The July/August 2023 issue of Acoustics Bulletin will be with members shortly and apart from all the regulars, it includes these articles:
- The IOA Medals and Awards lunch was held in April at the Kennington Oval, London. It was a golden opportunity to catch up on all the awards that couldn’t be presented during the pandemic. It’s inspirational reading and if you are inspired to nominate anyone for the next round of awards, go to https://www.ioa.org.uk/about-us/awards for more information.
- With the introduction of unmanned aircraft systems one of the main concerns for regulators is how communities will react to the operation of these new aircraft with unconventional noise signatures, so on page 48, read about the research that the University of Salford’s Acoustics Research Centre is currently undertaking to overcome noise as a barrier for public acceptance of UAS.
- The IOA Parliamentary Liaison Group continues its vital work to raise the profile of the importance of acousticians with politicians and policy-makers. Read Mary Stevens’ report on page 46 about how noise has continued to be a topic for discussion both in the House of Lords and the Welsh Parliament, and then with energy security and working towards net zero high on the political agenda, several reports and consultations are addressing these issues across the UK.
- Professor Stephen Dance reports on the inaugural Art of Being an Acoustician event that was held at the Little Ship Club in London in April (page 34).
- Pint of Science is a non-profit, worldwide science festival which brings researchers to local pub/cafe/space to share their scientific discoveries. On page 12, Angela Lamacraft writes about the event she went to recently to spread the word about the science of acoustics.
- Following consultation and approval by the IOA Council, the sustainable Design Task Force Strategy has been published and website area launched to facilitate progress of sustainable objectives (see page 16).
- The technical article in this issue comes from Mason, covering some pitfalls of vibration control design.
- In Instrumentation Corner, Giles Parker identifies the common errors in noise barrier designs for environmental applications.
- Following his investigation into road traffic noise levels in Scotland following the pandemic, Danny Robinson writes about road traffic noise and the ‘new normal.’
- There’s a reminder about the IOA Bursary Fund on page 10, the Summer round of funding is currently open until the end of July. If you or someone you know could benefit from financial assistance from the Institute, please consider applying.
- There’s plenty more, but if you feel there are gaps in Acoustics Bulletin and you’d like to see articles on other subjects please contact the editor, Nicky Rogers, at nickyr
warnersgroup.co.uk (nickyr[at]warnersgroup[dot]co[dot]uk)
Just to remind you about our technical articles. Although they are not peer reviewed, they all go through an internal checking process via the IOA Publications Committee and their panel of volunteer experts. This is intended to highlight any discrepancies in the articles, or areas that may need clarification, which are then referred back to authors for amends.
The deadline for the next issue (September/October 2023) issue is Tuesday 8 August 2023 at the very latest please. If you have a technical article that you’d like to submit for consideration, please email the editor at nickyrwarnersgroup.co.uk (nickyr[at]warnersgroup[dot]co[dot]uk) at any time.
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