Michael Langley (1946-2014): 'very nice man and genius acoustician'

摘要

Sadly Dr Michael Stephen Langley FIOA died in hospital on 19 June aged 67. He will be greatly missed, especially by his family and friends. Mike graduated with a BSc in Physics from Queen Mary College London in 1969. He studied for post graduate degrees at Chelsea College London, writing theses on The Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride at Elevated Temperatures for his MPhil and The Effect of Polymer Additives on the Damping Capacity of Concrete for his PhD. Mike joined AIRO for a short time in 1974. He moved to the British Aircraft Corporation and was proud to work on the pioneering development of Concorde in Toulouse amongst other projects. He moved to Wimpey Laboratories in the late 1970s.