About Perception Acoustics

Company Profile

Perception Acoustics is an Arizona LLC formed in 2005 to provide acoustical engineering services in the areas of noise control and product development. We are based in Tucson, Arizona.

Perception Acoustics focuses on consulting in situations requiring a high degree of expertise in physical acoustics. Whether in noise control or product development, Perception Acoustics has the skills and experience to find innovative and cost effective solutions to acoustical design challenges.

Principals

Lance Willis, PhD, Principal Acoustical Engineer

Dr. Willis holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (1993), Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1995), and a Ph.D. with a Multi-disciplinary Certificate in Acoustics (1999) from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Graduate work, done under Dr. Yves Berthelot, involved using laser vibrometry to measure the complex dynamic material properties of viscoelastic materials under varying temperature and pressure. During this time he also worked closely with Dr. Eugene Patronis in the School of Physics on various loudspeaker and acoustical projects.

In 2000, Dr. Willis began work in Motorola's Advanced Product Technology Center. Projects at Motorola included the acoustical design of portable radio products with respect to speaker and microphone performance, sound quality, and operation in wet and noisy environments, studies of rub and buzz detection methods, managing the development of a high efficiency family of speakers, and modal analysis of microspeaker cones to reduce audible distortion.

Dr. Willis is a member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and American Loudspeaker Manufacturers Association (ALMA). He has been awarded two patents for adaptive equalization in behind the ear telephony devices.