Professor Colin Hansen has been working in acoustics and noise & vibration control for more than 30 years and has been an Academic Staff member at The University of Adelaide for more than 15 years. His PhD degree was awarded by The University of Adelaide in 1980 for his work on sound radiation from vibrating surfaces. Prior to his current academic appointment, which began in 1986, he spent seven years as a noise and vibration consultant in the USA (Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.) and Australia. He is author of the text, "Understanding Active Noise Cancellation" and co-author of the texts, "Engineering Noise Control" (for which the third edition is to be published this year) and "Active Control of Noise and Vibration". His current research interests are focussed almost entirely on active noise and vibration control and he has authored or co-authored over 100 papers in this area. The research effort has so far attracted more than $3.5 million in funding from a number of different bodies. As well as contributing to the understanding of the physical phenomena associated with active noise and vibration control (see publications), the research has led to the development of a low cost, robust electronic controller ideally suited to active noise and vibration control. The technology thus developed is now licensed by Causal Systems (of which Professor Hansen is a director) who are further developing and marketing the controller. He is a past President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.
 
 

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