Monthly Archives: August 2012

NAG at Internoise 2012

We’ve just returned from Internoise 2012 in NYC… it was a wonderful conference!  Three of our students (Jenn Francis, Andrew Hathaway, and Ellen Peng) did excellent jobs presenting in the first ever ‘Old Vs. New’ session.  Ellen, Carl Hart, and … Continue reading

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Christopher Ainley, M.S.

Congratulations to Christopher Ainley, who successfully defended his M.S. Thesis “Effects of Short Noise Bursts on Human Performance and Perception” on August 13, 2012, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Christopher is moving to Dallas, TX, at the end of the month … Continue reading

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NAG Wedding!

Congratulations to NAG alum, Lauren Ronsse, who wed Michael Hargis on July 13, 2012!  A host of NAG members and alums attended the wedding in Omaha, including bridesmaids Michelle Vigeant and Alicia Wagner, as well as David Manley, Jonathan Rathsam, Caleb … Continue reading

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ASHRAE in San Antonio

Eddie Lau and Lily Wang attended the ASHRAE conference in San Antonio, June 23-27, 2012.  They enjoyed a dinner hosted by Kinetics Noise Control, on a boat cruising down the river by the San Antonio riverwalk.  Lily was also awarded … Continue reading

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NAG at Acoustics 2012 in Hong Kong

A group of NAG members attended the joint conference of the Acoustical Society of America with the Western Pacific Acoustics Conference and the Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics, at Acoustics 2012 in Hong Kong, May 20-25, 2012.  Highlights of this … Continue reading

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2011-12 End-of-the-Year NAG Party

The Nebraska Acoustics Group had a fun end-of-the-year celebration, playing mini-golf at Boulder Creek Amusement Park on May 1, 2012.  We celebrated the imminent graduation of many of our students: Eric Powell (May 2012), as well as Christopher Ainley, Megan … Continue reading

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Hong receives 2012 E-A-R Scholarship

Congratulations to Hyun Hong, who received a 2012 E-A-R Acoustics, Thermal and Shock Solutions Scholarship of $4000!  Hyun is currently a PhD student in our program, studying acoustics of porous materials.

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Powell receives 2012 Newman Student Medal

Congratulations to Eric Powell, recipient of a 2012 Newman Student Medal for Merit in the Study of Architectural Acoustics!  Eric completed a study for his Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree on “Optimization of Low Frequency Responses by Modeling in Rectangular … Continue reading

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Welcome to the 2012-13 academic year!

The end of spring semester and the summer have come and gone so quickly… and we have LOTS of Nebraska Acoustics Group news to share with you from the past 4 months … but first, a post to kick-off the … Continue reading

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