Research Student

Academic Division: Mechanics, Materials and Design

Research group: Applied Mechanics

Email: mjb314@cam.ac.uk

Personal website

Research interests

Vibration, dynamics, nonlinearity, control, acoustics, physics-informed machine learning.

Research projects

PhD: ‘Hybrid machine learning and physics-based modelling for active noise control in automotive vehicles'

Supervised by Dr Tore Butlin and Dr Ole Nielsen, funded by Bose.

Teaching activity

• Part I Supervisions:
  • IA Mechanics & Mechanical Vibrations (Magdalene)
  • IB Mechanics (Clare)
• Part IIA Supervisions (Department of Engineering):
  • 3C5 Dynamics
  • 3C6 Vibration
  • 3F1 Signals & Systems, 3F2 Systems & Control (occasional cover)
  • SC2 Bicycle Design Projects
• Undergraduate Admissions (Magdalene College)

Biography

I completed my MEng (with Distinction) in Mechanical and Information Engineering at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where I remain as a PhD Student and Senior Scholar.

Department role and responsibilities

• Organiser of the Dynamics and Vibration Group Tea Time Talks (2025-26)