Abstract submitted to Forum Acusticum

PhD Candidate Gizem Okten submitted her abstract to Forum Acusticum to be held in Krakow, Poland during September of 2014. The abstract was entitled, "Pilot investigation into the vocal load of Opera singers" to be presented in the session called, "Music and Acoustics of Rehearsal Rooms".  Should be a good one!

Peter Mapp awarded his PhD

On the 10th March 2014 Peter Mapp was awarded his doctoral thesis. Peter's doctorate was entitled, "The application of STI to Public Address and Assistive Listening Systems". The thesis was a collection of related papers with a manuscript linking the research results. Well done to Peter and thanks goes to the external examiners.

Speech Intelligibility Lecture by Peter Mapp

On the 7th March 2014 Peter Mapp visited the Acoustics Group to give his now annual seminar on speech intelligibility. Peter included some enjoyable demonstrations of processed speech signals and their intelligibility levels. There appeared to be a lot of work need to understand the pyschoacoustics of cognitive speech processing!

Anne Kyyro Quinn Material Tests

On the 7th March 2014, the Microflown in-situ absorption apparatus was taken to design studio of Anne Kyyro Quinn. Eight beautiful panels were measured to establish their absorption characteristics  in the afternoon along with calibration measured of known acoustic foam. Nice to be surrounded by art for a change!

London Underground Limited Visit

On the 5th March 2014 London Underground Limited visited the Acoustics Group. Noran Gorasia and Avril Carroll discussed future opportunities for collaboration on improving the PA/VA system on the tube and reducing noise nuisance from nearby residents. Ideas were flying around!

IOA and Brighton Science Festival Event

On the 28th February 2014 Dr Luis Gomez attended the joint IOA Southern Branch /  Musical Acoustics Group at Brighton's Science Festival. The day meeting was entitled, "Creative Soundscapes 2014". Prof. Trevor Cox, Prof. Jian Kang, Peter Rogers and Dan Pope presented their latest research in to urban soundscapes and their design.

Christina's wins Newman Medal

On the 27th February 2014 MSc student Christina Higgins was awarded the Acoustical Society of America Newman Medal for best dissertation on architectural acoustics. Christina's thesis was entitled, "An investigation into the Helhholtz Resonators of the Queen Elisabeth Hall, London". Christina now works for Ramboll in London.