ASA-ASJ Meeting 2016

Between the 27th November and 2nd December 2016 the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan held their 5th joint meeting. The meeting was held in Honolulu, Hawaii and Dr Stephen Dance was persuaded to attend as the international representative to the Newman Trust. He also acted as a judge for the ASA Student best prize award. It was a very good conference and a great choice of location!

ICSV a big turn out planned by LSBU

Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina submitted an abstract to International Congress on Sound and Vibration to be held in London in July 2017. His paper is to be presented in the Policy, Education and European Project session. In addition, Masters student, Eric Ballestoras,  submitted his work on Virtual Reality. So in total LSBU has submitted 6 abstracts!

Dr Geoff Leventhall gives a guest lecture

On Monday 5th December 2016, Dr Geoff Leventhall gave a guest lecture to the Masters students. Geoff covered the basics of active noise control and detailed his research into the effects of low frequency sound. The students were highly gained an insight into a lifetime of knowledge from a renowned world expert

Gizem Okten defends her thesis

On the 23rd November PhD candidate Gizem Okten defended her PhD thesis entitled, "An investigation into the effect of acoustics on the vocal strain of opera singers". PhD examiners Professor David Sharp of the Open University and Dr Bob Peters of London South Bank University were impressed with the amount of work undertaken and the quality of the collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music. We all wish Dr Gizem well!

Dynamic Earplugs to be used by Trombone section

On the 16th November 2016, the students of the Royal Academy of Music were given Dynamic Earplugs.  These earplugs are designed to be compatible with playing a brass instrument unlike normal flat response musicians' earplugs. The Dynamic Earplugs will be tested by the Trombone section during concert rehearsals as acoustic screens are also incompatible with their instrument.

Two more abstracts submitted to ICSV 24

A further two abstracts were submitted to ICSV 24 to be held in London in late July 2017. The first was by PhD candidate Gizem Okten entitled, "An investigation into the effect of acoustics on vocal loading of opera singers" in the musical acoustics session. The second is a group effort by former Masters student Simon Brown, current Masters student Carl Ruegger and their tutor Stephen Dance. The paper is entitled, "Measuring the absorption characteristics of small samples using scale modelling and a Microflown impedance gun".

Two abstracts submitted to Acoustics 2017

Two abstracts have been submitted to Acoustics 2017, a joint venture between the Acoustical Society of America and the European Acoustical Association. The venue is Boston in late June, which should be nice. The abstracts were by Stephen Dance, "Face the Music", and Eric Ballestero on "Improving the reproduction of an operatic performance in an IMAX cinema".