Principal Research Physicist
Precision Acoustics Ltd
Dorchester, United Kingdom
If you have any interest in ultrasonics and underwater acoustics lets start a conversation. Wide range of products & services with 3 decades experience.
Dr Hurrell received a B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Physics and Modern Acoustics from the University of Surrey in 1994 and a PhD in Underwater Acoustics from the University of Bath in 2002. From 1994 to 1996, he was a member of the Acoustic Materials Team at the Defence Research Agency (Holton Heath). In 1996, he joined Precision Acoustics Ltd, Dorchester and is currently Principal Research Physicist. Dr Hurrell serves as one of the UK members of IEC Technical Committee TC87 (Ultrasonics) and chairs the British Standards Committee EPL/87 that shadows it. He is also a member of EH/1/7 the UK mirror committee of ISO TC43 SC3 (Underwater Acoustics). He was the inaugural winner of the Institute of Acoustics Young Persons’ Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering in 2005. He has approximately 45 publications in ultrasound modelling and instrumentation and acts as a peer-reviewer for 6 ultrasound related journals.
My organisation
Precision Acoustics was established in its present form in 1997 and is well established as a major supplier of equipment for the ultrasound and underwater acoustic markets on a worldwide basis.
We are a leading global manufacturer of hydrophones, ultrasound transducers, ultrasound test stations and acoustic materials. We also have a calibration laboratory capable of conducting measurement to a wide range of IEC standards.
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Ultrasonic and Underwater Acoustic Measurement Services
Our well specified laboratory is capable of undertaking a wider range of acoustic calibrations at frequencies in the range 10 kHz - 15 MHz
Product
We offer absorbers, encapsulants, syntactic foams and transducer backings for a wide range of acoustic applications