R. Merino Martinez
R. Merino Martinez
Profile
Biography
Dr. Roberto Merino-Martinez is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects (ANCE) section of the Aerospace Engineering Faculty of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). He is also a part-time aeroacoustics consultant for the engineering company Peutz bv.
Roberto obtained his BSc and MSc in Aerospace Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in Spain after completing a research stay in the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) of Stockholm, Sweden within an Erasmus grant. After that, he obtained his PhD cum laude in TU Delft in December 2018. Afterwards he worked 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher in the same research group.
Expertise
Roberto's research focuses on the use of microphone arrays (also known as acoustic cameras) and advanced acoustic imaging techniques that enable sound visualization. This approach is especially useful in the field of aeroacoustics, in which the noise sources on e.g. flying aircraft or wind turbines can be identified, isolated, and analyzed. Therefore, this is a necessary step to obtain quieter aircraft and wind turbines, since we can identify and characterize the noise sources to mitigate. Roberto has extensive experience in aeroacoustic experiments in field tests and wind-tunnel measurements, as well as noise modelling tools. During the last years, he has been studying the field of psychoacoustics to determine the perceptive human response to aircraft and wind turbine noise and how to optimize the designs to provide the most pleasant-sounding devices.
Awards
In 2018, Roberto obtained the prestigious
cum laude distinction (only top 5% PhDs are eligible) for his PhD thesis "
Microphone arrays for imaging of aerospace noise sources".
He also received the
Clean Sky Academy Award for the best PhD thesis in Applied Sciences and Engineering for Aeronautics in Europe in 2019.
In 2020, he received the second prize in the
TRA VISIONS Young Researcher Competition in the field of Aviation, founded by the EU.
Expertise
Publications
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2022
Evaluation of advanced acoustic imaging methods for microphone-array measurements in closed-section wind tunnels
R. Merino Martinez / Colin VanDercreek / M. Snellen
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2022
Geluidshinder door windturbines
Een psychoakoestisch model
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2022
Three–dimensional acoustic imaging using asynchronous microphone array measurements
R. Merino Martinez / B. von den Hoff / David Morata / M. Snellen
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2022
Using global optimization methods for three-dimensional localization and quantification of incoherent acoustic sources
B. von den Hoff / R. Merino Martinez / D.G. Simons / M. Snellen
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2021
Combining asynchronous microphone array measurements for enhanced acoustic imaging and volumetric source mapping
Lourenço Tércio Lima Pereira / Roberto Merino-Martínez / Daniele Ragni / David Gómez-Ariza / Mirjam Snellen
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Media
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2022-07-14
Roberto Merino-Martinez in de media 2022
Appeared in: Elsevier Connect
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2021-08-26
Geen lawaai met geluidloze vliegtuigen
Appeared in: Delftse Post
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2019-09-18
Dichterbij geluidloze luchtvaart met het visualiseren van vliegtuiggeluid
Appeared in: TU Delft
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2019-11-30
Aerodays, Romania
Appeared in: Skyline n28 November 2019
Prizes
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2020-9-29
2nd prize at the TRA VISIONS 2020 young researchers competition: Category: Airborne
Seeing with sound – towards silent aviation
TRA VISIONS 2020 -
2019-5-28
Clean Sky Academy Best PhD Award 2019
The fourth edition of the Clean Sky Academy Best PhD Award took place during
Aerodays in Bucharest on 28 May 2019. The award recognises outstanding research
work by young scientists in applied sciences and engineering for aeronautics. Meet
our winners below!
Aerodays 2019
Ancillary activities
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2022-11-21 - 2024-11-21