Category Archives: Social Events

NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2023

The 2023 NAG End-of-the-Year Party started with a visit to the Candle House in Aksarben, where each person got to mix their own scent into a candle. After that, we went to nearby restaurant Saffron Urban Indian Kitchen for a … Continue reading

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ASA Chicago (May 2023)

Finally, the Acoustical Society of America convened in Chicago, IL (8-12 May 2023), after having the spring 2020 meeting that was originally planned there canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic! Sam Underwood and Gabriel Weeldreyer received NCAC Student Travel Awards … Continue reading

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Winter Party 2022

The annual Nebraska Acoustics Group Winter Party was held on 13 December 2022.  The party featured catering from Wheatfield; rounds of the game ‘Roll and Write to 100‘ (to determine the order of opening gifts); and our traditional ‘white elephant’ … Continue reading

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NAG at ASA Nashville (December 2022)

At the Acoustical Society of America in Nashville, TN (5-9 December 2022), Dr. Lily Wang presented the keynote lecture on “Broadening Participation in Acoustics: Personal Reflections and Pathways Forward”. Drake Hintz, who received an NCAC Student Travel Award to attend … Continue reading

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NAG at ASA Denver (May 2022)

Several NAG members attended the Acoustical Society of America meeting in Denver, CO (23-26 May 2022). Kenton Hummel presented a paper on “Applying Unsupervised Machine Learning Clustering Techniques to Hospital Soundscapes” and received second place for the Best Student Paper … Continue reading

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2022

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) celebrated the end of the academic year by going to Craft Axe Throwing in Omaha! Throwing axes is way harder than many of us expected! We dined at Butterfish in the Omaha Blackstone district afterwards … Continue reading

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NAG Winter Party

The annual Nebraska Acoustics Group Winter Party was held on 7 December 2021.  The party featured boxed meals from Zoup; rounds of the game Blank Slate (to determine the order of opening gifts); and our traditional ‘white elephant’ gift exchange. … Continue reading

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NAG at ASA Seattle

For the first time in two years, the Acoustical Society of America held an in-person meeting, this time in Seattle, WA (29 November – 3 December 2021). Three NAG students (Tori Anderson, Blake Krapfl, and Sam Underwood) presented technical papers; … Continue reading

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NAG 2020 Winter Party

As with the spring 2020 NAG party, we held the winter 2020 NAG party virtually. Food was Doordashed to attendees, and we played some Wheel of Fortune, Jackbox Games (Tee K.O., below!), and Among Us. Hope that all of our … Continue reading

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NAG at ASA Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

Members of the Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) were excited to participate in the ASA Acoustics Virtually Everywhere (AVE) conference! Will Spallino, Drake Hintz, and Dr. Lily Wang presented papers/posters on their research. Dr. Lily Wang also presented a workshop on … Continue reading

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