Dr Brian Tester PhD MSc BSc

Principal Research Fellow

Dr Brian Tester is Principal Research Fellow within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

1972	PhD Acoustics - Southampton University
1966	MSc Gas Dynamics - Southampton University
1965	BSc Applied Maths (1st) - City University

Brian Tester has spent most of his career working in industry on aircraft engine noise research, principally at Rolls-Royce in Derby, which makes aircraft engines that for example power the Boeing Dreamliner 787 and the Airbus A380. He also spent six years at the Lockheed-Georgia Research Laboratories working on jet noise research.

Brian is now a Principal Research Fellow in the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research and is a member of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine Noise. He participates in research programmes on jet noise, turbomachinery noise, duct acoustics and advanced measurement techniques.

He has recently co-chaired ‘expert panels’ that have advised the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) on the noise of future aircraft.

He is the recipient of the 2009 CEAS Aeroacoustics Award for ‘his pioneering contributions to the aeroacoustics of turbofan engine noise’.

Job Experience

2011-Present	Principle Research Fellow, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton;
2002-2011	Associate Consultant
2002-2005	Visiting Professor, Imperial College.
1996-2002	Chief of Turbomachinery Noise Engineering, Rolls-Royce.
1994-1996	Special Projects, Advanced Engineering, Rolls-Royce.
1989-1994	Chief Engineer - Research and Manufacturing Technology, Rolls-Royce.
1985-1989	Assistant Chief Engineer Aerothermal Technology - Corporate, Rolls-Royce.
1981-1985	Head of Noise Research, Rolls-Royce.
1978-1981	Noise Research Engineer, Rolls-Royce.
1968-1969	Section Leader Fundamental Acoustics, Rolls-Royce.
1966-1968	Research Scientist (Advanced Research Laboratories) , Rolls-Royce.
1965-1966	Training - MSc in Gas Dynamics, Southampton University