About

We work with industry specialists to study noise and vibration of transportation vehicles, human response to vibration, and condition monitoring of infrastructure.  

Our main research activities are:  

  • dynamic modelling  
  • high-frequency vibrations   
  • human factors research unit  
  • railway noise and vibration  
  • condition monitoring  

Our laboratories incorporate the Human Factors Research Unit (HFRU). This contains a range of equipment for vibration measurement, testing and analysis.  

Through our work with colleagues at ISVR Consulting, we contribute to a number of short courses for industry on vibration modelling, measurement and control. 

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Daniil Yurchenko

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics; Stability and Bifurcation; Energy Harvesting; Nonlinear Vi…

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains
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Dr Giacomo Squicciarini

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Theoretical modelling of rolling noise: predictions of noise radiated by a train wheel rollin…
  • Curve squeal: measurements and models for understanding and mitigating curve squeal noise.
  • Piano acoustics: experiments and numerical modelling of sound generation in pianos.
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Professor Jen Muggleton BSc (Eng), ACGI, PhD, MA

Professor of Pipeline Dynamics

Research interests

  • Detection and location of buried infrastructure using vibration techniques.
  • Acoustic leak detection in pipes.
  • Vibration of fluid-filled pipes.

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jie Yuan FRAeS, FHEA, CEng

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Computational methods for large-scale nonlinear dynamical systems
  • Dynamic control using novel functional material and interface
  • Non-deterministic approaches for robust optimisation and identification

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Lucas Queiroz Machado

Lecturer in Structural Dynamics

Research interests

  • Non-destructive testing
  • Material characterisation
  • Dynamics

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Dr Michal Kalkowski PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Non-destructive testing
  • Material characterisation and imaging with ultrasound
  • Guided waves

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Professor Neil Ferguson PhD CEng FIOA FHEA

Research interests

  • Variability and uncertainty in Structural Dynamics
  • Wave models and their development for structural dynamics
  • Vibration in random and periodic media

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Pablo Miranda Valiente

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • musical acoustics
  • nonlinear vibration
  • vibroacoustics
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Dr Qianqian Li

Research Fellow (QuieterRail project)

Research interests

  • Railway noise: rolling noise, curve squeal
  • Railway track modelling
  • Non-linear dynamic properties of resilient railway track components
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Yi Qiu
Associate Professor
I'm interested in combined human-seat modelling, vibration transmission via multi-input channels and their applications in vehicle dynamics and ride comfort.