Dan Russell (Dr. Batman)
@drussellpsu.bsky.social
Teaching Professor of Acoustics. Penn State. Acoustics Education. Research on vibrio-acoustics of sports equipment (baseball/softball bats, gold clubs & balls, tennis rackets, pickleball paddles, hockey sticks). Acoustics & vibration animations & demos.
Holy plagiarism, Batman!
I just found a 2020 book chapter that plagiarized my data originally submitted (paper copies only!) to the American Journal of Physics in 1998 before the editor asked me to rotate the plots for publication.
How did these authors obtain my original unpublished plots?
I just found a 2020 book chapter that plagiarized my data originally submitted (paper copies only!) to the American Journal of Physics in 1998 before the editor asked me to rotate the plots for publication.
How did these authors obtain my original unpublished plots?
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Holy plagiarism, Batman!
I just found a 2020 book chapter that plagiarized my data originally submitted (paper copies only!) to the American Journal of Physics in 1998 before the editor asked me to rotate the plots for publication.
How did these authors obtain my original unpublished plots?
I just found a 2020 book chapter that plagiarized my data originally submitted (paper copies only!) to the American Journal of Physics in 1998 before the editor asked me to rotate the plots for publication.
How did these authors obtain my original unpublished plots?
I've always been a huge fan of the extensive footnotes in Allan Pierce's "ACOUSTICS" textbook . . . but I've found a new favorite: "Wind Waves" by Blair Kinsman. His writing style is delightfully refreshing for a textbook, but this full-page footnote on the Bernoulli family history is amazing!
September 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I've always been a huge fan of the extensive footnotes in Allan Pierce's "ACOUSTICS" textbook . . . but I've found a new favorite: "Wind Waves" by Blair Kinsman. His writing style is delightfully refreshing for a textbook, but this full-page footnote on the Bernoulli family history is amazing!
30 years of making animations . . . I'm updating HTML code for my Acoustics and Vibration Animations website (for WCAG accessibility and HTML5) and found an archive of my original website from 25 years ago with a photo of me in my office at Kettering University.
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
July 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
30 years of making animations . . . I'm updating HTML code for my Acoustics and Vibration Animations website (for WCAG accessibility and HTML5) and found an archive of my original website from 25 years ago with a photo of me in my office at Kettering University.
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
My favorite way to spend a quiet Sunday evening.
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My favorite way to spend a quiet Sunday evening.
What a stupid waste of money. @PSUEngineering is replacing many dozens of doors in our 6 month old new building because the wood veneer on some doors has some unsightly wood knots. Here’s my office door (with ugly knots) that is slated for replacement. What a stupid waste of $$.
December 17, 2024 at 3:53 PM
What a stupid waste of money. @PSUEngineering is replacing many dozens of doors in our 6 month old new building because the wood veneer on some doors has some unsightly wood knots. Here’s my office door (with ugly knots) that is slated for replacement. What a stupid waste of $$.
Listening to the keynote address for #ASA187 . . . humorous inverse correlation => larger larynx (deeper + louder vocal production) in howler monkeys correlates to smaller testicles. Bigger balls means less powerful and higher sounding howl.
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Listening to the keynote address for #ASA187 . . . humorous inverse correlation => larger larynx (deeper + louder vocal production) in howler monkeys correlates to smaller testicles. Bigger balls means less powerful and higher sounding howl.
2/2 . . . that I no need or don't use. I put the books outside my office in the hallway emailed all of our grad students to tell them a bunch of books were available. Within 5 minutes, this was the scene outside my office door! Hopefully most of these books can find a new home.
August 2, 2023 at 3:38 PM
2/2 . . . that I no need or don't use. I put the books outside my office in the hallway emailed all of our grad students to tell them a bunch of books were available. Within 5 minutes, this was the scene outside my office door! Hopefully most of these books can find a new home.
Went through some of my parents’ photos after dad died last year and found this autographed photo of Tenzig Norgay (2nd person to the top of Mt Everest in 1953 behind Sir Edmund Hillary). I got this photo as a kid in Hong Kong in 1976 but thought it was lost years ago.
Wonder if it’s worth any $$?
Wonder if it’s worth any $$?
July 29, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Went through some of my parents’ photos after dad died last year and found this autographed photo of Tenzig Norgay (2nd person to the top of Mt Everest in 1953 behind Sir Edmund Hillary). I got this photo as a kid in Hong Kong in 1976 but thought it was lost years ago.
Wonder if it’s worth any $$?
Wonder if it’s worth any $$?