Eric Ballestero wins IOA Young Persons Award for Innovation

LSBU Acoustic Group PhD candidate wins the Institute of Acoustics Young Persons Award for Acoustical Engineering sponsored by Cirrus Research. The award was for Eric's research with the Royal Opera House and his PhD thesis entitled, "Overhauling sound diffusion in auditoria using deep-subwavelength acoustic metamaterials". Well done Eric!
 

PhD Candidate to present at IOA Musical Acoustics Webinar on Metamaterials

 

On the 26th May 2021 PhD candidate Eric Ballestero will present his research on, "Metadiffusers - An acoustic solution to improve the environment for musicians" at the IOA Musical Acoustics Group webinar. This will also allow Eric to provide details on his Institute of Acoustics Young Persons Award for Innovation 2021. The Zoom link is on www.ioa.org.uk/events. 

Paper published in the Journal of Noise and Health

 
The journal of Noise and Health have published a paper by Prof Dance and Dr Gomez-Agustina entitled, "London Heliport: Noise emissions and the effect on Local Residents". This research was funded by three local authorities: Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea. 

Strong Acoustic Group Presence in the Acoustic Bulletin

The March/April 2021 issue of the  Institute of Acoustics (IOA) Bulletin includes three Acoustic Group items. Two articles by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina. The first one on the online prize giving ceremony for LSBU IOA Diploma students which took place virtually at the IOA London Branch in January 2021. This annual prize competition is sponsored by NTI-Audio to award the best IOA Diploma final project undertaken at LSBU. NTI-Audio UK General manager has congratulated our growing visibility and reputation. The second article summarises the acoustic characterisation survey undertaken in Dec 2020 in London's Greenwich foot tunnel. Thirdly, an item on Prof Dance's Early Career Group seminar, 8th February 2021 on how  LSBU Acoustic courses have successfully run despite COVID19 challenging restrictions. We hope you enjoy the read ! 

Online conference held between LSBU Acoustics group and Architectural Association

On the 4th March 2021 an on-line conferences was held between LSBU and the world famous Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture with 45 students and academic staff from both institutions attended the afternoon event. The theme of the conference was Acoustics in Architecture, Architecture in Acoustics.  There were 17 presentations delivered in three parallel sessions. The conference and activities were devised and organised by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and Laura de Azcarate of the Architectural Association (an Acoustic Group Alumni) with the assistance of PhD candidate Doug Shearer. Feedback collected so far has been very positive with attendees rating  the whole experience as excellent and 9 out of 10. It is hoped that this successful event will be repeated and even expanded in the future.

The Quiet Project paper published in Noise Mapping Journal

 
On the 27th January 2021 a scientific paper outlining the work of the Quiet Project was published in the Noise Mapping Journal. The paper entitled, "The Quiet Project- The Acoustic Community's Response to COVID19 during the Easing of Lockdown". presents two case studies in detail and was written by Professor Stephen Dance and Lindsay McIntyre of KSG Acoustics.

Attack of the Drones Abstract submitted to Inter-Noise 21

On the 16th February 2021 Master's student Josie Nixon submitted an invited abstract to the virtual conference Inter-Noise 2021. The paper entitled, "Attack of the Drones - Exploration of Sound Power Levels Emitted and the Impact Drone’s could have on Rural Areas". The research combines two studies one as an IOA Diploma student and one as a Masters' student.