A MATHS expert, formerly of the University Of Reading, has been honoured with two prestigious prizes.
Professor Simon Chandler-Wilde has received the R W B Stephens Medal from the Institute of Acoustics and has been elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
It follows his work helping to develop barriers against noise from traffic and trains as well as exceptional contributions to acoustics research throughout his 37-year career.
The R W B Stephens Medal was named after Dr Ray Stephens, the first President of the Institute of Acoustics; the medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to acoustics research or education.
The Learned Society of Wales represents excellence across sciences, humanities, arts, and other fields, with over 700 elected Fellows working to champion research and promote learning.
His work in this area provided the foundation for the development of new noise barrier designs, which have been used to control noise from road traffic and trains.
Since earning his PhD in environmental sound propagation in 1988, Professor Chandler-Wilde has published 95 highly-cited journal papers and led or co-led 25 research grants in acoustics.
His academic leadership includes serving as the University of Reading’s Head of the School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences from 2010-2015, and, in a job share, as its inaugural Dean for Diversity and Inclusion from 2015-2019.
Previous awards include the 1996 Tyndall Medal from the Institute of Acoustics and the Frank J Rizzo Award from the International Association for Boundary Element Methods.
Professor Simon Chandler-Wilde, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Reading, said: “The Institute of Acoustics has been a big part of my professional life. I have been a member since I was a PhD student.
“I’m really pleased that my contributions over many years to research and teaching in acoustics have been honoured by the award of the R W B Stephens Medal–I am also very pleased to have been made a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
“I look forward to becoming a part of this learned society and contributing to the effective work it does to support research and the development of early career researchers across Wales and beyond.”
