Acoustical Engineering at ISVR, University of Southampton

11/09/2020

Great work Dan! We can't wait to see how your research progresses :)

Postgraduate research student Daniel Wallace will test sound zones for private in-car phone calls in a new Doctoral Prize Fellowship at the University of Southampton.

17/07/2020

Fantastic news about one of our researchers, Charlie House, receiving the BAE Systems award for “Outstanding Research” at the ISVR.

22/05/2020

The University of Southampton's digital science festival, put on by Public Engagement with Research unit, is now live. It features a 'Digital Sound Fest' - we've been working hard to create a range of content for it, including activities you can try at home! Visit: www.sotsef.co.uk :-)

Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) is the University of Southampton’s award-winning annual science festival that allows everyone to explore and discover what the world of science and engineering has to offer.

20/05/2020

Check out this *Award Winning* paper from the Acoustical Society of America meeting in San Diego last December. This paper won the Physical Acoustics Student Paper Competition - congratulations to Lawrence Singleton and his supervisory team!

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/islne/news/2020/04/asa-student-award2020.page?

NEW: Metaheuristic optimisation of an elastic metamaterial for robust vibration control https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001185

Acoustical Engineering at ISVR, University of Southampton

16/05/2020

We've got an 'ISVR Shed' playlist on our YouTube channel. We're starting to populate it with fun activities for you to try at home, especially with the kids! The latest upload features how to make an instrument out of a carrot...

You can watch at: https://youtu.be/s-9gmbEKVkQ

Visit the rest of the channel and subscribe to learn more about the novel research that goes on at the institute and some of the cool inventions by our staff.

In this video, we show you have you can make a simple wind instrument from a carrot! Follow these instructions and try yourself at home. Don’t forget to send...

16/05/2020

Another ISVR entry for Three Minute Thesis (3MT) by Jack Bryant (Twitter: ), talking about his work on measuring blood flow in the brain and the autoregulatory mechanisms.

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15/05/2020

Another ISVR Three Minute Thesis (3MT) entry was Kerry Barker, who is working on developing hearing tests for police officers. This is to ensure that they are confident in communication in the field, particularly during high-alert situations.

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15/05/2020

A few of our own PhD students have entered the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. One of them is Dan Wallace (Twitter: ), who recently won the Physics Poster competition for Scientistt. His research is on the design of Private Personal Sound Zones.

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Normal speakers tend to fill the room with sound, but this isn't always beneficial when privacy is a concern. If you're using an intercom at a bank counter, ...

13/05/2020

Active Noise Cancelling headphones have seen a rapid increase in popularity in recent years, but the technology behind them is rarely understood by their users. Check out this video to learn more!

11/05/2020

Despite the lockdown, our researchers are continuing to push the boundaries of Acoustics! Check out this video showing our work on Acoustic Black Holes!

06/05/2020

We're delighted to share news that one of our flagship facilities, the Large Anechoic Chamber, is being renovated after a generous donation from John Gozzard. We look forward to welcoming all of you to see the updated facilities once they've been completed.

A generous half-a-million pound gift to the University - from the estate of inventor and engineer John Gozzard - will allow the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) to upgrade its world-leading anechoic chambers.

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/news/2020/05/04-world-leading-anechoic-chambers.page