SU2CATT Purchased

The Acoustics Group has purchased a site license for SU2CATT. As of 25th November 2010 students on the Masters course in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics can use Google Sketchup to build room acoustic models and import them into CATT-Acoustics automatically.

Two abstracts submitted to the 161st ASA Meeting

On the 20th November 2010, two abstracts were submitted to the 161st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Seattle. The first is an invited paper for the 25th Anniversary of the Newman Fund, the second is based on Masters student John Zeman's dissertation. Seattle here we come!

Anyone for Anechoic Tennis?

On the 5th November Vanguardia came to the acoustics laboratory to take some unusal recordings. The guys wanted to record a tennis ball being struck. The recording will be used to auralise the sound in computer prediction models of virtual tennis courts. It was a very silly morning!

Abstracts submitted to ICBEN 2011

On 3rd November 2010 two abstracts were submitted for ICBEN 2011. The 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem will be held between July 24th - 28th 2011 in London, UK, organized by the UK Institute of Acoustics. The abstracts concern musicians hearing and a new cheap device to measure noise exposure, the SoundBadge.

Anne Kyyro Quinn Project Completed

On the 3rd November 2010 the joint project between Anne Kyyro Quinn and LSBU was succesfully completed. This Knowledge Connect funded project allowed acousticians and product designers to work together to develop a new product. It also lead to the CEO joining the Masters course in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics! We hope the product is a great success!

Institute of Acoustics Senior Meeting Organised

On the 27th October 2010 the Institute of Acoustics held the preliminary meeting for the inaugural Senior Members Group gathering at London South Bank University. The meeting will be held at CEREB in Keyworth 2 on the afternoon of 27th January 2011. We are looking forward to seeing many old familiar faces!

Anemometry at Haringey Council Offices

On 21st October 2010 an anemometer was erected on Haringey Council office block to measurement the wind speed over the course of November. This 10 storey block near Alexandra Palace will be used to install a Wind Simplicity urban wind turbine. Background noise and vibration measurements are being simultaneously logged on the roof top.