Monday, 20 October 2008

Emma Greenland hands in PhD Thesis



On Monday 20th October 2008 Emma Greenland submitted 3 copies of her doctoral thesis on Open Plan Schools. Well done Emma, I hope Mike Barron, Raf Orlowski and Carl Hopkins likes it!

Friday, 17 October 2008

Hoare Lea visit to see our roof top wind turbines



Hoare Lea, the consultant engineers, came in strength to visit the roof-top urban wind turbines on Ashenden House, Elephant and Castle. Luckily the weather the fine and the Proven and Quiet Revolution turbines were spinning nicely.

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Dosimetry at the Royal Academy of Music


On 16th October 2008 the Acoustics Group began measuring individual noise doses of students from the Royal Academy of Music. Georgia Zedpidou, Steve Dance and Ozge Can were taking dosimetry measurements. The harp appears noisy than we thought!

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

This year acoustics students



On 14th October 2008 the 1st year Masters students were taken to see the Quiet Revolution and Proven urban wind turbines at Elephant & Castle. We have Hussien, Nicky, Ozge, Rob, Camilo, Ben and Bob. Welcome to the course!

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Henry Wood Hall Rehearsals


On 9th October 2008, the Acoustics Group measured the noise dose of a sample of musicians of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The measurements were taken a Henry Wood Hall and will be repeated at the Royal Festival Hall for the following days performance.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Joint collaboration with the Ear Institute and the Royal College of Music

On 1st October 2008 the Royal College of Music and the Ear Institute, part of University College London, UK. agreed to collaborate on Enterprise developments and future joint research. It is hoped to developed an EU Framework 7 grant application addressing the needs of classical musicians.

Friday, 12 September 2008

ISVR Advanced Course


Dr Stephen Dance gave a presentation to the Noise Control thread of the ISVR Advance Course on Noise and Vibration on the 12th September. It was the first time the sound absorbing mirror had been seen by the profession. Luckily the mirror survived! More importantly, drinks and dinner was enjoyed by all at the Oxford Brasserie in Southampton