Dr Matthew Wright BEng PhD FIOA FIMA FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Acoustics
Dr Matthew Wright is Senior Lecturer in Acoustics within Engineering and Physical Sciences 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.
