Professor Kai Gemba

Professor of Physics
Phone: (831) 656-2855  | Email: kay.gemba@nps.edu

Current Research Programs

Dr. Gemba conducts research in experimental ocean acoustics and physics-informed signal processing. He is interested in:

• Acoustic signal and array processing in the presence of environmental noise
• Understanding the ocean's response to basin-scale very-low frequency transmissions with applications to undersea positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and to validating and improving Navy oceanographic forward models
• Statistical signal processing and passive detection / localization of low-level acoustic sources
• Basin-scale Non-Traditional Acoustic Communications (NTAC)
• Using transiting surface ships as sources of opportunity or environmental noise for the purpose of array and environmental-parameter characterization

Available Thesis Topics

• Detection and localization of submerged sources in deep water environments 
• Environmental noise characterization
• Investigations into the interaction between Oceanography and Acoustics
• Signal processing evaluation of sensor systems
• Acoustic remote sensing of the ocean

Recent Publications

• Google Scholar Profile
• ResearchGate