{"id":171,"date":"2015-10-12T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T19:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:07:56","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research at Listen Lab seeks to achieve a fundamental understanding of acoustic-structural interaction and develop innovative acoustic devices that are enabled by bio-inspired designs and advanced materials. We are currently focusing on the following four areas:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-750 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-2048x1162.png 2048w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/files\/2021\/12\/Research-overview-624x354.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bio-inspired directional microphones: mimicking the internally coupled ears found in animals such as lizards, this research aims to address the fundamental size limit in directional microphones for sound source localizations.<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic sensors for sound and health: research on this area aims to develop fiber optic, piezoelectric, and MEMS devices for sound measurements and health related applications.<\/li>\n<li>Buckling-enabled acoustic emitters: research on this area aims to improve the radiation efficiency in traditional acoustic emitters by harnessing the buckling mechanism found in cicadas.<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic and mechanical metamaterials: this research aims to understand and develop exotic properties for advanced materials with subwavelength periodic unit cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research at Listen Lab seeks to achieve a fundamental understanding of acoustic-structural interaction and develop innovative acoustic devices that are enabled by bio-inspired designs and advanced materials. We are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7858,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/listen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}