Royal College of Art students visit LSBU

Royal College of Art students visit the anechoic chamber of London South Bank University. As part of an exchange the artists of the RCA come to visit the acoustics laboratory to experience the quietest place in London!

Students visit the Royal College of Art

On the 15th March 2019 the Masters students visited the Royal College of Art as part of an exchange. The guys really enjoyed seeing the facilities on offer and the sound design showcase!

Graeme Littleford awarded ASA student medal

MSc student Graeme Littleford of the class 2017-18, has been awarded the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Robert Bradford student medal. The Robert Bradford Newman Student Medal for Merit in Architectural Acoustics recognizes excellence in the study of acoustics and its application to architecture. The program honours outstanding students at schools of architecture and architectural engineering throughout the world. The judging panel based their decision on Graeme’s MSc Final project dissertation supervised by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina. Grame’s final project, undertook work on determining the effects of passengers on the performance of Voice Alarm systems on underground platforms. An international conference paper on the work will be presented at Internoise 2019 (Madrid 16-19 June 2019)  by Graeme and Luis. Congratulations Graeme.

External Examiner for Thamasha Samarasinghe thesis defence

On the 13th March 2019 Thamasha Samarahsinghe successfully defended her MPhil thesis entitled,  "Experimental determination of airflow resistance for porous materials at high temperature". Dr Stephen Dance was the external examiner for the University of Liverpool. Congratulations go to Thamasha on her robust defence!

Royal Opera House invests in Acoustics Research

The Royal Opera House has furthered its investment in acoustics research. The currently funded joint collaboration is being extended to include the construction of diffusing panels based on novel designs. This work will be undertaken over the summer as they take time to build!

New Focusrite Sound Card Purchased

A new 8 channel Focusrite 18i20 sound card has been purchased to make quicker and more accurate acoustics measurements. The system will be used to measure diffusion coefficients and source sound power with high accuracy using 24 bit / 192 kHz sampling. We think the students will enjoy playing with the new toy!

SU2CATT Purchased for Education

A site license for the software conversion package Sketchup to CATT upgrade has been purchased by the Acoustics Group. SU2CATT will primarily be used by the Masters students at London South Bank University and by the PhD students for room acoustic investigations. It should make life easier for the students!