Summing Up Acoustics 2021

 

We thank you all for your support over what can only be described as another difficult year. To summarise links with IOA were further strengthened with 4 virtual seminars held on theQuietProject.co.uk, Metamaterials and Teaching at a time of a pandemic given by both staff and students. Seven presentations were given by staff and students at various virtual conferences including the hybrid IOA annual conference,  Inter-Noise and Euronoise. Four journal papers were published on Metadiffusers, London Heliport, Room Acoustics using FDTD, and theQuietProject.co.uk. Four prizes were awarded to IOA Student: Rory Hendrick (NTi award), PhD student Eric Ballestero (IO A Young Innovator Award)  and Professor Stephen Dance (Noise Abatement Society for Callux Video and for theQuietProject.co.uk) with a special mention for Professor Emertia Bridget Shield on the award of her MBE. Of course, congratulations should go to Eric Ballestero for completion of this doctorate! Substantial investment in new equipment occurred in particular Nti kit and the latest Nor150 sound meter with Intensity Probe. Enterprise activities grew with the IOA Short course run, the Royal Academy of Music renewing their relationship and KPMG instigating their experiential lecture series. We welcomed a new lecturer: Dr Hyun Lim. Next year will see the start of the long awaited Apprenticeship in Acoustics and the results of REF21! Happy New Year to you all.

IOA students to present at London Branch

 

On the 18th January 2022 the IOA London branch have arranged for three students selected from the LSBU IOA cohort of 2020/21 to compete for the NTI-Audio best project award. This is the third year the competition has run and this year will be on-line. The presentations will cover gyms, change of use of rooms, and outdoor concerts, hope you can join us at this now annual event! 

Acoustics Group Christmas Party

 

The Acoustics Group Christmas Party was back! On 2nd December 2021 students and staff gathered round heat lamps to sit outside and celebrate the end of a frustrating year. Blended learning is here to stay but we did all miss face to face teaching which we hope you enjoyed. See you on Teams next week - you'll have to bring your own mince pies! 

Welcome to our new lecturer in Acoustics

 

On the 15th November 2021 Dr Hyun Lim joined London South Bank University as a senior lecturer in acoustics and building services engineering. Dr Lim will lead our new Apprenticeship in Acoustics programme as well as support the teaching on Undergraduate, Diploma and Masters courses. His background is in aeroacoustics and noise control through digital signalling techniques. We warmly welcome him to the team!  

ANC Conference 2021

 

On the 25th November 2021 the Association of Noise Consultants held their annual conference in-person at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. Professor Bridget Shield gave an overview of her jounrney in acoustics and Professor Stephen Dance was invited up as one of the judging panel for the various awards distributed to worthy consultancies. An excellent evening was had by all! 

Winning paper at IDoBE conference

The Centre for the Integrated Delivery of the Built Environment (IDoBE) at London South Bank University (LSBU) has held an international online conference  https://idobeconf-lsbu.co.uk/ 22-23 November 2021. The conference theme was, “Uncertainties in the Built Environment: How can we build a resilient future in the new normal ?”. The Acoustics Group represented by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina co-authored a paper with the main author Eyob Kibrom and other colleagues entitled The impact of using internet of things (IoT) to improve the operational performance of commercial buildings. The article has won the best paper award in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Digital Technologies category.  We hope you enjoy the read.

Ecophon and Jestico + Whiles Architects visit the lab

 

On the 10th November 2021 Ecophon, part of Saint Gobain Group, and Ben Marston Director at Jestico + Whiles visited the Acoustics Laboratory at London South Bank University. Professor Stephen Dance gave a short lecture on sound and it's  impact on wellbeing to the group. The visit ended over a decent lunch kindly provided by Ecophon.