BBC Classical Music, Noise and Hearing

On the 19th July 2010 we have ben invited to the BBC seminar on Classical Music, Noise and Hearing. This event has been organised to conjunction with the BBC Proms and will be held at the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House.

MSc student awarded Concert Hall scholarship

Masters student John Zeman has been invited to attend the CHRG Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 25-29, 2010. He was also awarded a full scholarship, $1500. Well done John!

Goto Meeting Webinar - The Future?

On the evening of the 12th May 2010 at London South Bank University the combined forces of the IMechE / CIBSE / ASHRAE group gave the first virtual seminar using Goto Meeting. Three international presentations were given - Dubai, Chicago and from India. So, some people stayed up late. Is this the start of the Virtual University?

Peter Mapp gives a Guest Lecture

On the 10th May 2010 Peter Mapp gave a guest lecture to the Masters students in Acoustics on most aspects of speech intelligibility. Peter also demonstrated some practical issue when trying to take STIPA measurements. Finally, he gave his thoughts on the future direction of intelligibility. The talk was appreciated by one and all!

Anne Kyyro Quinn Beautiful Acoustic Panels

On 12th May 2010 two newly designed Anne Kyyro Quinn decorative panels were tested in the Acoustics Laboratory. The absorption characteristics were derived from reverberation time measurements, then they were admired!

Extreme Certification Testing of the SoundBadge

On 11th May 2010 the new Audio3 SoundBadge personal sound dosimeter was tested at the Acoustics Laboratory. This involved extremely high noise levels - 120 dBA, well it did until the loudspeaker started smoking!

Prototype SoundBadge Undergoes Certification

On the 7th May 2010 the Audio3 SoundBadge underwent certification testing to establish compliance with IEC 61252 Specification for personal sound exposure meters. Please forgive the cellotape!