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General Description |
The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, ISVR, is a part of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton (http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/research/centres/isvr.page). The University has about 20,000 students and is particularly strong in engineering. The ISVR was founded in 1963 to research aircraft noise and vibration and has expanded considerably in its range and size since then. It now covers sound and vibration in many different engineering applications including aircraft engine noise and vehicle vibration, but has a similarly sized research activity on the medical aspects of sound and vibration, in particular housing the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre.The ISVR currently has about 40 members of academic staff, 30 post-doctoral research fellows and 100 PhD students organised into four research groups. The PhD students gain considerably by being part of these research groups and benefit from the stimulation generated by a wide range of academic and industrial projects. Training is also provided as part of the MSc courses in both Audiology and Sound and Vibration studies. |
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Supervisors and Expertise |
Prof S. J. Elliott, active sound and
vibration control, cochlear modelling, personal audio design.
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Key Facilities and Infrastructure |
The ISVR has fully equipped laboratories for studies in acoustics, vibration and active control, including microphone arrays and scanning laser vibrometers, a large anechoic chamber connected to suite of reverberant chambers and access to real-time control systems and high-performance computing facilities. |
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Previous Involvement in Research and Training Programmes |
Host of very successful EDSVS I and II networks, participant in Smart Structures ITN and many EU projects, including coordinator of ASPEN. |
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Current Involvement in Research and Training Programmes |
We currently participate in many EU projects on jet noise, and also active control work, in project Green City Car. We are about to begin SIFEM project on an open-source finite element model of the cochlea. |
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Publications
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1 - S J
Elliott and M Jones 2006 An active
headrest for personal audio JASA 119 2 - S J
Elliott, J Cheer, H Murfet, K Holland 2011 Minimally
radiating sources for personal audio JASA 128, 1721-1728 |