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Dr Matthew Wright BEng PhD FIOA FIMA FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Acoustics

Dr Matthew Wright is Senior Lecturer in Acoustics in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, and Director of Acoustical Taught Programmes.

My main interests are:

How unsteady flows generate sound

How the brain processes sound

How the shape of an object affects its resonance

How musical instruments work

High-performance MEMS microphones

Enhancing engineering education with computation

See the 'Research' tab for more information, or 'Publications' to see what I've written about these subjects.

I first came to the ISVR in 1986 as an undergraduate Acoustical Engineering student and, apart from a short but enjoyable spell at Trinity College, Dublin, I've been here ever since, on the principle that I came here to learn about sound and vibration and I don’t yet understand it all. As well as researching and teaching I give talks to schools and science festivals about acoustics, particularly musical acoustics. If you'd like one please email me.

I am a:

Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Senior life member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member of the Acoustical Society of America

I used to be a Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of Sound and Vibration, and I was an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow from 2002 to 2008.

Research

Publications

Teaching

Contact

The first Volterra kernel of an ear's otoacoustic emissions (1993) — The first otoacoustic emission Volterra kernel

A wing with distributed suction

I'm interested in most aspects of sound and vibration. My current research projects are listed below, but I've also worked on:

Detecting nonlinearities in otoacoustic emissions for neonatal hearing screening
Using suction on porous sections of aircraft wings to reduce their fuel consumption
Modelling the effect of liner splices on sound transmission through aero-engine inlets
Using Quantum Chaos to understanding how the shape of an object governs its modes of vibration

Investigating the acoustics of pyramids in Xochicalco — Investigating the acoustics of pyramids

Sound generation in the corrugated pipes used to collect seabed gas
Archaeoacoustics – exploring the past through acoustics
Wind farm noise

My research has been funded by EPSRC, the EU, Rolls-Royce, Google, RenewableUK and others.

Research group

Acoustics Group

Research project(s)

Blast location in mines and tunnels.

Brain inspired speech enhancer

Neuronal responses in the auditory brainstem

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Articles

Monaghan, J. J. M., Goehring, T., Yang, X., Bolner, F., Wang, S., Wright, M., & Bleeck, S. (2017). Auditory inspired machine learning techniques can improve speech intelligibility and quality for hearing-impaired listeners. The Journal of The Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), 1985-1998. DOI: 10.1121/1.4977197
Wright, M. C. M., & Morfey, C. L. (2015). On the extrapolation of acoustic waves from flow simulations with vortical out flow. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 14(1-2), 217-227. DOI: 10.1260/1475-472X.14.1-2.217
Wright, M. C. M., Winter, I. M., Forster, J. J., & Bleeck, S. (2014). Response to best-frequency tone bursts in the ventral cochlear nucleus is governed by ordered inter-spike interval statistics. Hearing Research, 317, 23-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.09.006
Attenborough, K., Wright, M. C. M., & Umnova, O. (2012). Mathematics summer schools for acoustics research training. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2532-2538. DOI: 10.1121/1.3676731
Wright, M. C. M., Bleeck, S., & Winter, I. M. (2011). An exact method of regularity analysis for auditory brainstem neurons. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(6), 3545-3548. DOI: 10.1121/1.3652890
Morfey, C. L., Powles, C. J., & Wright, M. C. M. (2011). Green's functions in computational aeroacoustics. International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 10(2/3), 117-160. DOI: 10.1260/1475-472X.10.2-3.117
Inacio, O., Antunes, J., & Wright, M. C. M. (2008). Computational modelling of string–body interaction for the violin family and simulation of wolf notes. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 310(1-2), 260-286. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2007.07.079
Wright, M. C. M. (2008). Review of Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 372, 30-31.
Wright, M. C. M. (2008). Review of Symmetry: The Ordering Principle. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 372, 30-31.
Wright, M. C. M. (2008). Review of The Golden Section: Nature's Greatest Secret. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 372, 30-31.
Wright, M. C. M. (2008). Review of Useful Mathematical & Physical Formulae. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 372, 30-31.
Wright, M. C. M., & McAlpine, A. (2007). Calculation of modes in azimuthally non-uniform lined ducts with uniform flow. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 302(1-2), 403-407. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.11.019
Morfey, C. L., & Wright, M. C. M. (2007). Extensions of Lighthill's acoustic analogy with application to computational aeroacoustics. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 463(2085), 2101-2127. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1864
Ham, C. J., & Wright, M. C. M. (2007). Periodic orbit techniques for mode shape approximation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(5), p.3182.
Wright, M. C. M., & Ham, C. J. (2007). Periodic orbit theory in acoustics: spectral fluctuations in circular and annular waveguides. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(4), 1865-1872. DOI: 10.1121/1.2709407
Wright, M. C. M. (2006). A short history of bad acoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(4), 1807-1815. DOI: 10.1121/1.2336746
McAlpine, A., & Wright, M. C. M. (2006). Acoustic scattering by a spliced turbofan inlet duct liner at supersonic fan speeds. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 292(3-5), 911-934. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.09.010
Wright, M. C. M. (2006). Green function or Green's function? Nature Physics, 2, p.646. DOI: 10.1038/nphys411
Wright, M. C. M. (2006). Hybrid analytical/numerical method for mode scattering in azimuthally non-uniform duct liners. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 292(3-5), 583-594. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.08.011
Kota, V., & Wright, M. C. M. (2006). Wake generator control of inlet flow to cancel flow distortion noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 295(1-2), 94-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.12.050
Guérin, S., Thomy, E., & Wright, M. C. M. (2005). Aeroacoustics of automotive vents. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 285(4-5), 859-875. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2004.08.043
Wright, M. C. M. (2004). Multiple choice is killing maths. Daily Telegraph.
Attenborough, K., & Wright, M. C. M. (2004). Support mathematics for acoustics research training. Acoustics Bulletin, 29(5), 28-31.
Wright, M. C. M. (2003). Book review. Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music by Ian Johnston, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, 2002, xiv+406pp, price £24.99, ISBN 0-7503-0762-5. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 264(5), 1209-1210. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00391-2
Wright, M. C. M. (2002). Graphical analysis of bra size calculation procedures. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, 14(1), 41-45. DOI: 10.1108/09556220210420327
Wright, M. C. M. (2001). Variance of deviations from the average mode count for rectangular wave guides. Acoustic Research Letters Online, 2(1), 19-24. DOI: 10.1121/1.1346900

Books

Wright, M., & Weaver, R. (Eds.) (2010). New Directions in Linear Acoustics and Vibration: Quantum Chaos, Random Matrix Theory and Complexity. Cambridge, GB: Cambridge University Press.
Wright, M. C. M. (Ed.) (2004). Lecture Notes on the Mathematics of Acoustics. Imperial College Press.

Book Chapter

Wright, M. C. M. (2005). The Wiener-Hopf Technique. In M. C. M. Wright (Ed.), Lecture Notes on the Mathematics of Acoustics (pp. 109-124). London, UK: Imperial College Press.

Conferences

Boorman, O., Harris, N., & Wright, M. (2016). Force feedback microelectromechanical microphones for high performance applications. 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan, United States.
Stasiak, A., Blumensath, T., Monaghan, J., Wright, M. C. M., Winter, I. M., & Bleeck, S. (2014). Estimating spectral-temporal receptive fields in the cochlear nucleus. Poster session presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) MidWinter Meeting, United States.
Monaghan, J., Stasiak, A., Winter, I. M., Blumensath, T., Wright, M. C. M., & Bleeck, S. (2014). Evaluating noise reduction algorithms for hearing impaired listeners. Poster session presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) MidWinter Meeting, United States.
Bleeck, S., Wright, M. C. M., & Winter, I. M. (2012). Adaptation in the ventral cochlear nucleus in the presence of constant-amplitude tone bursts is determined by ordered inter-spike interval statistics. Poster session presented at 16th International Symposium on Hearing, United Kingdom.
Wright, M. C. M., Winter, I. M., & Bleeck, S. (2012). Are auditory neurons clocks or counters?. Poster session presented at British Society of Audiology Short Papers Meeting, United Kingdom.
Monaghan, J., Wright, M. C. M., Bleeck, S., & Winter, I. M. (2012). Speech enhancement using sparse coding in a neural space. Poster session presented at British Society of Audiology Short Papers Meeting, United Kingdom.
Sang, J., Hu, H., Winter, I. M., Wright, M. C. M., & Bleeck, S. (2011). The neural space: a physiologically inspired noise reduction strategy based on fractional derivatives. Paper presented at 11th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies ISCIT, China.
Ham, C. J., & Wright, M. C. M. (2006). Modeling the spectrum of annular waveguides with periodic orbits. 513-521. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006: Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers, .
Morfey, C. L., Hu, Z. W., Wright, M. C. M., Wesseling, P. (Ed.), Oñate, E. (Ed.), & Périaux, J. (Ed.) (2006). Modelling of turbulent jets and wall layers: extensions of Lighthill's acoustic analogy with application to computational aeroacoustics. 1-23. Paper presented at ECCOMAS CFD 2006: European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, .
Tester, B. J., Baker, N. J., Kempton, A. J., & Wright, M. C. M. (2004). Validation of an analytical model for scattering by intake liner splices. Paper presented at 10th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, .
McAlpine, A., Wright, M. C. M., Batard, H., & Thezelais, S. (2003). Finite/boundary element assessment of a turbofan spliced intake liner at supersonic fan operating conditions. Paper presented at 9th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibition, .
Wright, M. C. M., Morfey, C. L., & Yoon, S. H. (2003). On the modal distribution for circular and annular ducts. Paper presented at 9th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibition, .
Wright, M. C. M., Howls, C. J., & Welch, B. A. (2003). Periodic orbit calculations of modecount functions for elastic plates. 4003-4016. Paper presented at Eighth International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, .
Wright, M. C. M. (2003). The aeroacoustic carousel. Paper presented at 9th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibit, .
Kota, V., & Wright, M. C. M. (2003). Wake generator control of inlet flow to cancel flow distortion noise. Paper presented at 9th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibition, .
Wright, M. C. M., Tester, B. J., & McAlpine, A. (2002). CAA methods applied to liner splices and other circumferential impedance non-uniformities in cylindrical ducts with flow from CFD to CAA. Paper presented at Computational Dynamics to Computational Aeroacoustics (6th CEAS-ASC Workshop), .
Kota, V., & Wright, M. C. M. (2002). Flow control of distortion noise in turbofan engine inlets. In Proceedings Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2002, Past, Present and Future Acoustics and EPSRC Theme Day in Acoustics Institute of Acoustics.
Astley, R. J., Fisher, M. J., Holland, K. R., Joseph, P. F., McAlpine, A., Self, R. H., & Wright, M. C. M. (2002). Research in aero-acoustics at the ISVR. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2002, Past, Present and Future Acoustics and EPSRC Theme Day in Acoustics, .
Pitelet, C., Wright, M. C. M., & Nelson, P. A. (2001). Optimization of flow distortions for fan noise reduction with one-sided actuators. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, .
Wright, M. C. M., & Nelson, P. A. (1970). Wind tunnel experiments on the optimization of distributed suction for laminar flow control. In K. Foster (Ed.), Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Combined Heat and Power - International Conference 11-12 October 1994 (pp. 343-354). UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..

Report

Laparra, X., & Wright, M. C. M. (2002). Inlet effects on the aerodynamics and acoustics of a centrifugal blower. (ISVR Technical Report 296). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.

Working Papers

Joseph, P. F., & Wright, M. C. M. (Ed.) (2002). Airfoil gust interaction: historical survey. (In, collected presentations from a workshop on the acoustics of fan-gust interaction). (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 897). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Wright, M. C. M. (2002). Collected presentations from a workshop on the acoustics of fan-gust interaction. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 897). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.

Title	Module Code	Role
Acoustics 1	ISVR1032	Module lead
Musical Instrument Acoustics	ISVR3063	Module lead
How Musical Instruments Work	UOSM2028	Module lead
Design and Computing	FEEG1001	Lecturer
Systems Design and Computing	FEEG2001	Lecturer

Dr Matthew Wright
Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ

Room Number: 13/2001

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