Phil Hipol

Mr. Phil Hipol has more than 30 years of experience in the field of noise and vibration analysis, testing and control in several industries. He has an MS in Engineering and has published original research in the field of vibro-acoustics, where some of his work appears in the industry-standard Shock and Vibration Handbook and the NASA Handbook for Dynamic Environmental Criteria. Mr. Hipol has invented numerous devices and is co-inventor of an award-winning novel acoustic device, the catheter stethoscope, which non-invasively monitors the fetal and maternal heart rates and maternal contractions during labor and delivery. He has also worked extensively in the field of active and passive noise and vibration control, and has implemented numerous sound and vibration attenuation solutions for industrial, commercial, residential, and biomedical applications. Mr. Hipol is skilled in the use of state-of-the-art sound level meters, dynamic signal analyzers, microphones, accelerometers and acoustic cameras, as well as the use of various industry-standard noise and vibration analysis and simulation software.