On the 17th February 2022 former student and lecturer at Architectural Association School of Architecture Laura de Azcarate and Professor Stephen Dance welcomed their students to the Acoustics Laboratory of LSBU. The students saw demonstrations of sound insulation, reverberation, room modes and absolute quiet. Next week we are on-line for the "Architectural and Acoustic" event!
In the London South Bank University 2020/21 review acoustic got to key mentions - both about past colleagues. First, Dr Bob Peters contribution to the Acoustics Group was recognised by the Institute of Acoustics through a new education award, proposed by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina. Second, Emertius Professor Bridget Shield and the recognition she received for her contribution to Women in Engineering. A good year all round!
Two late submissions were received by Inter-Noise 2022, a conference to be held in Glasgow this summer. Eric Ballestero on, "Equalivent surface impedences of acoustic metamaterials in 3D FDTD models" and Diego Cordes on "Simulation of line arrays on underground stations from improved speech intelligbiliity". This makes a told of 16 abstracts from the Acoustics Group. We believe there are 970 abstracts, making LSBU 2% of worldwide acoustic output!
On the 11th February 2022 the Masters' students undertook acoustic performance testing of facemasks. Four talkers, measuring the effect on speech directivity and speech power level of three masks. This was followed by word score tests, two talkers, 3 masks, and 8 listeners. Many thanks to you all. The results will be presented at Inter-Noise 2022.
On the 11th February 2022 Audio-3.com came to the Acoustics laboratory to undertake acoustic tests of a prototype high end loudspeaker system. Dr Brad Backus underook tests to establish the loudspekaer response, flat from 100-20000 Hz +/- 2 dB. Brad talked to the students about audio acoustics. Good work Brad!
On the 10th February 2022 Masters's students undertook a joint field trip with the Architectural Association School of Architecture to an old friend of acoustics, Henry Wood Hall. A tour of the venue and measrements of the room acoustics were undertaken by the students. We hope our long history of working together continues.
Inter-Noise the largest annual acoustics conference is set
for an in-person event at Glasgow Scottish Exhibition Centre 21-24 August 2022.
The Acoustics Group will have a significant presence with past and present
students presenting their research, as well as staff and PhD students. In total
12 papers will be presented, with the students being put up in a penthouse flat
in the city centre. Abstracts have been submitted by 10 students: Stefano on
teabags, Angela on paint, Ekim on Machine Learning, Ruben on faskmasks, Henry
on the Quiet Project, Stephen on life boat communications, Michael on diffusion
in rooms, Stravros on parametric design of panels, Rebeca on music venues and
Paul on Sound Wells. PhD work is represented by Susana on ducts and Georgia on
hearing. Staff by Professor Dance on otoacoustic emissions and Dr Hyun Lim on
noise control engineering. Looking forward to seeing you there!
