Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina winner of the LSBU PGR Supervisor of the Year

 

The LSBU 2021-22 Education Awards ceremony took place on 7th June 2022 in the Keyworth Events Theatre followed by a lively BBQ in Kell Street. The awards panel selected  Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina (School of BEA ) as the winner of the Post Graduate Research Supervisor of the Year award. This award is for a supervisor who has provided outstanding support to one or more postgraduate research students. The award was presented by Professor Tony Moss (LSBU Director of Student Experience) and the Student Union president.The event was organised by LSBU Student Union and attended by members of LSBU Executive and School of BEA senior management. Congratulations Luis, very well done!

 

Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina shortlisted for PGR Supervisor award

 

The LSBU 2021-22 Education Awards panel has shortlisted Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina (School of BEA ) for the Post Graduate Supervisor of the Year award. This award is for a supervisor who has provided outstanding support to one or more postgraduate research students. The award ceremony will take place on 7 June 2022 from 17h in the Keyworth Events Theatre followed by a BBQ in Kell Street. The event is organised by our Student Union and is free to attend for students and staff. We wish best of luck for Luis to win.

Poster presentation on Otoacoustic Emissions

 

On the 27th May 2022 Professor Stephen Dance presented the early results on a new form of hearing assessment for adults at the Acoustical Society of America conference held in Denver. A new robust method based on otoacoustic emissions, using Hearing Coach software, has been demonstrated through a feasibility study undertaken in the summer of 2021. The results are very positive and the research will be continued over the next three years!

Acoustical Society of America 2022 Denver - The Drop

 

The Acoustical Society of America held their first in-person only conference in Denver, 23-27th May 2022. Professor Stephen Dance attended the Technical Committee for Architecture Acoustic meeting after visiting the famous RedRock Amphitheatre in the Rocky Mountains. There he got a demonstration of an EDM performance using just the house soundsystem. There was a big Drop! The canyon walls really helped the bass! Enjoy the video!

Royal College of Music Hearing Assessments

 

Over three days in May 2022 hearing assessments have been undertaken for the Royal College of Music by Prof Stephen Dance and Dr Rob Shepheard. The work combined audiometry testing and otoacoustic emission assessment to help the students with their hearing conservation programme. 

Callux breaks World Record for Staying Quiet!

 Callux has produced a new Youtube video, "Staying in the Quietest Room in the World until I went Crazy". He again visited the anechoic chamber at London South Bank University to create an engaging video on a most weird acoustic experience. Callux managed to smash his own 2019 record staying 4 hours+ in the chamber! You can the edited version  here! 

Testing Convergence Instrument MEMS Technology

 

Testing new MEMS based sound level meters from Convergence Instruments, in the acoustics laboratory with representatives from Environmental Sensors. Very strange looking test to compare microphone sensitivities!