1991/09 - 1995/02：英国皇家海军工程学院,讲师
1995/02 - 1999/09：英国南安普顿大学声学与振动研究所（ISVR）,讲师
1998/03 - 2010/05：英国南安普顿大学声学与振动研究所（ISVR）,动力学组主席
1999/09 - 2002/07：英国南安普顿大学声学与振动研究所（ISVR）,高级讲师
2001/01 - 2005/08：英国南安普顿大学声学与振动研究所（ISVR）,副所长
2002/07 - 2010/10：英国南安普顿大学声学与振动研究所（ISVR）,教授
2011/10 - 2012/08：巴西圣保罗州立大学机械工程学院,访问教授
2012/09至今：圣保罗州立大学机械工程学院 教授
研究领域
结构动力学
振动噪声主被动控制
非线性振动
智能结构
故障诊断及监测
学术兼职
2005-2008年度欧洲结构动力学学会主席
6次国际学术会议大会主席（ICVV2014，第8、9、10届International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics，第7届欧洲结构动力学会议，自适应结构国际会议），8次国际学术会议组委会成员，多次国际学术会议学术委员会委员和分会场主席
4次国际学术会议主题（重要）报告报告人（CONEM 2012，DINCON’09，International Congress on Sound and Vibration，XI DINAME）
Journal of Vibration and Acoustics副主编，Mathematical Problems in Engineering编委，Journal of Vibroengineering编委
18个国际学术期刊的审稿人
5家出版社书籍审稿人（Cambridge University Press， John Wiley and Sons，Springer-Verlag， Institution of Mechanical Engineers，Taylor and Francis）
主要论著及代表性论文
在相关领域发表国际杂志论文146篇，会议论文154篇，发表的论文共被引用3160次，h指数达到31。撰写和出版专著学术9本，主编会议论文集5部。2010年后发表的部分论文如下：
R. RAMLAN, M.J. BRENNAN, B.R. MACE, I. KOVACIC 2010. Non-linear Dynamics, Vol 59, Issue 4, (2010), 545-558. Potential benefits of a non-linear stiffness in an energy harvesting device.
B. YAN, M.J. BRENNAN, S.J. ELLIOTT, N.S. FERGUSON 2010. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 329, Issue 10, 1601-1614. Active vibration isolation of a system with a distributed parameter isolator using absolute velocity feedback control.
G. GATTI, I. KOVACIC, M.J. BRENNAN 2010. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 329, Issue 10, 1823-1835. On the response of a harmonically excited two degree-of-freedom system consisting of a linear and a nonlinear quasi-zero stiffness oscillator.
G. GATTI, M.J. BRENNAN, I. KOVACIC 2010. Physica D, 239, 591 599. On the interaction of the responses at the resonance frequencies of a nonlinear two degrees-of-freedom system,
C. HIRUNYAPRUK, M.J. BRENNAN, B.R. MACE, W.H. Li 2010. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 9, 055020, (2010), (10 pages). A tunable magneto-rheological fluid-filled beam-like vibration absorber.
A. ROYAL, C. ROGERS, P. ATKINS, M. BRENNAN, D. CHAPMAN, A. COHN, P. LEWIN, N. METJE, J. MUGGLETON, S. PENNOCK, M. REDFERN, A. SAUL, S. SWINGLER 2010. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Municipal Engineer, Vol. 163, Issue 1, 3-7, 2010. Briefing: stakeholder perspectives of buried utility mapping.
S-J. JANG, M.J. BRENNAN, E. RUSTIGHI 2010. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Volume 132, Issue 3, 034501, (2010), (4 pages). Comparing the performance of optimally tuned dynamic vibration absorbers with very large or very small moment of inertia.
D.F. LEDEZMA-RAMIREZ, N.S. FERGUSON, M.J. BRENNAN 2010. Journal of Applied Research and Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, 249-259, 2010. Shock performance of different sem-iactive damping strategies.
D.F. LEDEZMA-RAMIREZ, N.S. FERGUSON, M.J. BRENNAN 2010. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 330, Issue 5, 2011, 868-882. Shock isolation using an isolator with switchable stiffness.
S-M. KIM, S. WANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 330, Issue 4, 2011, 603-614. Dynamic analysis and optimal design of a passive and an active piezo-electrical dynamic vibration absorber.
S-M. KIM, S. WANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 20, No. 1, 015011, (2011), (10 pages). Comparison of negative and positive position feedback control of a flexible structure.
A.T. TADEO, K.L. KAVALCA, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 25, No. 3, 604-616. Dynamic characterisation of a mechanical coupling for a rotating shaft.
B. PAPANDREOU, M.J. BRENNAN, E. RUSTIGHI 2011. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 129 (3), 1366–1374. On the detection of objects buried at a shallow depth using seismic wave reflections.
Y. GAO, M.J. BRENNAN, F. SUI 2011. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 330, Issue 12, (2011), 2758–2771. Control of flexural waves on a beam using distributed vibration neutralizers.
S-M. KIM, S. WANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 20, No. 4, 045003, (2011), (10 pages). Optimal and robust modal control of a flexible structure using an active dynamic vibration absorber.
S.J. JANG, E. RUSTIGHI, M.J. BRENNAN, Y.P. LEE, H.J. JUNG 2011. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 22, Issue 5, 443-448. Design of a 2DOF vibrational energy harvesting device.
S-M. KIM, S. WANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 20, 075002, (2011), (9 pages). Robust broadband vibration control of a flexible structure using an electrical dynamic absorber.
G. GATTI, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 330, Issues 18-19, (2011), 4538-4550. On the effects of system parameters on the response of a harmonically excited system consisting of weakly coupled nonlinear and linear oscillators.
J.M. MUGGLETON, M.J. BRENNAN, Y. GAO 2011. Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 75, Issue 1, (2011), 54-61. Determining the location of buried plastic water pipes from measurements of ground surface vibration.
R. RAMLAN, M.J. BRENNAN, B.R. MACE 2011. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, (2011), 225 (4), 510-521. On the optimum parameters of a device for harvesting energy from running and walking,
A.C.D. ROYAL, P.R. ATKINS, M.J. BRENNAN, D.N. CHAPMAN, H. CHEN, A.G. COHN, K.Y. FOO, K.F. GODDARD, R. HAYES, T. HAO, P.L. LEWIN, N. METJE, ,J.M. MUGGLETON, A. NAJI, G. ORLANDO, S.R. PENNOCK, M.A. REDFERN, A.J. SAUL, S.J. SWINGLER, P. WANG, C.D.F. ROGERS 2011. International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 496123, 19 pages. Site assessment of multiple-sensor approaches for buried utility detection.
H. XIAO, M.J. BRENNAN, Y. SHAO 2011. Mechanics Research Communications, 38 (2011), 560–564. On the undamped free vibration of a mass interacting with a Hertzian contact stiffness,
B. TANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2011. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 289 (2011), 173-180. On the dynamic behaviour of the “click” mechanism in dipteran flight,
M. MOSHREFI-TORBATI, J.A. FORRESTER, A.I.J. FORRESTER, A.J. KEANE, M.J. BRENNAN, S.J. ELLIOTT 2012. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 331 (2012), 1532–1541. Novel active and passive anti-vibration mountings.
B. TANG, M.J. BRENNAN 2012. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 134 / 024501-1–5, (2012). A Comparison of the effects of nonlinear damping on the free vibration of a single-degree-of-freedom system.
A. CARRELLA, M.J. BRENNAN, T.P.WATERS, V. LOPES Jr 2012. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vo. 55, 22-29, Force and displacement transmissibility of a nonlinear isolator with high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness.
M.J. BRENNAN, G. GATTI 2012. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 331, Issue 13, 3158–3171. The characteristics of a nonlinear vibration neutraliser.
D.D. BUENO, C.R. MARQUI, V. LOPES JR., M.J. BRENNAN, D.J. INMAN 2012. Shock and Vibration, 19, 287-299, (2012). Structural damage identification and location using grammian matrices.
S.-J. JANG, M.J. BRENNAN, E. RUSTIGHI, H.-J. JUNG 2012. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 331, Issue 21, 4658-4667 (2012). A simple method for choosing the parameters of a two degree-of-freedom tuned vibration absorber,
D.F. LEDEZMA-RAMIREZ, N.S. FERGUSON, M.J. BRENNAN 2012. Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 331, Issue 23, Pages 4987-5001, (2012). An experimental switchable stiffness device for shock isolation.
获得奖励及荣誉称号
1997年获得美国声学学会会刊Journal of the Acoustical Society of America杰出研究论文奖
讲授课程
Mechanical Vibrations硕士研究生课程
Measurement Technology and Instrumentation硕士研究生课程
Active Control of Sound and Vibration硕士研究生课程1998-2010
Vibration Control硕士研究生课程1995-2010
Mechanical Vibrations本科生课程 1991-1994
Vibration and Materials本科生课程1995-2010
Applied Mechanics and Control本科生课程 1991-1994
承担主要项目
完成（主持）的工程项目和学术研究基金项目总经费500万英镑：
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
European Union (EU)
Government (Dstl)
Industry (including short-term consultancy)
Other
国际学术交流
担任国际上多个大学的访问教授
指导海外研究生、访问学者多人
