Abstract submitted for International Building Physics Conference

On the 23rd October 2014, PhD candidate Nick Durup submitted an abstract to the 6th International Conference on Building Physics on his latest research. The paper is entitled, "How classroom acoustics effect the vocal load of teachers" and Nik will present it in a special session on "Teaching and learning in healthy comfortable classrooms". The conference is to be held in Turin, 14-17 June 2015.

RPG Panels Tested by the Acoustics Group

On the 23rd October 2014, RPG Europe delivered 14 panels to the Acoustics Group for testing and evaluation in accordance with ISO 354:2003. A thicker 15th panel was tested using the Microflown impedance gun. The students all enjoyed the demonstration.

Abstract submitted to Euronoise 2015

An invited paper has been submitted to Euronoise 2015, to be held in Maastricht in June 2015. The abstract is for a special session on, "Sound Exposure of Musicians" and is entitled, "Sound exposure of musicians and hearing loss". Dr Stephen Dance will present the latest research. Now it's the students turn to write their papers!

Dr Stephen Dance receives the Tyndall Medal

Dr Stephen Dance was awarded the Institute of Acoustics Tyndall Medal for his research activities over the past 20 years. The award was presented by ex President of the Institute of Acoustics, Prof Bridget Shield, at the IOA's 40th Conference in Birmingham. Steve then went on to give his first plenary address on his work with the Royal Academy of Music.

Steve Dance presents at the 40th IOA Conference

On the 16th October 2014, Dr Stephen Dance of the Acoustics Group, London South Bank University, presented his Masters student's paper entitled, "The development of vacuum isolating panels for noise control applications". There was great interest in Sheldon Walters work, with many more questions that need further investigation to be answered!

The Acoustics Group at the 40th IOA Conference

On the 16th October 2014, the Acoustics Group meet at the Institute of Acoustics 40th Conference at the NEC, Birmingham. The Masters students come up for the day to attend the conference and learn wider aspects of acoustics and its context. Prof. Bridget Shield organised the event as President of the Institute of Acoustics. We all hope they had a good time and learnt something!

Peter Mapp receives the AES Bronze Medal in Los Angeles

On the 12th October 2014 Dr Peter Mapp, Acoustics Group Associate, was awarded the Audio Engineering Society Bronze Medal. It was presented at the 137th Meeting of the AES in Los Angeles for services to the Society. He is currently the co-chair of Technical Committee for Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement. Well done Peter!

40th Anniversary IOA Conference Dinner

The Institute of Acoustics 40th Anniversary conference dinner was held at the Hilton at the NEC Birmingham. The London South Bank University acoustics students decided to have a table to themselves among the 300 guests. In the picture Sam won the IOA diploma project award, Gordon Hunter - from Kingston, Tammy an MSc student, Christina an ex MSc student now at Ramboll, Cleo a PhD student from Surrey, Nick - a PhD student, Ben - a PhD student, Bob - ex MSc student now at ANV, Steve Dance - a very ex PhD student, and Gizem - a PhD student. The definition might have been stretched a tat :)

Christina Higgins presents at IOA 40th Conference

On the 15th October 2014, Christina Higgins and Raf Orlowski presented Christina's Masters thesis at the 40th Institute of Acoustics Conference. The thesis was supervised by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and the paper entitled, "An investigation into Helmholtz resonators of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London". Christina did extremely well answering questions from the audience.

Nick Durup presents at 40th IOA Conference

PhD candidate, Nick Durup, gave a presentation at the 40th Institute of Acoustics conference at the Birmingham NEC on his research project. The title of his paper was, "Vocal Stress and Acoustics in School - an online survey for teachers". The on-line survey is still on-going and can be found here.www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsbu/voicesurvey

IOA 30th Reproduced Sound Conference

On the 15th October 2014, the students, staff and associates of the Acoustics Group met at the 30th Anniversary of Reproduced Sound organised by the Institute of Acoustics and held at the NEC. In the photograph, we have Glenn - PhD supervisor, Lorenzo - ex PhD student, Luis - Research Fellow, Steve - Lecturer, Paul - IOA student, Tammy - Masters student, Bob - Lecturer and Christina - ex Masters student.

IOA 40th Poster on Speech Reinforcement in Classrooms

On the 14th October 2014, at the Institute of Acoustics Reproduced Sound Conference held at the NEC, Birmingham, a research poster was erected describing the work on speech reinforcement. The poster was created by Dr Brad Backus, Dr Stephen Dance and Dr Lorenzo Morales and outlines how a Phonak system re-enforcing speech under combinations of background noise levels and reverberation times.

Anne Kyyro Quinn at Illy Coffee Shop

On the 13th October international designer and alumni Anne Kyyro Quinn Design Ltd, in collaboration with the Acoustics Group, installed six beautiful panels in to the Illy Coffee Shop at Clarence House for Enterprise and Innovation at London South Bank University. These sustainable sourced textile panels have significantly improved the coffee drinking environment for all whilst providing an artistic backdrop for all. Thank you Anne!

Graduation 2014

On the 6th October 2014 the Masters and Doctoral students graduated at the splendid location of the Royal Festival Hall: Mr Nicolas Williams, Ms Christina Higgins together with Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and Dr Peter Mapp. The venue was particularly relevant to Christina as her project was on the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Congratulations to all the graduands!

2014 Postgraduate Acoustics Students

Here are this year's crop of Institute of Acoustics Diploma and Masters students for 2014. I think we were missing a few who were obviously camera shy. We hope they all have a great time at London South Bank University! Now Luis, Bob and Steve have to learn all their names.

Institute of Acoustics Certificate Students

For the second time the Acoustics Group is running the Institute of Acoustics Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurement. This year Dr Luis Gomez Agustina, Dr Stephen Dance and Dr Bob Peters are teaching on the course. It seems to be the year for Crossrail measurements.