Our people

The Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration is based at UTS Tech Lab.  This research facility is designed to promote multidisciplinary collaboration and to facilitate the development of partnerships with industry and universities, both nationally and internationally.

Meet our core members
 

Associate Professor Sebastian Oberst

Director (Acting), Centre for Audio, Acoustics & Vibration
Expertise: Vibration; bioacoustics, time series analysis; brake squeal; nonlinear dynamics

Professor David Eager

Expertise: Vibration; impact assessment; human response to vibration; safety of playgrounds and surfaces

Associate Professor Ben Halkon

Expertise: Laser Doppler Vibrometry; Experimental Modal Analysis; Sports Specific Wearable Device Validation and Review

Associate Professor JC Ji

Expertise: Vibration analysis and vibration control, rotor dynamics, gearbox dynamics, wind turbines, vehicle dynamics

Dr Mahmoud Karimi

Expertise: Computational Acoustics and Aeroacoustics; Fluid Structure Interaction; Mechanical Vibrations

Dr Michael Ruppert 

Expertise: Dynamics, vibration and vibration control, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Nanotechnology

Dr Sipei Zhao 

Expertise: Audio and acoustics signal processing; sound field manipulation; personalised spatial audio; active noise control

Associate Professor Joshua Lee

Expertise:  Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Micro- and nanosystems, Acoustics and acoustical devices; waves, Microtechnology.

Meet our Postdoctoral Researchers

 

Dr Can Nerse​

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Expertise: Vibroacoustic metamaterials, numerical modelling, experimental modal analysis

Dr Paul Williams

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

Expertise: Passive noise control in ductwork; Computational modelling of waveguides.

Meet our Associate Members
 

Associate Professor Eva Cheng 

Expertise: Multimedia signal processing; Quality of multimedia experience; Engineering and STEM education

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH FACILITIES

Associate Professor Zhen Luo

Expertise: Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation, Composite and hybrid materials, Additive manufacturing, Structural engineering, Solid mechanics

Dr Nga Wun (Doris) Li 

Expertise: Textile technology; Textile and Fashion design

Professor Christopher Poulton

Expertise: Atomic, molecular and optical physics; Mathematical physics

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.