2nd Meeting of the SIG for Communications and Room Acoustics

The 2nd meeting of the EPSRC funded UK Acoustics Network for the Special Interest Group in Comms and Rooms will be held at the London Doctoral Academy at London South Bank University on 5th June 2pm. The discussion will focus around upcoming challenges in Acoustics, as such the BBC, Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Music and the LPO have been invited. All are welcome to the brain storm!

Abstract submitted to the Acoustical Society of America

An abstract has been submitted by the Acoustics Group for the 176th Acoustical Society of America meeting, this year held jointly with Canadian Acoustical Association. An invited paper has been especially written to celebrate the life of Professor Murray Hodgson. The presentation will be given by Dr Stephen Dance and is entitled, "Architectural Acoustics Practical Solutions".  The meeting will be held in Victoria, Canada on 5-9th November 2018.

Bradford Literature Festival 2018

On Saturday 7th July 2018 Dr Stephen Dance will take part in the Bradford Literature Festival as a panel member for the Power of Silence. The event will be held at the Old Building of Bradford College and hosted by journalist Arifa Akubar.

Abstracts submitted to Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics Meeting

Two abstracts from the Acoustics Group have been submitted to the Institute of Acoustics 1 day meeting of the Musical Acoustics Group. The meeting is entitled, "Measurement and Modelling of Musical Instruments and Performance Spaces" and will be hosted by Edinburgh  University on 24th October 2018. The first paper is on a new instrument built by MSc student Dhruvit Zaveri, called the Yaybara. The second paper is on improving the acoustics for Henry Wood Hall by PhD student Doug Shearer. See you in Edinburgh!

Institute of Acoustics London Branch Meeting

On the 12th July 2018 two Masters students will be presenting their dissertations to the Institute of Acoustics London branch. Callum Brewer will be presenting the acoustics of Bolivar Hall at the Venezuelan Embassy. Then Dhruvit Zaveri will be presenting and playing the Yaybahar, a instrument he built himself!

Assured Acoustics Give a Masterclass

On the last day of lectures, 17 May 2018, Peter Turner of Assured Acoustics gave a highly informative guest Masterclass to Diploma and Masters students.The talk covered many practical aspects of sound insulation in acoustic design in residential buildings.The talk was appreciated by students as evidenced by the many questions posed at Peter. Thanks Peter we hope to have you next year again.

End of Year Party

The Masters students had their last day of the course, so we had to celebrate.  The course finished with their mini cheap acoustics projects where inventiveness was the watch word. We hope you all enjoyed the course and look forward to seeing what you come up with for your final dissertations!

New 4 channel B&K Lan XI Connect System

The Acoustics Group have purchased a new 4 channel Bruel & Kjaer Lan XI Connect system. The data acquisition system is designed to measure 3 axis vibrations from an induced forced in a structure for later modal analysis. Something new to play with! 

Acoustic Group runs the IOA Certificate in Environmental Noise Assessment

For the 5th year the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University have successfully run the Institute of Acoustics Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurement. Nine candidates joined us for the 5 day course in early May. We hope they were suitably entertained / informed as to the basics of acoustics!

The 1000th Blog News Item

Welcome to the 1000th blog news item! We have done a lot over the past 10 years! The Acoustics Group has expanded in terms of staff and students. We now run the Institute of Acoustics Diploma and Certificate courses and plan on running an Apprenticeship programme. As far as research goes nine PhD students have successfully completed with more to come! The team has worked with world leading organisations including the Royal Opera House, Telent, Captia, SRL, Brookfield, Royal Academy of Music and the LPO. We have travelled the world visiting America, Europe, the Far East and Australia / New Zealand. We have won awards from the Acoustical Society of America, the Institute of Acoustics, IEC, CIBSE and the Noise Abatement Society. Here's to the next ten years!

Working with the Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House has approached the Acoustic Group of London South Bank University to assist with the monitoring of the orchestra pit, stage, and rehearsal spaces. A fully automated sound monitoring system was specified so that all rehearsals and performances could be assessed in real time. We believe the system will be a world's first!

Balancing the acoustic of Henry Wood Hall

Henry Wood Hall asked the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University to balance the sound in the auditorium for smaller rehearsals. We came up with the idea of using 30 airbeds to attenuate low frequency sound and create a more balanced acoustics for smaller operatic rehearsals. The London Philharmonic Orchestra were happy with the results, which is a good sign!