Brian Tunbridge has been awarded the Institute's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his contribution to the field of acoustics in general and specifically to the IOA. He was presented with the award at the Reproduced Sound conference in Brighton by Institute President Bridget Shield. Below is a citation from Paul Freeborn. Originally from Southampton, Brian graduated in Physics at Imperial College in 1964. He stayed on as a postgraduate to do a PhD in the acoustics group under the supervision of Dr R W B Stephens, the first President of the IOA, to work on Assisted Resonance in the Royal Festival Hall. Some of his work was carried out on model enclosures, which also led to an early interest in electronics. On completion of his PhD in 1969 he moved to Rolls Royce to join the noise group at Hucknall in Nottingham at the time of the final stages of the development of the RB211 high bypass engine. He worked on the design of sound absorbers in the inlet and turbine ducts as well as developing measurement techniques for noise in and around an engine.
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