Acoustics at the London Graduate Recruitment Fair

On the 19-20th June 2013 at the Business Design Centre in London the Association of Noise Consultants attended an exhibition at the London Graduate Recruitment Fair http://summer.londongradfair.co.uk/visitor-information.aspx. The fair stand was manned by MSc students Christina Higgins and Graham Shaw of Adnitt Acoustics and LSBU Research Fellow Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina on Thursday. Excellent turnout and promotion for the new IOA Diploma!

The Reverberation Chamber is Refurbished

Over the summer of 2013, the Acoustics Laboratory is undergoing refurbishment, in particular the reverberation chamber. Volume diffusers will be added on completion of the work in July 2013.

Luis presents at the IOA London Branch

On the 19th June 2013 Dr Luis Gomez presented to the Institute of Acoustics London branch at the offices of WSP. Luis research was entitled, "Designing voice alarm systems for underground stations". The meeting was well attended with some difficult questions answered regarding the ambitious plan of raising the speech intelligibility criteria!

Steve presents at the ICA

On the 3rd June 2013, Dr Stephen Dance presented Masters student Paul Herwin's dissertation to the International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal. Paul's paper was entitled, "Straw Bale Sound Insulation - Blowing away the chaff". The Americans from the Southern States were interested in this construction method.

PhD student Ben Dymock presents at the ICA

On the 5th June 2013 PhD student Ben Dymock presented his research at the International Congress on Acoustics in Montreal. Ben presented his work on, " Urban Wind Turbines - A Case Study" in the wind farm session. Much to his relief there were no difficult questions!

Peter Mapp submits his thesis

On the 12th June 2013 Peter Mapp submitted his doctoral thesis entitled, "The Application of STI to Public Address and Assistive Learning Systems". The viva should be interesting!

Acoustic Camera at the Royal Academy of Music

On the 12th June 2013 Campbell Associates bought their acoustic camera to the Royal Academy of Music. The camera was arranged on the balcony whilst the orchestra rehearsed Strauss. The video is really interested demonstration of what is possible in room acoustics!