Success at IOA Awards Lunch at the Oval

 

The Long Room at the Oval cricket ground were the hosts for the first Institute of Acoustics awards luncheon. The event held on the 19th April 2023 recognised the COVID backlog of recepiants. Professor Stephen Dance was there as a chair of a standing committee and to read the citation for our former LSBU PhD student Eric Ballestero who received the IOA Young Person's Innovation in Acoustical Engineering award 2021. Unfortunately Eric could not make it, so Steve was drinking for two! Well done for Eric and his Metamaterial based sound diffusers.

It's curtains for Foster + Partners

 
On Wednesday 19th April 2023 LSBU Acoustics Research Group and Foster + Partners started collaborating on material testing of different fabrics. Antonella Bevilacqua of the Simulation and Modellig Group came to the lab to undertaken impedance tube measurement of small scale fabrics. Things got off to a rocky start with Professor Stephen Dance having to supply a very large wrench to open the impedance tube to undertaken the absorption and transmission tests! 

RBA Director gives Guest Lecture to Diploma Students

 

On 23rd March 2023 Russell Richardson director of RBA-Acoustics and vice chair of the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) came to LSBU to give a guest lecture to the 2022-23 IOA Diploma students. The highly informative seminar was entitled Ground borne vibration, its effects on buildings and how we control it. Russell also provided valuable employability and careers advice. The students and course director really valued the guest lecture and we all are grateful to Russell for sharing with us his insights and time.

Students visit Foster + Partners

On the 23rd March 2023 the students of the School of the Association of Architects and the Acousticians from LSBU visited Foster + Partners HQ in London. Our hosts Dr Andy Acred and (former student) Ms Antonella Bevilacqua and (former student) Dr Doug Shearer all contributed to a very informative afternoon. We all learnt about the work of the Simulation Group and our acoustics and ventilation interact. We also bumped into Norman Foster himself. A big thank you to Andy, Antonella and Doug!

 

Abstract submitted to IOA Annual Conference on Speech Intelligibillity

 
An abstract written by the Masters students has been submitted to the Institute of Acoustics Annual conference to be held in Winchester, 15-17 October 2023. A hotel has been booked so the students can present the research with Professor Stephen Dance on, "The effect on speech intelligibility of the direction of the sound source".  See you in Winchester!  

Students take room acoustic measurements at Henry Wood Hall

 

On the 9th March 2023 the acoustics students and the architects from the School of the Association of Architecs visited and measured Henry Wood Hall in central London. The team undertook a room acoustics assessment was undertaken in London's premier orchestra rehearsal space. 

British Councillers' Visit London South Bank University

 

On the 8th March 2023 24 visitors from the British Council visited London South Bank University. The international programme managers visited the Acoustics Laboratory where Professor Stephen Dance talked about our courses, the science of sound and then demonstrated how sound can be influenced by the environment. We hope the delegates enjoyed their time with us!