Acoustics

Tiny speakers break a barrier for sound

1 min read · Sun, Nov 26 2017

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A loudspeaker design could allow small devices to produce powerful low-frequency sounds.

Making loudspeakers resonate like atoms

1 min read · Sun, Jun 3 2018

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Tiny loudspeakers can efficiently produce low-frequency sounds due to effects similar to the quantum physics governing atoms.

Ying Wu

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

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Professor Wu works on theoretical modeling and numerical simulations of classical wave propagation in complex media, including metamaterials, metasurfaces, topological materials and random systems. She is recognized by effective medium theory, perturbation theory for periodic structures with resonances.