Skip to main content
Menu
Profile photo of Robin Cleveland

Professor

Robin Cleveland PhD

Associate Head of Department (Graduates)

Professor of Engineering Science

Fellow of Magdalen College

Biography

Robin Cleveland is Professor of Engineering Science and Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin where his doctoral research was on sonic boom propagation in the atmosphere. Upon completion of his PhD he was award the F.V. Hunt Fellowship of the Acoustical Society of America which he carried out at the University of Washington in Seattle studying shock wave lithotripsy – breaking of kidney stones by shock waves.

After two years in Seattle, Robin joined the faculty at Boston University where he remained for fourteen years rising to the rank of Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In 2011 he joined the University of Oxford, working in the BUBBL research group.

Most Recent Publications

Foam gratings as an alternative to customized acoustic lenses

Richards LA, Stride E & Cleveland RO (2023), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(1), 17-25

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation to human middle temporal complex improves visual motion detection and modulates electrophysiological responses.

Butler CR, Rhodes E, Blackmore J, Cheng X, Peach RL et al. (2022), Brain stimulation, 15(5), 1236-1245

Altmetric score is

Effect of Acoustic Radiation Force on Displacement of Nanoparticles in Collagen Gels.

Lovmo MK, Yemane PT, Bjorkoy A, Hansen R, Cleveland RO et al. (2021), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 68(3), 416-431

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation in humans is associated with an auditory confound that can be effectively masked

Braun V, Blackmore J, Cleveland RO & Butler CR (2020), Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1527-1534

Altmetric score is

Dual Array Passive Acoustic Mapping for Cavitation Imaging with Enhanced 2-D Resolution.

Gray MD, Elbes D, Paverd C, Lyka E, Coviello CM et al. (2020), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, PP

Altmetric score is
View all

Research Interests

Robin carries out research in nonlinear acoustics with particular application to biomedical ultrasound.

Areas of research include: shock wave lithotripsy, high intensity focused ultrasound surgery for thermal ablation, nonlinear distortion of B-mode diagnostic ultrasound, the development of shelled microbubble for ultrasound theranostics (targeted imaging and drug-delivery).

Most Recent Publications

Foam gratings as an alternative to customized acoustic lenses

Richards LA, Stride E & Cleveland RO (2023), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(1), 17-25

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation to human middle temporal complex improves visual motion detection and modulates electrophysiological responses.

Butler CR, Rhodes E, Blackmore J, Cheng X, Peach RL et al. (2022), Brain stimulation, 15(5), 1236-1245

Altmetric score is

Effect of Acoustic Radiation Force on Displacement of Nanoparticles in Collagen Gels.

Lovmo MK, Yemane PT, Bjorkoy A, Hansen R, Cleveland RO et al. (2021), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 68(3), 416-431

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation in humans is associated with an auditory confound that can be effectively masked

Braun V, Blackmore J, Cleveland RO & Butler CR (2020), Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1527-1534

Altmetric score is

Dual Array Passive Acoustic Mapping for Cavitation Imaging with Enhanced 2-D Resolution.

Gray MD, Elbes D, Paverd C, Lyka E, Coviello CM et al. (2020), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, PP

Altmetric score is
View all

Awards and Prizes

  • Invited Speaker, Frontier Acoustics Symposium, Shenhzen, China (2017)
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Guest Lecturer at World Congress of Endourology, London (2015)
  • Plenary Speaker, International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Lyon, France (2015)
  • Keynote Speaker, Joint 11th Congrès Français d'Acoustique and the Annual Institute of Acoustics Meeting (2012)
  • Paper of the Year IEEE Trans. on UFFC (2006)
  • Teacher of the Year, Mechanical Engineering, Boston University (2009)
  • ASA Bruce Lindsey Award (2000) 
  • ASA Hunt Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Acoustics (1995-6)

Most Recent Publications

Foam gratings as an alternative to customized acoustic lenses

Richards LA, Stride E & Cleveland RO (2023), The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(1), 17-25

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation to human middle temporal complex improves visual motion detection and modulates electrophysiological responses.

Butler CR, Rhodes E, Blackmore J, Cheng X, Peach RL et al. (2022), Brain stimulation, 15(5), 1236-1245

Altmetric score is

Effect of Acoustic Radiation Force on Displacement of Nanoparticles in Collagen Gels.

Lovmo MK, Yemane PT, Bjorkoy A, Hansen R, Cleveland RO et al. (2021), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 68(3), 416-431

Altmetric score is

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation in humans is associated with an auditory confound that can be effectively masked

Braun V, Blackmore J, Cleveland RO & Butler CR (2020), Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1527-1534

Altmetric score is

Dual Array Passive Acoustic Mapping for Cavitation Imaging with Enhanced 2-D Resolution.

Gray MD, Elbes D, Paverd C, Lyka E, Coviello CM et al. (2020), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, PP

Altmetric score is
View all