Lifetime achievement award in acoustics

Congratulations to Prof Murray Campbell who has been presented with a lifetime achievement award from the European Acoustics Association.

Prof Murray Campbell is a Senior Professorial Fellow and Professor Emeritus at the School of Physics and Astronomy.  He is also a founding member of the University’s Acoustics and Audio Group.

The European Acoustics Association (EAA) works to promote the development and progress of acoustics in its different aspects, its technologies and applications.  The EAA award for lifetime achievements in acoustics is issued every 3 years to someone who has demonstrated outstanding scientific and/or industrial achievements in the field of acoustics.

The medal was due to be presented at the opening ceremony of the triennial EAA Forum Acusticum congress in France in April 2020, but this was postponed to a virtual event this December.

Prof Campbell works on the physics and acoustics of musical instruments.