Nebraska Acoustics Group :
The University of Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) is comprised of
faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students in the Architectural
Engineering Program at the University of Nebraska. The group is led
by Dr. Lily
M. Wang. The members of this group have a strong interest in architectural
acoustics, including room acoustics, noise control, and vibration
control.
The Nebraska Acoustics Group meets every other week for Acoustic Group
Meetings (AGM). During these meetings, the group usually discusses
upcoming acoustics conferences, performances in the Omaha area, and
other items of interest. Additionally, each AGM includes a presentation
from one of the Nebraska Acoustic Group members. These presentations
focus on the acoustics research being conducted at the University
of Nebraska, or on pertinent equipment, methodologies, or recent journal
papers dealing with architectural acoustics.
Please click on the following link to see photos of Nebraska Acoustics
Group events over the years: http://picasaweb.google.com/nebraska.acoustics.group
If you have question regarding the Nebraska Acoustics Group, or would
like more information, please contact Dr.
Lily M. Wang
Nebraska Acoustics Group Members:
| Name: | Research Topic: |
| Michael Crabb | Scattering from Panel Arrays |
| Megan Christensen | Architectural Acoustics |
| Daniel Hilgendorf | Acoustic Scale Modeling |
| Dakota Kelley | Noise Effects on Human Performance and Perception |
| Norm Philipp | Modular Classroom Acoustics |
| Jennifer Reisdorff | Classroom Acoustics and LEED |
| Lauren Ronsse | Effects of Noise on Normal Versus Hearing-Impaired Persons |
| Ryan Skoug | Coupled Volume Concert Hall Acoustics |
| Cassandra Wiese | Architectural Acoustics |
| Dr. Lily Wang | All of the above! |
Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) News:
- NAG students have received full-time job offers or summer internships from several acoustical firms: Marc Choiniere at RPG, David Manley at D. L. Adams Associates, Ryan Skoug at D. L. Adams Associates, and Alicia Wagner at Acentech . (May 2008)
- Dr. Lily Wang has been named the 2008-11 Vranek Distinguished Scholar, a UNL College of Engineering Endowed Professorship at the Associate Level.
- Michael Crabb, Dakota Kelley and Jennifer Reisdorff received 2008-09 UNL UCARE Grants to conduct research in acoustics. (April 2008)
- Jonathan Rathsam has been awarded a 2008-09 NSF IRFP Postdoctoral Fellowship. He will use the fellowship to work with Dr. Boaz Rafaely at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel, on a project entitled: "In situ measurement of acoustical absorption using a spherical microphone array". (March 2008)
- David Manley received the University of Nebraska Architectural Engineering 2008 Outstanding MAE Student Award. (February 2008)
- Michelle Vigeant has begun a full-time position as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hartford - Connecticut. (January 2008)
- Jonathan Rathsam was granted a 2007 Newman Student Award Medal for merit in architectural acoustics. (December 2007)
- Alicia Wagner was awarded the 2007 ASA Graduate Fellowship for Minorities. (June 2007)
- Dr. Lily Wang was elected to Fellowship in the Acoustical Society of America. (June 2007)
- Michelle Vigeant received 1st Honors in the ASA Architectural Acoustics Student Paper Competition in Salt Lake City, for her paper "Validation study of computer modeling of source directivity". (June 2007)
- Jonathan Rathsam spent two months, collaborating with the Acoustic Technology group at the Technical University of Denmark, under the direction of Prof. Jens Holger Rindel. (June 2007)
- NAG students have received summer internships from several acoustical consulting firms: Marc Choiniere at Acentech, David Manley at PMK Consultants, Ryan Skoug at D. L. Adams Associates, and Michelle Vigeant at Yantis Acoustical Design. (May 2007)
- Jennifer Reisdorff and Ryan Skoug received 2007-08 UNL UCARE Grants to conduct research in acoustics. (April 2007)
- Members of the Nebraska Acoustics Group networked with consultants
and presented their research during a Room Acoustics Symposium at
Acentech in Boston,
along with students from the Architectural Acoustics program at
RPI. (March 2007)
- Lauren Ronsse was awarded a 2007-08 ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-in-Aid. (February 2007)
- Jonathan Rathsam is spending five months, collaborating with researchers at the Institute of Technical Acoustics at RWTH-Aachen University, under the direction of Prof. Michael Vorlander. (January 2007)
- Michelle Vigeant was granted a 2006 Newman Student Award Medal for merit in architectural acoustics. (December 2006)
- Lauren Ronsse received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for 2006-2009. (August 2006)
- Members of the Nebraska Acoustics Group participated in the 2006
Concert Hall Research Group Summer Institute in Aspen, Colorado.
Four of our students received scholarships to participate in this
event, including Marc Choiniere, Cathy Novak, Jonathan Rathsam and
Michelle Vigeant. (August 2006)
- Erica Bowden Ryherd was awarded the 2006-07 ASA Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, to study hospital noise in Sweden. (June 2006)
- Steven Ryherd was selected to be a 2006-07 Fulbright Scholar to Sweden, where he will study acoustics at the Chalmers Institute of Technology. (June 2006)
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