Lecturing at ISVR Southampton

On the 16th September 2011, Dr Stephen Dance will be teaching on the Advanced Course in Noise Control. The course is run by ISVR at Southampton University. This will be the 18th year Steve has lectured at ISVR - will there be a cake?

London Branch Meeting on Uncertainity

At 6pm on the 21st September 2011, Visiting Fellow Dr Bob Peters will give a presentation to the Institute of Acoustics London branch at WSP Engineering Consultants headquarters on Chancery Lane. The talk will be on 'Improving planning decisions through the effective management of uncertainity'. It will end, as always, with a drink in the local pub!

Abstracts for Acoustics 2011 - A new decade, a new reality

Two abstracts have been submitted for the Institute of Acoustics Autumn conference, 14-15th September 2011 at Crown Plaza in Glasgow. Bridget Shield will be presenting her R W Stephens medal paper on 'Acoustics of Schools - where are we now'. PhD candidate Nicola Shiers will be presenting her research on 'Hospital Noise - is it a problem?'. In addition, Bob Peters will be leading a workshop on the revision of the CIBSE guides on noise and vibration. Should be a good conference!

winMLS system upgraded

The old winMLS 2004 room acoustic measurement system has now been upgraded to a Dell Latitude notebook with Digigram VX Pocket and Earthworks M30BX self powered omni-directional microphone. The vintage laptop has been retired after 10 years service!

New Rion products to be announced...

On the 20th September 2011 ANV Measurement Systems will announce a new range of Rion products. The announcement will take place a London South Bank University at CEREB and an instrumentation demonstration will take place in the acoustics laboratory. I hope all the new Masters students can attend!