Royal Opera House sponsored PhD

On the 23rd October 2017 the Royal Opera House became a co-sponsor of an LSBU Research Scholarship. Eric Ballestero will investigate a new Virtual Reality based tool to acoustic issues at the Royal Opera House. We wish Eric and the new collaboration well!

Acoustic in Music Training at IOA London Branch

The October 2017 London branch meeting talk was delivered by Luis Gomez-Agustina yesterday evening (18 October2017). It presented results from the current research in to the potential introduction of basic acoustic education into the performance music curriculum. The audience was formed by acousticians, trained musicians and acousticians with formal music backgrounds. The talk was very well received and generated significant interest prompting some challenging questions. In an informal raise of hand consultation at the end of the talk, attendees agreed unanimously with the conclusive finding presented from the UK wide research. 

New PhD student Eric Ballestero

Eric Ballestero has joined the Acoustics Group as a PhD student working on Virtual Reality. Eric is a former Masters student on our Environmental and Architectural Acoustics programme. Dr Stephen Dance and Dr Haydar Aygun will be the supervisory team on this exciting project. Welcome to the Acoustics Group!

New PhD student Rodrigo Sanchez-Pianzi

Rodrigo Sanchez-Pianzi has joined the Acoustics Group as a PhD student working with King's College London. Rodrigo is a former Masters student on our Environmental and Architectural Acoustics programme and is now a part-time researcher investigating speech for non native English speakers. Dr Stephen Dance and Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina will act as the supervisory team on this interesting study. Welcome to the Acoustics Group!

New Recruits on the IoA Dilpoma course

This year's Institute of Acoustics Diploma students, a cohort of 18 keen and enthusiastic people eager to learn! We all hope they learn, laugh and make life time friendships.

New recruits on the Masters programme

The 2017 cohort of Masters student on the Environmental and Architectural Acoustics course. We hope they all enjoy their time with us and learn how fun acoustics can be!

IOA Certificate of Competence 2017 Recruits

Between the 2nd and 13th October the Acoustics Group enrolled 13 students on the Institute of Acoustics Certificate of Competence for Environmental Noise Measurement. The course team, lead by Luis Gomez-Agustina with the assistance of Stephen Dance and Haydar Aygun. We hope they all enjoyed the course and wish them the best of luck with their exams!