50th Anniversary Celebrations

This summer the Acoustics Group helped the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research celebrate their 50th anniversary. We have had close links with ISVR developed over the past 20 years. It was great to see old friends and make new ones!

Visiting Ghent University

This summer the Acoustics Group fulfilled a long standing invitation to visit Ghent University to discuss advances in measurement instrumentation. Professor Dick Botteldooren and Dr Annelies Bockstael hosted the informal meeting where the new inexpensive Internet enabled monitoring system was demonstrated.

The Acoustics Group at ICSV Congress

The 20th International Congress on Sound and Vibration was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Research Fellow Cat Marques presented her paper on, "Noise reduction in commercial refrigerators - A practical approach". Then had a fantastic time visiting Thailand.

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.