The present research activities of the laboratory include:

• Structural model updating 

• Structural damage detection using dynamic test data

• Laser vibrometer applications 

• Structural intensity (structural power flow) 

• Energy flow, statistical, and hybrid methods 

• Active vibration control 

• Active noise control, 

• Dynamic characterization of microsystem structures (MEMS) 

• Musical acoustics

• Metamaterials for applications in the audio frequency range

• Acoustic material characterization

• Uncertainty qualification in structural dynamics and vibroacoustics

 Recent Investigations:

• Active vibration control of a plate using strucutral intensity adaptive control and robust control

• Active control of a cylindrical shell and acoustic cavity

• Active vibration control of a beam using structural intensity and robust control

• Active noise control inside a car 

• Hybrid actuators for transmission loss control in panels

• Fault detection using laser measurements and structural intensity divergence maps

• Crack detection in beams using Lab waves

• Spectral element analysis of frames, plates, and beam reinforced plates

• Inverse methods for the identification of poroelastic material parameters in impedance tubes

• Waveguide Finite Element Models for periodic structures

• Periodic structures for noise and vibration attenuation

Recent research results: