Dr Danielle Moreau

Biography/ Background

March 2010 - current: Postdoctoral researcher in aeroacoustics, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide

Research topics:

1. The mechanics of quiet airfoils: Develop an understanding, via wind tunnel testing, of the fundamental physics of turbulent trailing edge flow and noise generation.
2. Understanding and predicting submarine hydrofoil noise: Develop an advanced and efficient computational hydrofoil noise model.

Qualifications

• PhD, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 2010, Thesis title: "Spatially fixed and moving virtual sensing methods for active noise control"
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) with First Class Honours, The University of Adelaide, 2005

Awards & Achievements

• Fulbright South Australia Scholar, 2013
  • Host institution: Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Feb - June 2014
• Australian Acoustical Society Education Grant, 2012
• Best Contribution to Research Quality Prize at the CET Research Day, 2012
  
• University Postdoctoral Research Medal, 2011
• PhD thesis commendation from the Dean of Graduate Studies, 2010
• Acoustics 08 best paper in structural acoustics and vibration (second prize), 2008
• Australian Acoustical Society Postgraduate Travel Grant, 2007
  
• Australian Postgraduate Award, 2006 - 2010

Invited Seminars

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, "Aeroacoustic research at the University of Adelaide", 2012
• Centre for Turbulence Research Seminar Series, Stanford University, California, "An experimental investigation of flat plate trailing edge flow and noise at low-to-moderate Reynolds Number", 2011
• Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, "Stochastically optimal virtual sensors for active noise control", 2007
  

Research Interests

• Aeroacoustics
• Acoustics
• Active noise control
• Virtual sensing

Active member of the Flow and Noise Research Group and the Acoustics, Vibration and Control Research Group at the School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide

Publications

Books

1. C. Hansen, S. Snyder, X. Qui, L. Brooks and D. Moreau, Active Control of Noise and Vibration, 2nd Ed, Taylor and Francis, FL USA, 2012. ISBN 9780415590617

Journal Publications

1. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, "A computationally efficient frequency-domain filtered-X LMS algorithm for virtual microphone", Mech. Syst. Signal Pr. 37, pp. 450-454, 2013.  doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2012.12.005
2. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, "Nonlinear active noise control for headrest using virtual microphone control", Control Eng. Pract. 21, pp. 544 - 555, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2012.11.007
   
3. C.J. Doolan, D.J. Moreau, E. Arcondoulis, C. Albarracin, "Trailing edge noise production, prediction and control", New Zealand Acoustics 25(3), pp. 22 - 29, 2012.
   
4. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, "A nonlinear active noise control algorithm for virtual microphones controlling chaotic noise", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 132(2), pp. 779-788, 2012. doi 10.1121/1.4731227
5. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks, C.J. Doolan, "The effect of boundary layer type on trailing edge noise from sharp-edged flat plates at low-to-moderate Reynolds number", J. Sound Vib. 331(17), pp. 3976 - 3988, 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2012.04.016
6. C.J. Doolan, D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks, "Wind turbine noise mechanisms and some concepts for its control", Acoustics Australia 40(1), pp. 7 - 13, 2012.
7. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, "Adjoint nonlinear active noise control algorithm for virtual microphone", Mech. Syst. Signal Pr. 27, pp. 743-754, 2012.  doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.09.012 
8. D.J. Moreau,  L.A.  Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Broadband trailing edge noise from a sharp-edged strut", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(5), pp. 2820-2829, 2011.  doi: 10.1121/1.3569698
9. D.J. Moreau,  L.A.  Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "On the aeroacoustic tonal noise generation mechanism of a sharp-edged plate", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(4), pp. EL154-EL160, 2011. doi: 10.1121/1.3565472
10. D.J. Moreau, J. Ghan, B.S. Cazzolato, A.C. Zander, "Active noise control in a pure tone diffuse sound field using virtual sensing", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125(6), pp. 3742-3755, 2009. doi: 10.1121/1.3123404
11. E. Gamboa, D.J. Moreau, S.S. Kuik, X. Wang, L. Doherty, "Experiences adopting a situational learning course structure", Australasian Journal of Engineering Eduation 15(3), pp. 105-117, 2009.
12. D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, A.C. Zander, "A review of virtual sensing algorithms for active noise control", Algorithms 1(2), pp. 69-99, 2008. doi: 10.3390/a1020069 
13. D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, A.C. Zander, "Active noise control at a moving virtual sensor in three-dimensions", Acoustics Australia 36(3), pp. 93-96, 2008.

Conference Publications

1. J.L. Coombs, C.J. Doolan, D.J. Moreau, A.C. Zander, L.A. Brooks, "Assessment of turbulence models for a wing-in-junction flow", In proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Launceston, Australia, 3 - 7 Dec, 2012.
2. D.J. Moreau, C.J. Doolan, "On the sound produced by flow interaction with a wall mounted finite length cylinder", In proceedings of Acoustics 2012, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 21 - 23 Nov, 2012.
3. B. Nobbs, C.J. Doolan, D.J. Moreau, "Characterisation of noise in homes affected by wind turbine noise", In proceedings of Acoustics 2012, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 21 - 23 Nov, 2012.
4. K. Hansen, N. Henrys, C. Hansen, C.J. Doolan, D.J. Moreau,"Wind farm noise - what is a reasonable limit in rural areas?", In proceedings of Acoustics 2012, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 21 - 23 Nov, 2012.
5. C.J. Doolan, J.L. Coombs, D.J. Moreau, A.C. Zander, L.A. Brooks, "Prediction of noise from a wing-in-junction flow using computational fluid dynamics", In proceedings of Acoustics 2012, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 21 - 23 Nov, 2012.
6. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks, C.J. Doolan, "Experimental investigation of flat plate self-noise reduction using trailing edge serrations", In proceedings of the 28th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia, 23 - 28 Sept, 2012.
7. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks, C.J. Doolan, "On the noise reduction mechanism of a serrated trailing edge at low-to-moderate Reynolds number", In proceedings of the 18th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 4 - 6 June, 2012.
8. C.J. Doolan, M.R. Tetlow, D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks, ''Vortex shedding and tonal noise from a sharp bevelled trailing edge", In proceedings of the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, 9 - 12 Jan, 2012.
9. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Flat plate self-noise reduction at low-to-moderate Reynolds number with trailing edge serrations", In proceedings of Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, 2 - 4 Nov, 2011. 
10. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Empirical study of the tonal noise radiated by a sharp-edged flat plate at low-to-moderate Reynolds number", In proceedings of Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, 2 - 4 Nov, 2011. 
11. N.M. Thota, L. A. Brooks, D.J. Moreau, A.C. Zander and C.J. Doolan, "Analysis of noise generated by a wall mounted finite-length airfoil", In proceedings of Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia, 2 - 4 Nov, 2011.
12. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau and B.S. Cazzolato,"Performance evaluation of an active headrest using the remote microphone technique", In proceedings of Acoustics 2011, Gold Coast, Australia,  2 - 4 Nov, 2011.
13. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Experimental investigation of broadband trailing edge noise from sharp-edged struts", In proceedings of the 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland Oregon, 5 - 8 June, 2011.
14. D.J. Moreau, L.A. Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Empirical study of flat plate trailing edge flow and noise", In proceedings of the 3rd Asia Pacific Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2011) as part of the 14th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC14), Melbourne Australia, 28 Feb - 3 March, 2011.
15. D.P. Das, D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato, "Nonlinear active noise control with virtual sensing technique", In proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2010), Brisbane Australia, 7-10 December, 2010.
16. D.J. Moreau, C.J. Doolan,  M.R. Tetlow, M. Roberts and L.A. Brooks, "The flow and noise generated by a sharp trailing edge", In proceedings of the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), New Zealand, 5-9 December, 2010.
17. D.J. Moreau, M.R. Tetlow, L.A.  Brooks and C.J. Doolan, "Acoustic analysis of flat plate trailing edge noise", In proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA, Sydney Australia, 23-27 August, 2010.
18. D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato and A.C. Zander, "Active noise control at a virtual acoustic energy density sensor in a three-dimensional sound field", In proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA, Sydney Australia, 23-27 August, 2010.
19. D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato and A.C. Zander, "Active noise control at a moving virtual microphone using the SODF moving virtual sensing method", In proceedings of Acoustics 2009, Adelaide, Australia, 23-25 November, 2009.
20. D.J. Moreau, B.S. Cazzolato and A.C. Zander, "Active noise control at a moving location in a modally dense three-dimensional sound field using virtual sensing", In proceedings of Acoustics 08, Paris, France, 29 July - 4 June, 2008.
21. D.J. Moreau, J. Ghan, B.S. Cazzolato and A.C. Zander, "Active noise control with a virtual acoustic sensor in a pure-tone diffuse sound field", In proceedings of ICSV14, Cairns, Australia, 9-12 July, 2007.

Professional Associations

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Acoustical Society of America

Entry last updated: Monday, 6 May 2013