Acoustics Group 2017 Christmas Roundup

We thank you for all your support over 2017. The Acoustics Group expanded this year with the appointment of our new lecturer: Dr Haydar Aygun. More students won awards including Eric Ballestero winning the Acoustical Society of America Newman medal, Nathan Gregory winning the RBA  Acoustics Prize, Nathan Pounds and Richard Evans winning CIBSE Bursaries. Ben Dymock successfully defended his PhD thesis and Nick Durup submitted his doctorate. Links with the Institute of Acoustics with the Acoustics Group have been strengthened with our successful reaccreditation. We hosted the IOA Art of Being a Consultant day meeting, and presented at three evenings branch meetings. Conferences included: ICSV 24, 5th European Occupational Voice Symposium and 173rd ASA/EAA Boston. New Links were formed with the Royal Opera House, BBC Singers, Wandsworth Council, and King’s College. We also made new friends from India, Indonesia, Chile and France. Finally, 48 students were enrolled on our postgraduate courses this autumn. We wish them luck with their respective courses. Best wishes for 2018 from the Acoustics Group.

IOA Event: BS4142 and it's context

London South Bank University will be hosting a full day Institute of Acoustics Event - BS4142 AND CONTEXT - A WORKSHOP ON WHAT IT IS AND MOVING FORWARD. Practical details: 10am Thursday 8th February 2018 at the Keyworth Centre on Keyworth Street, nearest tube is Elephant and Castle. There will be a chance to quiz some of the EH/1 panel

Development of the Acoustics Technician Apprenticeship

Funding has been won by the Acoustics Group to develop a Level 4 acoustics course to meet the end point assessment requirements of the Acoustics Technician Apprenticeship. This new apprenticeship has been created by the Institute of Acoustics Education committee working party. The New Year is going to be busy!

Student End of Year Celebrations!

The Acoustics students came together for the annual Christmas party to celebrate the end of the most successful year and our future successes. We'd like to thank all the students for joining the courses. We hope you had fun, made new friends and most importantly learnt something about sound and vibration

PhD Candidate Nick Durup submit his thesis

PhD candidate, Nick Durup, has submitted his doctoral thesis. The thesis is entitle, "An investigation into the effects of classroom acoustics on teachers' voices". We all wish him luck with his defence on the 26th January 2018.

Munro Acoustics India visit the Acoustics Group

Kapli Thirwani from Munro Acoustics will be developing opportunities in acoustic education in India. He paid a visit to the Acoustics Group to hear from Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and his experience as IOA Diploma Course Director and his experience with India and Indian students. We hope to see Kapil in India or London again soon!

Institute of Acoustics re-accredits London South Bank University

On the 8th December 2017 The Acoustics Group gained re-accreditation to run two Institute of Acoustics courses: The Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurement, and the Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control. The accreditation covers students enrolling on the courses from 2018 to 2022. Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina, Course Director, will continue the successful collaboration with the Institute. Well done Luis on a job well done!

Abstract submitted to Euronoise 2018

An abstract has been submitted by Acoustic Group PhD student, Doug Shearer, for the Elastics and Metamaterials session at Euronoise 2018 to be held in late May 2018. The paper is entitled,"Towards a novel acoustic absorber using a magnetically induced geometric nonlinearity in an elastic membrane". Hope to see you in Crete! 

Abstract on Helicopter Noise community response accepted by Euronoise 2018

An abstract by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and Dr Steve Dance has been recently accepted to be published and presented at Euronoise 2018 conference to be held on 28-31 May 2018 in Crete (Greece). The abstract of the paper is entitled “Community response from noise emissions from London heliport operation” and reports on the perception, attitudes and impact of London Heliport on local residents. We hope to see you at the conference next year and give us your thoughts on the paper