The ISVR at 50: Full website contents and sitemap
The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, including ISVR Consulting and the Auditory Implant Service
Our history, facilities and achievements
- The foundation of the ISVR by Professor P O A L Davies, reprinted from the ISVR 1996 Annual Report (html)
- A brief history of the ISVR Professor Bob White’s presentation from the ISVR 50th Anniversary Symposium
- Extract from University of Southampton. Handbook of Information. Faculties of Science and Engineering and Applied Science 1970-71.(pdf)
- The opening of the Rayleigh Building, 1968
- The opening of the Wolfson Building and Rayleigh Laboratories by Andy Middleton
- The opening of the SOECIC and HFRU facilities in Building 19, in 2008
- Video of the speeches by Vice Chancellor Bill Wakeham, Director Steve Elliott, and HRH The Earl of Wessex on the opening of the SOECIC and HFRU Building, Building 19 (on the University's iSolutions web site)
- Early days in ISVR Audiology by Dr R R A Coles
- Early audiological research at the ISVR by Professor Roger Thornton
- ISVR Audiology: Research, Teaching and Clinical Service by Dr Alan Martin
- Audiology into the 21st century by Professor Mark Lutman
- The making of a career in clinical and academic audiology Professor Kevin J Munro
- Guided by research education and service by Denise Cafarelli Dees, Head of Audiology Clinic 1988-94
- Studying residents’ reactions to railway noise: the British railway noise survey by Dr Jim Fields and Dr John Walker
- Railway Noise at the ISVR by Professor David Thompson
- From 1968 to the present: 45 years of ISVR Consulting - from ISVR Consulting's web site
- ISVR Review October 1972: a review of the first 10 years (pdf 2 MB)
- The ISVR sound intensity meter by Professor Frank Fahy
- The University of Zagreb sound intensity meter by Professor Goran Pavić
- ISVR - the first 20 years: the first three Directors of the ISVR reflect. From the Acoustics Bulletin, 1983
- ISVR -the 20th anniversary celebration by Barbara Large. From the Acoustics Bulletin, with additional material
- Video of the Frequency Shifters and the Decibelles, from 1983
- Video of the ISVR Old Time Music Hall, 1985
- Ludwig Rosenfeld is awarded his PhD at the age of 81, in 1985.
- ISVR - the First Twenty-Five Years From the Acoustics Bulletin, 1988
- Automotive engineering research at the ISVR, written by Dr D Anderton in 1992
- Memories of Chilworth, four home movies from John Dixon showing the people and facilities of the Automotive Design Advisory Unit at Chilworth in the 1980s
- Speeches on the 30th Anniversary in 1993, by Professor Joe Hammond, Director Professor Elfyn Richards,
Founding Director Professor POAL Davies Professor PE Doak
(web page with video clips) - The Acoustic Design of the Turner Sims Concert Hall by Professor P. E. Doak, November 1999
- ISVR - the first 30 years, 1993: Videos of speeches by
Prof Joe Hammond, Director
Prof Elfyn Richards, Founding Director, on the naming of the EJ Richards library
Prof POAL Davies, on the naming of the POAL Davies Laboratory
Prof PE Doak, on the naming of the PE Doak Laboratory - The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine Noise by Dr Alan McAlpine
- “Sound, vibration and the quality of life” The ISVR Queen’s Anniversary Prize Submission, 2005, by Professor P A Nelson, reprinted with permission (pdf, 156 KB)
Personal perspectives
Personal perspectives - Audio interviews with slides and text
- Emeritus Professor Frank Fahy (audio)
- Emeritus Professor Brian Clarkson (audio)
- Emeritus Professor Chris Rice (audio)
- Maureen Mew (audio)
- Professor Philip Nelson (audio)
- Professor Tim Leighton (audio)
- Professor Neil Halliwell (audio)
- Dr David Simpson (audio)
- Professor Paul White (audio)
- Julie Brinton of the Auditory Implant Service (audio)
Personal perspectives - Web pages
- A life in ISVR, by Emeritus Professor Chris Rice (web page)
- Emeritus Professor Denys Mead (web page)
- Mike Lower, Principal Consultant, ISVR Consulting (web page)
- Early days in ISVR Audiology by Dr R R A Coles
- Early audiological research at the ISVR by Professor Roger Thornton
- ISVR Audiology: Research, Teaching and Clinical Service by Dr Alan Martin
- Audiology into the 21st century by Professor Mark Lutman
- The making of a career in clinical and academic audiology Professor Kevin J Munro
- Guided by research education and service by Denise Cafarelli Dees, Head of Audiology Clinic 1988-94
Where are they now?
- Graham Gladwell, Lecturer, 1963-66
- Vic Mason, PhD 1966, Post Doc 1966-68
- Martin Mankowski, BSc 1966-69
- Martin Newson, BSc 1983
- Kevin Munro, MSc Audiology 1984-85
- Lucy Yardley, MSc Audiology 1985-86
- Andy McKenzie, BSc 1981, PhD 1988
- Gurmail Paddan, PhD 1991
- Lohan Presencer, BEng 1992
- Mike Kaye, MSc 1993-94
- Denise Cafarelli Dees, Head of Audiology Clinic 1988-94
- Bill Collis, PhD 1996
- Fabrice Castres BEng 2002, PhD 2006, and the Xodus team
- Kihong Shin: PhD 1996, visiting scholar 2007
- Mike Brennan and the Alumni at Ilha Solteira, Brazil
- Mike Lower, BSc 1973, MSc 1974, PhD 1980
- Sue Hall, at the ISVR from 1976 to 1987
- Clara Cardoso, MEng and PhD, 1998-2007
- Prashant Fernandes MEng 2007-2011
- Joan Serra Tur, MSc 2011
Our historic figures
- Professor Elfyn John Richards: a brief history (html)
- Professor Philip Doak, a link to Professor Doak’s obituary in the Journal of Sound and Vibration
- Professor Peter O A L Davies, an obituary by Professor T G Leighton
- Professor John B Large, an obituary
- Professor E E Zepler, by Professor C G Rice
- The life and work of E E Zepler based on a presentation by Professor Greville Bloodworth
- Professor Douglas Robinson, obituary from the Daily Telegraph, reproduced with permission.
- Professor Douglas Robinson, an obituary by Professor R Hinchcliffe (external link).
- Mrs O G (Grace) Hyde by Jackie Halliday
- The Directors of the ISVR, by Professor C G Rice
Books
The 50th Anniversary Symposium, July 2013
- The Symosium - Introduction and background
- Presenters biographical notes and their abstracts
- The venue - the Turner Sims Concert Hall
- Social media at ISVR50 - A perspective from Karen Woods
- Video interviews recorded at the Symposium.
Peter Wheeler,
Bill Collis,
Ashley Gillibrand,
Uday Senapati,
Neil Ferguson,
Mary Grasmeder,
Steve Gosling and
Tobias Göhring - A brief history of the ISVR Professor Bob White’s presentation from the ISVR 50th Anniversary Symposium
- Symposium sponsors
- Symposium report on the Digichamps
blog (External link)
General
Links to resources on other web sites.
- Prof E J Richards - Obituary in ‘The Independent’
- The University of Southampton web page describing the UTC
- CANTOR EU project. Coordinating Noise Transportation Research and Engineering Solutions.
- What it means to be human. Project: Hand-to-mouth. European network for understanding archaeological and fossil evidence for the evolution of speech and manual dexterity.
- Alumnus A. Harold Marshall, is made a Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit for services to acoustical science.
- BBC News report Single cochlear implant to improve hearing in both ears.
- Article from Times Higher Education All change at Southampton as new structure is unveiled
- University web page Enterprise Units (ISVR Consulting, Auditory Implant Centre, WUMTIA, RIFI, and Southampton Wind Tunnels).
- SOECIC at 21 - Video on YouTube (2 min 52 s).
- BBC website: “Music computer programme for deaf launched” with video clip.
- University News Release ‘Smart stethoscope’ advance in monitoring treatment of kidney stones mart Stethoscope’.
- Alumnus Sir Harold Marshall is awarded the Pickering Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand for innovative acoustical design of performance spaces for music.
- BBC website “How are aeroplanes getting quieter?” - the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre and work by Jeremy Astley.
- Professor Philip Nelson is appointed as chief executive and deputy chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
- More From Music - An Interactive Music Awareness Programme - A new computer-based music rehabilitation programme for cochlear implant users.
- ISVR 50th Anniversary Symposium report on the Digichamps blog
- Improving railway track design - Video on YouTube about railway research at the University of Southampton, including the ISVR and ISVR Consulting (3 min 42 s)