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RefNoEC/2014/25
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TitleLeighton, Timothy: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date30 April 2014
DescriptionCertificate of Election
CitationProfessor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

Timothy Leighton is distinguished for his research on the acoustical physics of bubbles, especially their nonlinear behaviour; for his inventions and discoveries including bubble measurements in the surf zone, pipelines and methane seeps; for shock wave lithotripsy monitoring, cancellous bone detection and needle free injection; for sonar systems that overcome bubble masking and numerous industrial applications. His seminal monograph The Acoustic Bubble has become the primary reference on bubble physical acoustics.
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