Two more papers accepted for IOA 50th Conference

 

The 4th and 5th papers by the Acoustics Group have been accepted to be presented at the IOA 50th Anniversary Conference, Manchester 12/13th September 2024. The first is the PhD work of Alec Korchev entitled, "Wind induced creaking in tall buildings", and second by Dr Haydar Aygun on "Sound transmission through rigid porous materials with and without perforations". See you all in Manchester!

Dr Haydar Aygun elected Fellow

 
It is a pleasure to announced that Dr Haydar Aygun, Associate Professor of Acoustics at London South Bank University has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics. Dr Haydar Aygun is the current Course Lead for Acoustics at London South Bank University incorporating the Masters programme in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics and the IOA Diploma in Noise Control. Well done Haydar!

Masters students present at IOA London Branch

 

On the 10th July 2024 three Masters students from the MSc in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics course presented their dissertations to IOA London Branch hosted by London South Bank University. Starting with Vincent Tham on "Acoustics of Choral Rehearsal Room" (dialing in from Malaysia at 1am). This was followed by Ruben Vazquez Amos on, "The Effect of Face Coverings on Speech Intelligibility and Speech Transmission". The finale was Sam Toone presenting on, "Automated Sound Classification on Construction and Non-construction Events". The hybrid meeting was attended by 26 people, not bad for the evening of the Euros semi-final which we wathced in our local pub's beer garden! 

Environmental Noise Monitoring Network

 

Eight Svantek SV200 Class 1 environmental noise monitoring stations has been kindly donated to the Acoustics Group from the Hinkley Point C construction site. These will be used to PhD candidate Ekim Bakirci as part of his research comparing the on-site performance of Norsonic, NTi and Svantek noise monitoring kit with his proposed solution. Many thanks go to Turnbull UK.  

Abstract submitted to 3rd Hearing Conservation Conference

The third Hearing Conservation Association conference will be held at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre on 5th November 2024. The theme this year is Listen Up Change is Coming! Professor Stephen Dance has been invited to give an update on academic aspects on hearing conservation and music exposure in a presentation entitled, "Face the Music: Key Findings and Future Research Directions". We hope to see you all in Birmingham for Fireworks night!  

 

International Acoustics Visit to Geopanel, Spain

On the 24th June 2024 a three way joint visit to Geopanel.com in Longono, Span. Former  MSc and now Lecture, Laura de Azacate of Soundscape Studios and Association of Architects and Professor Steohen Dance of London Sourh Bank University with Masters students from the School of Suoeeior Design all joined.  Tours of the newly expanded factory were taken, followed by lunch and an invitation to return next year to see the new recycled construction and automative materials.
 

Article published on the risks to paint from sound

 

On the 14th June 2024 the work with the National Gallery was published in News in Conservation Issue 102 June-July 2024News in Conservation Issue 102 June-July 2024 undertaken in the Acoustics Laboratory of London South Bank University. This work was supported by UKANUKAN and was a collaboration with BickerdikeAllen Partners. It covers how very high sound levels might damage paint in paintings.