Researcher Profile

Field: Reliable and Silent Transport Infrastructure

Main Research: Noise Barriers, Low Noise Pavements, Building Acoustics, Environmental Impact of Transport Infrastructure

Experience: Noise Barriers, Low Noise Pavements, Building Acoustics, Environmental Impact of Transport Infrastructure, Room Acoustics, Outdoor Sound Propagation, in-situ Methods for Noise Barriers Performance

• 2005-2005: Measurement of pollution gases in different ground levels
  Bilfinger Berger GmbH / Austria
• 2006-2006: Designer of steel structures
  Alpine Energie AG / Austria
• 2007-now: Engineer and researcher in the field of transport acoustics, noise barriers and low noise pavements. Team leader of the traffic noise group since 2013.
  AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (former Österreichisches Forschungsund Prüfzentrum Arsenal GmbH) / Austria

• 2007: Member of the Austrian Association for Research on Road – Rail – Transport (FSV) working committee „Traffic emissions“
• 2007: Member of ON Committee 211.06 “Noise barriers for road infrastructure”
• 2014: Chairman of ON Committee 211.06 “Noise barriers for road infrastructure”
• 2006: Member of member of the Italian Engineers Chamber
• 2008: Member of ON Committee 213 “Railways”
• 2008: Member of ON Committee 138 „Acoustics“
• 2007: Member of ISO TC 43/SC1 /WG33 “Measuring method for comparing noise on different road surfaces”
• 2014: Member of ISO TC 43/SC1/WG27 “Temperature correction for measuring methods for comparing noise on different road surfaces”
• 2014: Member of the EARPA Task Force on NVH “Noise Vibration and Harshness”
• 2007: Member of CEN/TC 226/WG6 “Noise barriers for road infrastructure”
• 2008: Member of CEN/TC 256/SC1/WG40 “Noise barriers for railways infrastructure”

• Langstreckenuntersuchungsmethode für die Lärmemissionen von Fahrbahndecken
  Author(s): M. Conter, M. Haider, R. Wehr, S. Gasparoni
  Journal: Lärmbekämpfung, 5 (2010)
• BEM simulations of diffraction-optimized geometrical noise barriers, with a focus on tunability
  Author(s): S. Gasparoni, M. Conter, et. al
  Journal: Acoustics Australia, 41 (2013)
• Measuring the sound absorption properties of noise barriers with inverse filtered maximum length sequences
  Author(s): R. Wehr, M. Haider, M. Conter, S. Gasparoni, S. Breuss
  Journal: Applied Acoustics, 74 (2013)
• Repeatability and Reproducibility of In Situ Measurements of Sound Reflection and Airborne Sound Insulation Index of Noise Barriers
  Author(s): Conter M. , Garai M. et al.
  Journal: ACTA ACUSTICA united with ACUSTICA, 100 (2014)
• Untersuchung der akustischen Wahrnehmbarkeit von Elektrofahrzeugen und Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotoren
  Author(s): M. Czuka, M. Conter, R. Wehr, M. Haider
  Journal: Lärmbekämpfung, 6 (2014)

• Publications AIT publications database