Monthly Archives: May 2017

How tonality and loudness of noise related to annoyance and task performance

The April 2017 issue of Noise Control Engineering Journal includes a paper by alums Dr. Joonhee Lee and Jennifer Francis with Dr. Lily Wang on “How Tonality and Loudness of Noise Relate to Annoyance and Task Performance”! The article presents results from Joonhee’s PhD work at … Continue reading

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2017

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) celebrated the end of another great academic year on Wednesday, May 3, at the new indoor miniature golf facility, Jurassic Putt in Omaha! We’re looking forward to the upcoming Acoustics ’17 meeting in Boston – our faculty and students will … Continue reading

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Weber receives 2017-18 UNL Milton Mohr Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Jon Weber who has been selected to receive a 2017-18 UNL Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship in the College of Engineering!  Jon is a PhD student working under the advisement of Dr. Erica Ryherd.

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Laura Brill, M.S.

Congratulations to Laura Brill, who successfully defended her M.S. Thesis “Exploring the Correlation between Occupied and Unoccupied Noise Levels in K-12 Classrooms” on April 7, 2017, advised by Dr. Lily Wang! Laura has accepted a position with Threshold Acoustics in Chicago, beginning in … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings 3-13-17 and 4-17-17

At the 3/13/17 NAG meeting, Stephanie Ahrens reviewed the work she’s completed on worship space acoustics based upon the recent ASA publication, co-edited by Dr. Erica Ryherd and two other NAG alums.  Stephanie’s work has been funded by a UNL Undergraduate … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings 1-23-17 and 2-13-17

At our first NAG meeting of the spring semester, Dr. Wang reviewed various professional development opportunities in acoustics, such as becoming INCE Board Certified or getting a Professional Engineering license in acoustics.  The acoustic nugget was on the new Elbphilharmonic concert … Continue reading

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