Acoustics Research Unit (ARU)

Description

The Acoustics Research Unit (ARU) is a specialised research group that focuses on airborne and structure-borne sound in various fields, such as engineering acoustics, building acoustics, room acoustics, audio acoustics, psychoacoustics, speech intelligibility, privacy and security, human vibration, environmental noise, and industrial acoustics.

The group has a particular interest in developing prediction models and conducting laboratory experiments to validate their findings, as well as in developing new measurement procedures and conducting experimental studies on subjective evaluation. 

The ARU offices and laboratories are located in the Department of Engineering (Harrison Hughes building) at the University of Liverpool, and include an anechoic chamber, a semi-anechoic chamber, two reverberant chambers, and an audiometric booth equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for sound and vibration measurement. The ARU provides supervision for postgraduate research study (PhD and MPhil), training, knowledge exchange, and consultancy. PhD and MPhil research studies are supervised by academic staff in the ARU and can be registered in either the School of Engineering or the School of Architecture, depending on the candidate's topic and preference. The ARU has a sustained record of success in obtaining research funding from research councils, UK government, European funding, industrial, manufacturing and commercial sources. The group also has strong links with researchers in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, and the UK Institute of Acoustics.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1950

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University of Liverpool
Liverpool