acoustics Research and Education, and is a research affiliate with the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. He conducts research in the fields of underwater acoustics, acoustical oceanography, and plant and animal bioacoustics. Specific areas of interest include sediment acoustics in hydrodynamically and biologically dynamic environments, understanding the effect organic carbon sequestration has on sediment geoacoustic properties, and the acoustic scattering from underwater flora and fauna.

Dr. Venegas received his B.S. degree magna cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, and his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Physical Acoustics from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America, the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation, and the American Geophysical Union.

Courses Taught

  • EOS/OE 808/795: Acoustics Essentials
  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience
  • OE 765: Underwater Acoustics
  • OE 765/865: Underwater Acoustics
  • OE 797: Honors Seminar

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

Selected Publications

  • Lee, K. M., Dorgan, K. M., Venegas, G. R., Chaytor, J. D., Ballard, M. S., McNeese, A. R., & Wilson, P. S. (2025). Investigation of surficial seabed heterogeneity and geoacoustic variability in the New England Mud Patcha).. J Acoust Soc Am, 157(3), 1686-1702. doi:10.1121/10.0036122
  • Hare, J., Lyons, A. P., Catoire, M., & Venegas, G. R. (2024). Measurements of temporal variability of acoustic scattering from the seafloor in shallow-water sandy sites.. J Acoust Soc Am, 156(4), 2727-2742. doi:10.1121/10.0030464
  • Ballard, M. S., Garcia, D. D., Lee, K. M., Venegas, G. R., McNeese, A. R., Wilson, P. S., & Chaytor, J. D. (2024). Direct measurements of sediment geoacoustic properties in the New England Mud Patch and shelf breaka).. J Acoust Soc Am, 156(4), 2889-2902. doi:10.1121/10.0032469
  • Lee, K. M., Ballard, M. S., McNeese, A. R., Wilson, P. S., Venegas, G. R., Zeh, M. C., & Rahman, A. F. (2023). Inter-seasonal comparison of acoustic propagation in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow in a shallow sub-tropical lagoon.. JASA Express Lett, 3(1), 010801. doi:10.1121/10.0016752
  • Lee, K. M., Venegas, G. R., Ballard, M. S., Dorgan, K. M., Kiskaddon, E., McNeese, A. R., & Wilson, P. S. (2022). Impacts of infauna, worm tubes, and shell hash on sediment acoustic variability and deviation from the viscous grain shearing model.. J Acoust Soc Am, 152(4), 2456. doi:10.1121/10.0014907
  • Ballard, M. S., Lee, K. M., McNeese, A. R., Venegas, G. R., Rahman, A. F., Zeh, M. C., & Wilson, P. S. (2021). Ecosystem monitoring of a seagrass meadow using wideband acoustic measurements. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(4_Supplement), A351. doi:10.1121/10.0008557
  • Venegas, G. R., Frey, M. R., Lee, K. M., Ballard, M. S., Clemo, W. C., & Dorgan, K. M. (2021). Relationships between sediment organic content and viscous grain shearing parameters in Mobile Bay, Alabama. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics Vol. 45 (pp. 070004). ASA. doi:10.1121/2.0001538
  • Torres, N. A., Ballard, M. S., Lee, K. M., Venegas, G. R., & Wilson, P. S. (2020). Inferring elastic properties of seagrass tissue from its acoustic response using finite element analysis. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics Vol. 42 (pp. 005001). ASA. doi:10.1121/2.0001364
  • Lee, K. M., Ballard, M. S., Venegas, G. R., Sagers, J. D., McNeese, A. R., Johnson, J. R., . . . Rahman, A. F. (2019). Broadband sound propagation in a seagrass meadow throughout a diurnal cycle. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(4), EL335-EL341. doi:10.1121/1.5127737
  • Venegas, G. R., Sagers, J. D., & Wilson, P. S. (2019). Laboratory measurements and simulations of reflections from a water/clay interface during the diffusion of salt. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(2), 1384-1393. doi:10.1121/1.5122176

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