A Visit to Aachen University ITA

On the 27-28th June 2012, Dr Stephen Dance visited RWTH Aachen University to have discussions with Michael Vorlander's Group. We also tested a sample material with special fairy dust - but results were not positive. We still believe in Fairies, but not ones that scatter sound.

The National Planning Policy Framework

On the 28th June 2012, the Institute of Acoustics will hold a special seminar on the new Government National Planning Policy Framework.The seminar will be held at London South Bank University CEREB building. This is a sell out event!

Anne Kyyro Quinn Panels feature in Prometheus

Last year designer Anne Kyyro Quinn and the Acoustics Group worked together improving the absorption characteristics of her Leaf Panels. The panels which were on the floor of our reverberation chamber were last seen on the set of Prometheus with Charlize Theron!

Speech re-enforcement System Tested

On the 18th June 2012 a new speech re-enforcement system from Phonak was tested under laboratory conditions. This involved created the world's first dead reverberation chamber!

PA and VA System Design Seminar

On the 8th June 2012 a public acoustics seminar was held at CEREB. The seminar was given by Doctoral Candidate Luis Gomez on the design and optimisation of PA and VA systems on London Underground. Just in time for the Olympics!

Abstracts submitted to Reproduced Sound

Two abstracts have been submitted to the Institute of Acoustics Reproduced Sound 2012 conference. The conference is to be held at the Brighton Thistle Hotel on 14-16 November 2012. The first is on, "On the importance of the speech spectrum on the PA and VA sound system design", and the second is joint with Glen Leembruggen. Looks like a weekend by the sea is in order.

New IoA President - Prof Bridget Shield

On the 12th June 2012, at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Acoustics, Prof. Bridget Shield became President of the IoA. The meeting was held in CEREB at London South Bank University after which drinks and nibbles were consumed.

New Research Project with Anande

On the 11th June 2012 a new acoustics project was started with Adande Refrigeration. The KTP Associate is Ana Catarina Marques who will be working on improving the sound quality of the commercial refrigeration unit with the help of Luis Gomez, Dr Ed Hammond, and Dr Stephen Dance. Welcome on board.