On the 23rd January 2022, Masters students from the Class of 2021 attended graduation at the Royal Festival Hall. Once again Prof Stephen Dance pitched Inter-Noise 22 to Angela, Rebecca, Sarah, and Stan. The distant students sent their virtual regards by watching the on-line Youtube stream, thanks Claus and Josie! These were the Lockdown class where lectures started at 2am for those in the America, so I knew they were a determined bunch! Well done all!!!!
On the 23rd January 2022 London South Bank University held it Graduation Ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall. It was a great pleasure to see Dr Doug Shearer (2014-2021) and Dr Eric Ballestero (2016-2021), students who studied with us for their Masters and their PhD, at graduation. We hope they both stay in touch and come back one day to give a guest lecture on "Low Frequency Absorbers" or "Room Acoustic Metamaterials"!
The IOA London Branch held its first online meeting of the year, 19th January 2022. Three of the best IOA Diploma student from London South Bank University presented as part of the annual NTI-Audio sponsored best final project award competition. The presenting finalists and their topics were: James Gardner on Acoustic Quality and Comfort in Public Gymnasiums, Daniel Hare on The Acoustical Challenges of a Change of Room Purpose and Gareth Hance on C Weighted low-frequency control at outdoor concerts . The meeting was very well attended by a mix of senior consultants, academics and ex-LSBU acoustics students. Organisers NTI-Audio UK Managing director Charles Greene and Diploma course director Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina presented the award to the winner: Gareth Hance. Many congratulations to Gareth and to the other two finalists. We wish you all the best for the future.
As part of the IOA initiative to own a large and diverse stock of images for its media communications, the Acoustics Group has donated 865 photos to contribute to that stock. A photoshoot session was designed and led by IOA Diploma course director at LSBU, Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina, to provide attractive images that represent and illustrate the acoustics profession in action. Six students on the current 2021-22 Diploma course kindly assisted with the photoshoot. The IOA has expressed gratitude and featured one of the photos on the front page of the January 2022 Bulletin issue.
An abstract has been submitted to the 182nd Acoustical Society of America meeting to be held in Denver, 23-27th May 2022. The paper will be on, "Feasibility study for the hearing assessment of classical music student using Otoacoustic Emissions" and will presented the work undertaken by Prof Stephen Dance and Dr Eric Ballestero with the Royal Academy of Music. Looking forward to going somewhere!
