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 |