External Collaborators: 

  • The Open University, Milton Keynes
  • The University of Salford
  • Université du Maine, Le Mans, France
  • Delphi Diesel Systems, Gillingham, Kent
  • Daimler, Stuttgart, Germany 

External roles and appointments: 

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Applied Acoustics" (Elsevier).
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the “Journal of Sound and Vibration" (Elsevier).
  • Member of the UK Institute of Acoustics Research Coordination Committee
  • Member of the EPSRC College
  • Visiting Professor, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France.
  • Reviewer of research proposals for the EPSRC, the Royal Society, the 'Institut Universitaire de France', the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), the Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium).
  • Reviewer of book proposals for 'Elsevier', 'Professional Engineering Publishing', 'Thomas Telford Publishing', 'Multi-Science Publishing'.
  • Reviewer for the following international journals: Applied Acoustics, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Physics, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Wave Motion, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, Engineering Structures, Ocean Engineering, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Building Acoustics, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Ultrasonics, Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Vibration and Control, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Shock and Vibration, International Journal of Thermophysics, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Journal of Automobile Engineering, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, etc.
  • External PhD examiner at the universities of Cambridge, Southampton, Open University and University of Maine (Le Mans, France).
  • Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committees: International Conference on Condition Monitoring (Cambridge, UK, 2005), 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Okayama, Japan, 2005). 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Taipei, Taiwan, 2007), 15th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (Daejeon, Korea, 2008), 5th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies (Edinburgh, UK, 2008), 4th International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Beijing, China, 2009), 5th International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Chengdu, China, 2011), 9th International Conference on Condition Monitoring (London, UK, 2012), 6th International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Shanghai, China, 2013), 10th International Conference on Condition Monitoring (Krakow, Poland, 2013).
  • Conference structured sessions organiser and chairman: UK Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2002 (Salford), Internoise 2004 (Prague), UK Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006 (Southampton), 13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (Vienna, 2006), Anglo-French Conference 'Acoustics 2012' (Nantes, France, 2012).
  • Conference regular session chairman: Euronoise 2001 (Patras, Greece), 17th International Congress on Acoustics (Rome, 2001), UK Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2004 (Southampton), International Conference "Noise and Vibration Emerging Technologies 2005" (St Raphael, France, 2005), 12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (Lisbon, 2005), UK Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2008 (Reading), International Conference on Structural Dynamics (Leuven, Belgium, 2011).
  • Invited conference speaker at: Euronoise 2001 (Patras, Greece), 4th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (Munich, 2002), Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2002 (Wissant, France), Euronoise 2003 (Naples), Internoise 2004 (Prague, 2004), 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Vibrations (Okayama, Japan, 2005), International conference "Acoustics'08" (Paris, France, 2008), Dynamics Days Europe 2008 (Delft, The Netherlands), European Conference on Structural Dynamics (Leuven, Belgium 2011), IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Prague, 2013), International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering (Leuven, Belgium 2016); Keynote speaker at International Conference on Computational Structural Dynamics (Rethymnon, Greece, 2007), International Conference on Condition Monitoring (London, UK, 2012).