RBA Director gives Guest Lecture to Diploma Students

 

On 23rd March 2023 Russell Richardson director of RBA-Acoustics and vice chair of the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) came to LSBU to give a guest lecture to the 2022-23 IOA Diploma students. The highly informative seminar was entitled Ground borne vibration, its effects on buildings and how we control it. Russell also provided valuable employability and careers advice. The students and course director really valued the guest lecture and we all are grateful to Russell for sharing with us his insights and time.

Students visit Foster + Partners

On the 23rd March 2023 the students of the School of the Association of Architects and the Acousticians from LSBU visited Foster + Partners HQ in London. Our hosts Dr Andy Acred and (former student) Ms Antonella Bevilacqua and (former student) Dr Doug Shearer all contributed to a very informative afternoon. We all learnt about the work of the Simulation Group and our acoustics and ventilation interact. We also bumped into Norman Foster himself. A big thank you to Andy, Antonella and Doug!

 

Abstract submitted to IOA Annual Conference on Speech Intelligibillity

 
An abstract written by the Masters students has been submitted to the Institute of Acoustics Annual conference to be held in Winchester, 15-17 October 2023. A hotel has been booked so the students can present the research with Professor Stephen Dance on, "The effect on speech intelligibility of the direction of the sound source".  See you in Winchester!  

Students take room acoustic measurements at Henry Wood Hall

 

On the 9th March 2023 the acoustics students and the architects from the School of the Association of Architecs visited and measured Henry Wood Hall in central London. The team undertook a room acoustics assessment was undertaken in London's premier orchestra rehearsal space. 

British Councillers' Visit London South Bank University

 

On the 8th March 2023 24 visitors from the British Council visited London South Bank University. The international programme managers visited the Acoustics Laboratory where Professor Stephen Dance talked about our courses, the science of sound and then demonstrated how sound can be influenced by the environment. We hope the delegates enjoyed their time with us!

Abstract submitted to IOA Acoustics Conference

 

An abstract of an article has been recently submitted to the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) Acoustics 2023 conference. The abstract has been written by LSBU acoustics student of class 2021-22 IOA Diploma Daniel Hagan and his final project supervisor Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina. The article is entitled “ Investigating the suitability of guidance on large surfaces outdoor reflection correction factors” and is based on Daniel’s IOA Diploma final project. The conference https://www.ioa.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=750will take place on 16 and 17 October 2023 in Winchester, UK. We hope to see you at the conference !