Author: Ivana Kovacic

Michael J Brennan, Dynamics Group, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, UK Professor Michael Brennan holds a personal chair in Engineering Dynamics and is Chairman of the Dynamics Research in the ISVR at Southampton University. He joined Southampton in 1995 after a 23 year career as an engineer in the Royal Navy. Since 1995 Professor Brennan has worked on several aspects of sound and vibration, specialising in the use of smart structures for active vibration control, active control of structurally-radiated sound and the condition monitoring of gear boxes by the analysis of vibration data and rotor dynamics. Mike Brennan has edited 3 conference proceedings, 3 book chapters, and over 200 academic journal and conference papers. Ivana Kovavic, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Ivana Kovavic is an associate professor within the Department of Mathematics at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. She has authored two books in the Polish language, 30 journal and conference papers and edited 1 conference proceedings.