Lecturing at ISVR Southampton

On the 16th September 2011, Dr Stephen Dance will be teaching on the Advanced Course in Noise Control. The course is run by ISVR at Southampton University. This will be the 18th year Steve has lectured at ISVR - will there be a cake?

London Branch Meeting on Uncertainity

At 6pm on the 21st September 2011, Visiting Fellow Dr Bob Peters will give a presentation to the Institute of Acoustics London branch at WSP Engineering Consultants headquarters on Chancery Lane. The talk will be on 'Improving planning decisions through the effective management of uncertainity'. It will end, as always, with a drink in the local pub!

Abstracts for Acoustics 2011 - A new decade, a new reality

Two abstracts have been submitted for the Institute of Acoustics Autumn conference, 14-15th September 2011 at Crown Plaza in Glasgow. Bridget Shield will be presenting her R W Stephens medal paper on 'Acoustics of Schools - where are we now'. PhD candidate Nicola Shiers will be presenting her research on 'Hospital Noise - is it a problem?'. In addition, Bob Peters will be leading a workshop on the revision of the CIBSE guides on noise and vibration. Should be a good conference!

winMLS system upgraded

The old winMLS 2004 room acoustic measurement system has now been upgraded to a Dell Latitude notebook with Digigram VX Pocket and Earthworks M30BX self powered omni-directional microphone. The vintage laptop has been retired after 10 years service!

New Rion products to be announced...

On the 20th September 2011 ANV Measurement Systems will announce a new range of Rion products. The announcement will take place a London South Bank University at CEREB and an instrumentation demonstration will take place in the acoustics laboratory. I hope all the new Masters students can attend!

Christian Marclay visits the Acoustics Group

On the 28th July 2011, the visual artist and composer Christian Marclay visited the Acoustics laboratory for an interview with Wallpaper magazine. Wallpaper is targeted at interior designers, fashion, art and lifestyle. Lots of pictures were taken!

Orchestra Pit Acoustics at the Royal Academy of Music

On the 28th July 2011, a series of room acoustic measurements were undertaken at the Royal Academy of Music. The orchestra pit was of particular interested to Master's student Alba Losada and I wanted to use the new Norsonic hemi-dodec and lightweight amp with the grateful assistance of Luis Gomez.