The July/August 2024 issue of Acoustics Bulletin includes these articles:
· We continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the IOA. So in this issue, we have reproduced some excerpts from the 2000’s archives and we feature just one IOA Specialist Group this time, the Noise and Vibration Engineering Group. (At the end of this year, we will publish a compilation of all the 2024 anniversary articles in a special souvenir supplement, so if you have any memories of the Institute that you’d like to share please email the editor at nickyr
warnersgroup [dot] co [dot] uk at any time.)
· Celebrations of IOA longevity in this anniversary year dovetail very neatly with a group of members who have been involved from the start. It’s a safe bet to guess that you have heard of them all, but check your memory on page 36. We are very proud to acknowledge their work and commitment.
· With the support of UKAN+ the IOA London Branch held an all-day meeting at the Hub of London South Bank University in 22 May. ‘AI in Acoustics’ was attended by 103 delegates and in the detailed report on page 14 reveals that the cake was excellent.
· If wind turbines are your thing, we have you covered in this issue – on page 14, Dick Bowdler FIOA, specialist noise consultant, sets out the mechanism of the planning system in such a way that it identifies the options for assessing wind turbine noise. Then on page 62, legal expert, Dani Fiumicelli, looks at a recent Irish High Court decision that wind farm noise can be a private nuisance as a High Court judge found that levels of noise generated by a windfarm constitute a legal nuisance to the occupants of neighbouring properties.
· Talking of noise and nuisance, Peter Rogers, Sustainable Acoustics, takes us clubbing in Manchester. He reports on his work as the expert acoustician for a long-established and significant music venue, Night & Day, and its appeal against a Noise Abatement Notice by Manchester City Council.
· Do look at the medals and awards report that starts on page 54. The IOA medals and awards programme has evolved over the years and is now quite wide ranging in its acknowledgment of academic achievement, practical engineering applications and innovations, student achievement and contributions to the Institute and to the world of science and technology. You may not have won anything this year, but nothing ventured, nothing gained so nothing’s stopping you entering the 2025 awards is there?
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 nickyrwarnersgroup [dot] co [dot] uk
Just to remind you about our technical articles. Although they are not peer reviewed, they all go through a rigorous 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 2024) issue is 6 August 2024 at the very latest please.
If you have a technical article that you’d like to submit for consideration, also please email the editor at nickyrwarnersgroup [dot] co [dot] uk
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