Elias Alfredo Zea Marcano
Assistant professor
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Researcher
About me
I am an assistant professor of engineering acoustics at The Marcus Wallenberg Laboratory for Sound and Vibration Research (MWL). My research interests span from theoretical to experimental methods, with a strong focus on sparse signal processing, harmonic analysis, and data-driven methods.
I am a reviewer in several international journals of acoustics, vibrations, and signal processing: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; Journal of Sound and Vibration; Applied Acoustics; EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing; Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing; Acta Acustica; Noise Control and Engineering Journal; Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control. I am a Guest Editor in the Journal of Theoretical and Computational Acoustics.
News
- May 2024, new paper: M. Laudato, E. Zea, E. Sundström, S. Boij, M. Mihaescu, Sound generation mechanisms in a collapsible tube, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155(5), 3345–3356, 2024.
- Mar 2024, new preprint: E. Zea, M. Laudato, J. Andén, A continuous boostlet transform for acoustic waves in space–time, arXiv:2403.11362, 2024.
- Jan 2024, new paper: A. dos Santos, J. Pereira, R. Nogueira, B. Masiero, S. Sander-Tavallaey, E. Zea, An experiment on an automated literature survey of data-driven speech enhancement methods, Acta Acustica 8(2), 2024.
Ongoing research
Sparse representations of wave fields in unified space-time
Measurement of sound absorption of finite absorbers with deep learning
Sound generation mechanisms in physiological flows
Sustainable aviation with applications to noise, air-traffic management, and drones
My research is financially supported by the Swedish Research Council and the European Commission.
Selected publications
- Zea, Laudato, and Andén (2024), "A continuous boostlet transform for acoustic waves in space–time," arXiv:2403.11362.
- Zea et al. (2023), "Sound absorption estimation of finite porous samples with deep residual learning,"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,154(4), 2321–2332.
- Zea and Laudato (2021), "On the representation of wavefronts localized in space-time and wavenumber-frequency domains,"JASA Express Letters,1(5), 054801.
- Zea, Fernandez-Grande, and Lopez Arteaga (2020), "Separation of rail and wheel contributions to pass-by noise with sparse regularization methods,"Journal of Sound and Vibration,487, 115627.
- Zea (2019), "Compressed sensing of impulse responses in rooms of unknown properties and contents,"Journal of Sound and Vibration,459, 114871.
All my publications can be found here.
Recorded talks
- Oct 2021, Conference paper: E. Zea, E. Brandão, M. Nolan, J. Andén, J. Cuenca, U.P. Svensson, Learning the finite size effect for in-situ absorption measurement, Presentation recorded for Euronoise (e-Congress), 2021.
- Dec 2020, Conference paper: E. Zea, E. Fernandez-Grande, I. Lopez Arteaga, Sparsity-driven separation of railway rolling noise with a microphone array, Presentation recorded for e-Forum Acusticum, 2020.
Supervised students
- L. Emmerich, MSc internship, KTH / TU Munich / UFSM (2024).
- P. Aste, MSc thesis, KTH / UFSM / DTU / Siemens / NTNU (2024).
- M. Kulbay, MSc thesis, KTH / Structor (2024).
- A. Meroli, MSc thesis, University of Trento / KTH / Aritco Lift (2024).
- R. Åhrling, A. Strömhall, BSc thesis, KTH / Delta Akustik (2024).
- J. Ling, MSc thesis, KTH / Zound Industries (2023).
- E. Waara Ankarstrand, M. Wörman, BSc thesis, KTH / Stiga (2023).
- O. Lundin, MSc thesis, KTH / Siemens / NTNU (2022).
- F. Vernersson, MSc thesis, KTH / Delta Akustik (2022).
- M. Vourakis, Ph.D. thesis, Chalmers / KTH / Volvo, (2021–).
- R. Vestman, M. Westberg, BSc thesis, KTH / Astrid Education (2021).
- P. Gräsberg, V. Söderlund, Individual project SD2101, KTH / ACAD (2020).
- J. Chow, E. Kouamé, BSc thesis, KTH / Scania (2020).
- A. G. Cairelli, MSc thesis (cosupervisor), Polytechnic University of Milan (2020).
- G. Eriksson, Individual project SD2102, KTH (2019).
- T. van Loon, BSc traineeship, Technical University of Eindhoven / ABB (2018).
- V. Reyes, MSc thesis, University of York (2016).
- L. Manzari*, MSc thesis, KTH (2014).
*Awarded "Best MSc Thesis" by the Swedish Acoustical Society in 2015.
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Teaching
- Examiner and teacher in SD211X Degree Project in Technical Acoustics, Second Cycle (2024–).
- Examiner and course responsible in SD2125 Signals and Mechanical Systems (2023–).
- Teacher in the course SD2166 Building Acoustics and Community Noise (2020–).
Courses
Building Acoustics and Community Noise (SD2166), teacher | Course web
Degree Project in Technical Acoustics, Second Cycle (SD211X), examiner | Course web
Experimental Structure Dynamics, Project Course (SD2150), teacher | Course web
Noise and Vibration Control (SD1120), teacher | Course web
Signal Analysis (FSD3140), examiner | Course web
Signals and Mechanical Systems (SD2125), examiner, teacher, course responsible | Course web