The Institute of Acoustics has joined the Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE), an independent organisation dedicated to raising the political profile of science and engineering.

Details of two planned ProPG (Professional Practice Guidance on Planning and Noise) consultation workshops have been announced. The first event will be held on 2 March at the Woburn House Conference Centre, London and the second will be on 7 March at the Macdonald Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester.

The IOA has today launched a new blog which will be written by a member of its Young Members’ Group (YMG) or Publications Committee each month. Blogs will cover a wide range of topics in line with the Institute’s aim to maintain and improve science and engineering education, research and practice.

The Institute of Acoustics and the Association of Noise Consultants have jointly published a new design guide for the acoustics of schools. The 110-page document, entitled Acoustics of schools: a design guide, is designed to accompany the revised performance standards for the acoustic design of schools published by the Department for Education in December 2014, and is a revision of the guidance previously published in 2003 as Sections 2 to 7 of Building Bulletin 93: Acoustic Design of Schools. 

A professor at the University of Liverpool has received an award from the IOA for his “outstanding contributions to acoustics research and education”.

Barry Gibbs, Professorial Fellow within the university’s Acoustics Research Unit, was presented with the Institute of Acoustics’ R W B Stephens Medal by the President, William Egan, at the Institute’s Acoustics 2015 conference in Harrogate. The award, named after the Institute’s first President, is awarded every two years.

Below is the full citation.

The economic value of the protection and enhancement of our aural environment is 'woefully underestimated', the IOA has told the Government.

A leading world expert in underwater acoustics has received an award from the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) in recognition of his outstanding work in the field.

Dr Ying-Tsong Lin, Associate Scientist in Applied Ocean Physics and Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Massachusetts, USA, was presented with the A B Wood Medal by William Egan, IOA President, at the Institute’s Seabed and Sediment Acoustics conference in Bath.