Group prize

Bob Chivers Prize in Physical Acoustics

Every two years the physical acoustics group awards the Bob Chivers Prize for the best paper published by a PhD student in the field of Physical Acoustics. This poster (PDF, 436 KB) summarises the entry conditions. 

Nominations should be directed to n.saffari@ucl.ac.uk.

Committee member Dave Cartwright presenting David Fan with the Bob Chivers Prize certificate at the Physical Acoustics Group Tutorial Day in September 2010
2010 winner David Fan (right)

 

  

 

 

 

Winners

  • 2010: Dr David (Zheng) Fan, Elastic waves guided by a welded joint in a plate
  • 2008: Dr Marco Morbidini, Prediction of the thermosonic signal from fatigue cracks in metals using vibration damping measurements
  • 2006: Dr Christopher Lowis, Determining the strength of rotating broadband sources in ducts by inverse methods.