Royal Academy of Music Hearing Tests are Go!

Over the next 2 weeks 349 students of the Royal Academy of Music will have their hearing tested at London South Bank University's acoustics laboratory. This is the 11th year of the on-going study to establish the hearing acuity of classical and jazz musicians.

Abstract submitted to CIBSE Symposium

London South Bank University is hosting this year's CIBSE conference in April 2018. Dr Stephen Dance and Dr Ben Dymock have submitted an abstract entitled, "Urban wind turbines: A London based Feasibility Study". Looking forward to the Technical Symposium!

Seminars to the Royal Academy Of Music

For the 11th year. Dr Stephen Dance gave a series of lectures to the new students of the Royal Academy of Music on Musicians' Hearing and the Sound of Performance. The seminars are tailored to four different instrument groups and use the data collected over the past ten years to bring the subject to life! This year the lecture room was the Dukes Hall, as it was in 2007!

Gizem Okten to present at IOA meeting

On the 13th September 2017 former PhD student Gizem Okten will present her research at a joint Institute o Acoustics London Branch combined with the Speech and Hearing group meeting. Gizem's doctorate was on the effects of acoustics on vocal strain of opera singers. We are all looking forward to her presentation.

New structure of the Acoustics Group

Welcome to 2017/18 and the new expanded Acoustics Group teaching team. We have a lot to look forward to in the coming academic year. In October we run the IOA Certificate in Environmental Noise Measurement. In April we host the CIBSE Technical Symposium at London South Bank University, And of course we welcome our new PhD students who join us from the Masters programme.

New lecturer to join the Acoustics Group

On the 1st September 2017 Dr Haydar Aygun will join the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University. Haydar was the course director of the Masters course in Applied Acoustics at Southampton Solent. He is expert in mechanical engineering specialising in acoustic properties of materials. Haydar is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of the Institute of Acoustics and the Acoustical Society of America. Welcome to the Acoustics Group!

Acoustics Group assisting the Trailblazer Apprenticeship in Building Services

For 2017/18 the  Acoustics Group is assisting in the delivery of a new London South Bank University Apprenticeship degree in Building Services. As such new sound and vibration equipment has been purchased. The instrumentation includes: 3 NTi class 1 sound level meters with associated analysis software and 3 vibration meters and calibrators. Further information on apprenticeships will follow!