Carl Howard

Professor Carl Howard

Professor

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Lecturer, researcher and consultant in acoustics, ultrasound, thermoacoustics, condition monitoring, finite element analysis, boundary element analysis, statistical energy analysis, modal analysis.

Research Projects

(last updated June 2023)

  • Active noise control
  • Adaptive passive noise control
  • Engine exhaust noise control
  • Acoustics and vibrations in fluid-filled pipes, hoses, valves, flow control devices
  • Vibration condition monitoring
  • Noise radiation and control from exhaust stacks - CFD and FEA simulations and experimental testing
  • Development of a condition monitoring system for shock absorbers
  • Acoustic and vibration meta-materials
  • Ultrasound to control blue-green algae (cyanobacteria microcystis)
  • Microphone arrays
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Courses

Awards

  • ECMS Teaching Award 2015
  • School of Mechanical Engineering Teaching Award 2015
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 Co-Supervisor Defining the mechanical rules of the wrist through computational modelling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zheng Xu Cheng
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Nonlinear scale-dependent deformation behaviour of beam and plate structures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ali Farajpour Ouderji
    2015 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Vibration Signatures of Defective Bearings: Modelling and Defect Size Estimation Methods Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Frank Larizza
    2015 - 2020 Co-Supervisor An Investigation into the Mechanics of Sound Propagation through Turbulent Non-Isothermal Exhaust Jets in Cross-Flow Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Orddom Leav
    2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Carbon Nanotube Acoustic Absorber Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Ayub
    2011 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Vibration Signatures of Defective Bearings and Defect Size Estimation Methods Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alireza Moazen Ahmadi
    2009 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Explicit dynamics finite element modelling of defective rolling element bearings Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sarabjeet Singh
    2004 - 2006 Co-Supervisor Tonal Noise Attenuation in Ducts by Optimising Adaptive Helmholtz Resonators Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Sarabjeet Singh
    2004 - 2008 Co-Supervisor Numerical Investigations of the Performance and Effectiveness of Thermoacoustic Couples Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Luke Zoontjens
  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 83133469
  • Email: carl.howard@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134367
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering South, floor 2
  • Org Unit: Mechanical Engineering

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