Fred Tappert

Frederick Drach Tappert
Born(1940-04-21)April 21, 1940
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 2002(2002-01-09) (aged 61)
Alma materPenn State
Princeton
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsRosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami
Doctoral advisorEdward A. Frieman

Frederick Drach Tappert (April 21, 1940 – January 9, 2002) was an American physicist whose primary contributions were in underwater acoustics. He is noted for the development of the parabolic equation model and split-step Fourier algorithm for electromagnetic and ocean acoustic propagation.