External Examiner for Thamasha Samarasinghe thesis defence

On the 13th March 2019 Thamasha Samarahsinghe successfully defended her MPhil thesis entitled,  "Experimental determination of airflow resistance for porous materials at high temperature". Dr Stephen Dance was the external examiner for the University of Liverpool. Congratulations go to Thamasha on her robust defence!

Royal Opera House invests in Acoustics Research

The Royal Opera House has furthered its investment in acoustics research. The currently funded joint collaboration is being extended to include the construction of diffusing panels based on novel designs. This work will be undertaken over the summer as they take time to build!

New Focusrite Sound Card Purchased

A new 8 channel Focusrite 18i20 sound card has been purchased to make quicker and more accurate acoustics measurements. The system will be used to measure diffusion coefficients and source sound power with high accuracy using 24 bit / 192 kHz sampling. We think the students will enjoy playing with the new toy!

SU2CATT Purchased for Education

A site license for the software conversion package Sketchup to CATT upgrade has been purchased by the Acoustics Group. SU2CATT will primarily be used by the Masters students at London South Bank University and by the PhD students for room acoustic investigations. It should make life easier for the students! 

COMSOL Purchased for Research

COMSOL with the Acoustics Modelling module has been purchased by the Acoustics Group. The software will be primarily used for research into metamaterial design by the PhD students. Let's hope the investment is worth the cost! 

Royal Academy of Music Continue to Fund Acoustics Research

On the 12th March 2019 the Royal Academy of Music agreed to continue to fund acoustics research with London South Bank University. Since 2007 these two institutions have collaborated on hearing and the sound of performance. The current funding will support PhD student Doug Shearer complete his doctoral thesis on low frequency sound absorption. 

Memorial Lecture Given at the ISCE Conference

Visiting professor Dr Peter Mapp, was invited to give this year’s Warren-Barnet memorial lecture at the Institute of Sound & Communications annual seminar and exhibition. Peter spoke about The use of Psychoacoustics in the PA and sound system design  to a packed audience of over 75 delegates. This was the 5^th time that Peter has been invited to give the annual lecture in its 34 year history.  The lecture discussed the acoustic properties of the ear, sound localization, loudness and frequency response assessment as well as spatial hearing and the effects of echoes, reflections and the inherent latency in digital systems and the effect this can have on intelligibility and visual synchronization and the associated consequences for the hard of hearing.