Researchers, students, and industry leaders gathered at Salford Media City on 11 June for the inaugural CDT Conference Day, a collaborative event dedicated to exploring what a sustainable sound future could look like through innovation, partnership, and forward-thinking discussion. The conference brought together experts from academia and industry alongside emerging researchers to share insights, discuss […]
Students attending the 2026 Summer School recently gained valuable insight into the future of acoustic engineering, combining expert-led talks with an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the university’s new state-of-the-art Acoustics Building. The visit formed part of the wider summer school programme designed to connect academic learning with real-world applications. Students attended specialist talks from Sam […]
The Salford Acoustics Research Centre hosted this year’s CDT Summer School 2026, bringing together a new cohort of students for an intensive, hands-on exploration of sound, perception, and experimental science. The programme centred on a timely and increasingly relevant real-world challenge: understanding how the rising presence of delivery drones may affect people through noise. Set […]
The University of Salford is set to welcome students next week (8 – 12 June 2026) for its first-ever CDT Summer School, marking an exciting milestone for the CDT programme and promising a week filled with collaboration, innovation, and hands-on learning. With a packed schedule of activities and the support of a wide network of […]
In February, students from Cohort 1 travelled to the University of Bristol for intensive two‑day topic training at the National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF). The group was hosted by Prof Mahdi Azarpeyvand, Dr. Daniele Zagaglia, Dr. Sen Wang and Dr. Abhishek Mishra who led an integrated theoretical and experimental training programme in aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. […]
The Sound Futures CDT launched its topic days series in late January with the CDT students travelling to Salford, Manchester to visit the Salford Acoustics Innovation Labs and the RIBA award winning performance space, Stoller Hall. Hosted by Stoller Hall, the first day opened with Adam Thomas (Arup), who outlined how the Arup team delivered […]
4 December 2025 The CDT journal club was joined today by Dr Helen Whitehead to discuss the current research into the impact of noise on animal behaviour. Chaired by Professor Trevor Cox, Dr Whitehead and the students explored bioacoustics and the research methodologies outlined in When the birds go unheard: highway noise disrupts information transfer […]
25 November 2025 The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures marked an exciting milestone last week as the full cohort came together in person for the first time at our Winter Residential hosted by the University of Southampton’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). Despite the chilly weather, the residential offered […]
The November CDT Journal club were joined by Professor Charlotte Clark from the City of St George’s, University of London who explored the impacts and harms of environment noise and shared insights from her research and experience in the field. The journal club discussion centred around her paper Evidence for Environmental Noise Effects on Health for […]
Today the CDT training programme launched its CDT Journal Club. The CDT students were joined by Professor Bill Davies (Salford – Director of LAURA with research interests in aural diversity, soundscape and acoustics) to discuss and explore his thought-provoking co-authored paper “Ten questions concerning autism and auditory accessibility in buildings.” Chaired by Dr Simone Graetzer, […]