{"id":3556,"date":"2025-08-14T13:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:38:19","slug":"doctoral-defenses-by-christian-dreier-and-simon-kersten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/doctoral-defenses-by-christian-dreier-and-simon-kersten\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral defenses by Christian Dreier and Simon Kersten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, Christian Dreier and Simon Kersten both successfully defended their doctoral theses. On Monday, July 28th, Christian Dreier received his degree on the topic <strong>Virtual Acoustics: Synthesis of Traffic Sound Sources <\/strong>and later that week, on Friday, August 1st, Simon Kersten got his on\u00a0<strong>Modeling and analysis of vibroacoustic mechanisms in hearing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>All of IHTA is delighted to congratulate both of them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3556 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A9942_Cropped-AkustikBlog-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3558'>\n\t\t\t\tChristian Dreier (center) with the examination board.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/akustik\/files\/2025\/08\/761A0250_cropped-AkustikBlog-2048x1357.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3559'>\n\t\t\t\tSimon Kersten (center) and the examination board.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, Christian Dreier and Simon Kersten both successfully defended their doctoral theses. 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