Vocal and Hearing Testing of Opera Singers

On the 30th October 2019 the Royal Academy of Music Opera singers visited the laboratory to undertake a sing/listening/vocal test series. Royal Academy of Music sponsored PhD candidate Doug Shearer and Professor Dance run a battery of tests to understand how hearing and singing are related. Look out for the paper... coming soon!

Graduation 2019

On the 28th October 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall the Masters students in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics were formally awarded their degrees. Prof Stephen Dance and Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina caught on with the students discussing career moves, fun projects and collaborations. We wish them the best of luck in the future!

MAGIC Project Partner Meeting, Cambridge

On the 24th October 2019 Prof Stephen Dance represented London South Bank University at the EPSRC funded MAGIC Partners Project meeting at the stunning pretty Downing College, Cambridge. At the meeting the recent air quality and noise measurements around the LSBU campus were presented. Discussions were then held on the next stage of the 5 year project.

Visit to the Acoustics Group by Dr Luc Dekoninck

Between 23-25th October 2019 Dr Luc Dekoninck of Ghent University was invited to visit London South Bank University to discuss cross disciplinary research. During his visit with Prof Stephen Dance he had meetings with Dr Elsa Aristodemou to discuss air quality and traffic based noise emission. The visit was sponsored by the UK Acoustics Network. An EPSRC research proposal has been submitted based on the discussions.

Abstract Accepted for CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium 2020

An abstract submitted to the CIBSE-ASHRAE 2020 Technical Symposium has been recently accepted by the Symposium reviewing panel. The abstract has been written by PhD candidate Suzana Zekic and director of studies Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and is entitled “Developing Test Procedures for the Characterisation of the Acoustic Properties of Alternative Ventilation Ducts”. The international conference will take place at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 16-17 April 2020 and Luis and Suzana  hope to see you there

Welcome 2019-20 IOA Diploma students

The 2019-20 IOA Diploma course at LSBU has commenced. Course director Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina welcomed students and introduced the course. This is sixth time that LSBU runs the IOA Diploma course since it was reinstated in Sept 2013. Seventeen students have joined this  2019-20 intake..  This cohort has again a varied composition comprising of Music Technology, Audio Engineering, Environmental Science and Mechanical Engineering students.  Two weeks into the course the students are settling in well and enjoying the lab experiments , lectures and lab facilities. We wish you a great learning experience and enjoyable time at LSBU

Presentation on the Music Exposure of Choristers

At the Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics meeting 9th October 2019, Professor Stephen Dance presented his research on the Music Exposure of Choristers to a packed audience at Henry Wood Hall. He explained that choristers have a high sound exposure but did not work standard hours, standard week or a standard year. Lots of questions were posed about the recommendation to St Paul's Cathedral.