At Inter-Noise 22 the Acoustics Group chaired sessions

 

On the 24th August 2022 the Acoustics Group chaired multiple sessionat Inter-Noise 22. Professor Bridget Shield co-chaired Acoustics and Education session jointly with Arianna Alstofi from Turin University. Professor Stephen Dance organised the Modelling and Numerical Simulation theme and chaired the Computational Acoustic session and the Acoustics of Performance Spaces session. Both on-line and in-person questions were asked by the delegates at this, the first ever Inter-Noise hybird meeting,

New kit arrives - Svantek 958A noise and vibration meter

On the 17th August 2022 the Acoustics Group received a new Svantek 958A noise and vibration Class 1 sound level meter. This kit is to be used for structural acoustics research projects, allowing environmental noise and triaxial vibration measurements to be undertaken simultaneously..

 

Frontiers for Young Minds Paper Published on Classroom Acoustics

 

On the 17th August 2022 Frontiers for Young Minds published an educational paper, "Acoustics of Classrooms" in a special edition curated by the UK Acoustics Network (UKAN) Christian Sumner. The paper was written by Professor Stephen Dance and Dr Eric Ballestero and reviewed by Year 7 school children. Many thanks to them for their really useful feedback!  

Webinar on Environmental Acoustics Assessments in Urban and Suburban Contexts

 
On the 15th November 2022 a special webinar has been organised to promote a special issue of the International Journal of Environment Research in Public Health. This is the 8th of the series and is to celebrate and promote an issue on "Environmental Acoustics Monitoring and Soundscape".  Professor Stephen Dance has been invited to talk on theQuietProject. Hope you can join us on-line. 

Masters students present to IOA London Branch

 

On the 13th July 2022 two Masters students from London South Bank University presented their dissertation to the Institute of Acoustics London Branch. Dr Haydar Aygun introduced Ekim Bakirci who presented his research on, "An audio based vehicle classifier using a convolved neural network". This work allowed traffic flow data to be estimated for rural and semi-rural road where no traffic flow data is available. Ekim was a full time student is now employed by AECOM. Michael Fort  presented his dissertation on, "How much acoustic diffusion is too much in a concert hall?". Michael used ODEON to model famous halls and found strong early lateral reflections were the key to good acoustics. Michael was a part-time student emplyed by Rambol. They both will be presenting at Inter-Noise 22, in Gasglow.   

Abstract submitted to Musical Acoustics Meeting on the Acoustics of a Sitzprobe Rehearsal

 

An abstract has been submitted by Professor Dance to the Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics Meeting entitled, "Acoustics of Sitzprobe Rehearsals". This presentation will cover the difference between a tradtional Opera rehearsal and a Sitzprobe rehearsal under the topic "Recent Developments in Musical Acoustics". The meeting will be held at Birmingham City University on 19th October 2022. See you there! 

Royal Academy of Music Exit Audiometric and Otoacoustic hearing assessments

 

The Exit hearing assessment for the Royal Academy of Music were completed by Professor Stephen Dance on 7th July 2022. Each year 30 final year students are randomly selected to be retested. This year we used both audiometry and otoacoustic emission testing to establish hearing acuity. The students, as ever, past with flying colours!