The Quiet Life

A team from the University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department have developed a revolutionary soundproofing material which could help save our ears from life's din.


The material, produced by Professor David Hothersall, Dr Mark Swift and Dr Kirill Horoshenkov, could eventually change the way everything from our cars, washing machines and even our homes are built.

Left to right –Dr Mark Swift, Dr Kirill Horoshenkov and Professor David Hothersall with the revolutionary new material

Professor Hothersall said: "The material we have been working with is a foam used to fill the middle of car dashboards and bumpers retrieved from old cars. The existing bubbles in the foam, as well as the air pockets created in binding, are an effective way of absorbing sound waves."


The discovery has been patented and developed by the specially formed spin-off company Acoutechs.

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