Paul Prentice
Lecturer
Department of Engineering
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Biography
Paul Prentice is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering
Research Interest
Paul's current research is aimed at developing a fundamental understanding of acoustic cavitation, that is bubble activity, driven by focused ultrasound. This is an extremely energetic, often violent phenomenon, as bubbles in a liquid (or tissue) interact strongly with the pressure fluctuations of an intense ultrasound field. We use ultra-fast framing cameras to image cavitation dynamics, and a range of devices to acoustically detect (listen to) the activity. Ultimately, we hope to develop control strategies, automated and in real time (sub-millisecond), to harness the power of cavitation for medical and industrial applications.
Publications
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Song, J. H., Johansen, K. and Prentice, P. (2016) An analysis of the acoustic cavitation noise spectrum: The role of periodic shock waves. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140, pp. 2494-2505.
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Johansen, K., Song, J. H., Johnston, K. and Prentice, P. (2017) Deconvolution of acoustically detected bubble-collapse shock waves. Ultrasonics, 73, pp. 144-153.
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Song, J. H., Johansen, K. and Prentice, P. (2017) Covert cavitation: Spectral peak suppression in the acoustic emissions from spatially configured nucleations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), EL216.
