Dr Bevilacqua Graduates at the Royal Festival Hall

On Monday 2nd November 2026 Dr Antonella Bevilacqua attended the graduation ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The graduation was the final formal part associated with undertaking a PhD, "Acoustic assessment of performing arts spaces; from ancient theatres to modern concert halls". Appropriately part of the thesis was on the seating design of the Royal Festival Hall. Welcome to the club Antonella! 

IOA London Branch Meeting on Creak Noise in Tall Buildings

 

On the 11th November 2026 Dr Alec Korchev will be presenting his research on Wind Induced Noise Creak in Tall Buildings at the Institute of Acoustics London Branch evening meeting. Dr Korchev will summarise his sound event hunting analysis technique and mitigation measures that formed his PhD thesis undertaken at London South Bank University. The event will be held at AECOM HQ in the City of London at 6pm Register here.  

John Connell Award at the Palace of Westminster

 

On the 21st October 2026 at the Palace of Westminster the Noise Abatement Society held their annual John Connell awards reception. This year Professor Emeritus Bridget Shield was a main judge for the competition winners! Well done everyone! Special thanks to Gloria Elliott, Lisa Lavia and Viscount Stansgate. 

Masters student wins IOA Bursary

 

On the 20th October 2026 Chris Bailey, a Masters student studying Architectural and Environmental Acoustics won the Institute of Acoustics Bursary. Chris will be using the money to support himself during his second year of part-time study. Well done Chris! 

Royce Institute Acoustics Diffuser Design

 

On the 19th October 2026 the final BAAMM acoustic diffuser design was produced. The Royce Institute funded project, Bio Architectural Acoustics Manufactured Metamaterial, was successfully completed. The project between London South Bank University and NHS Guys & St Thomas's with support of 3D sustainable material manufacturer SymbioTex. It looks great thanks to Federico Rossi and Ruben Vazquez-Amos! 

Uniformity of Sound Field Tests

On the 19th October 2026 a retest was undertaken at Sunrise House, part of Guys & St Thomas's NHS Hospital Foundation Trust. This time the audiology clinical setting was fully furbished to understand the sound field under normal operating condition. This was part of the MRC FERMATA grant with Audio3.

 

International Year of Sound 2020+ Report

 

On the 12th October 2026 the final report on the International Year of Sound was published by the International Commission for Acoustics. The report covers activities in 2020-2021, a difficult time! The UK Acoustics Network, the Institute of Acoustics and I-INCE. Professor Stephen Dance amongst many others contributed to the 230 pages report, it is a long read :)