Dr Timothy Waters BSc PhD
Associate Professor
Dr Timothy Waters is Associate Professor within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Current Position
Tim Waters is Associate Professor at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton. His research interests relate to vibration control and applications of vibration, particularly at ultrasonic frequencies, for structural health monitoring of aging aircraft and removal of accretions, e.g. in-flight wing de-icing. He runs short courses for industry in vibration related topics.
Career History
Tim Waters graduated in Mathematics from the University of Bristol in 1989. He joined British Aerospace (Airbus) Ltd where he worked in aerodynamic and elastic modelling of aircraft structures for flutter prediction. He began his PhD at the University of Bristol in 1992, funded by British Aerospace, to research new methods for validating finite element models as used for predicting aircraft wing vibration. On completion of his PhD in 1995 he remained at Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher and teaching fellow. He moved to the ISVR in 1998, working both as a research fellow and consulting engineer for a diverse range of clients in the transport and manufacturing industries. He was appointed as lecturer in 2000 and has since developed a broad range of research interests in both the mitigation and exploitation of structural vibration. He has also been involved in various schools and public engagement projects, see for example Luke Jerram’s acoustic wind harp, Aeolus.
