Category Archives: Conferences

Wang elected ASA Vice President for 2014-17 term

Congratulations to Dr. Lily Wang, who was recently elected Vice President of the Acoustical Society of America for the 2014-17 term (one year as VP-Elect, one year as VP, and one year as Past-VP)!  Here are some excerpts from her running … Continue reading

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2014 UNL Spring Research Fair

Two NAG members presented posters at the 2014 UNL Spring Research Fair on April 15-16, 2014: (1) Zhao ‘Ellen’ Peng on “Effects of Classroom Acoustics on Speech Comprehension by Native and Non-Native English-Speaking Listeners” and (2) Kristin Hanna on “Comparing the Time Variance of Orchestral … Continue reading

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Blevins selected as ASA Student Council rep

Congratulations to Matt Blevins, who was recently selected to be a representative to the Acoustical Society of America Student Council, representing the Technical Committee on Noise for a three-year term!  Matt is currently a PhD student in our program, developing … Continue reading

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Happy New Year 2014!

Happy New Year to all of our friends!  We’ve finished uploading many new photos to our Picasa webpage, from the ASA San Francisco conference as well as our annual NAG Winter Party.  Here are two of our favorites from the … Continue reading

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NAG Meeting 11-20-13

This was our last NAG meeting of the 2013 calendar year … we shared two acoustic nuggets: (1) one on how it may be possible to regenerate auditory hair cells after all, shared by Andrew Hathaway (who has recently started … Continue reading

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Noise-Con 2013

Although only one current NAG member (Ellen Peng) attended Noise-Con 2013 in Denver, there were a number of alumni present, as shown in this photo below.  By all accounts, it was a good conference!  Ellen was recognized at the Noise-Con plenary … Continue reading

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ASHRAE in Denver (June 2013)

The Annual ASHRAE Conference was held in Denver, Colorado, from June 22-26, 2013.  Dr. Lily Wang and Joonhee Lee both attended, participating primarily in the activities of Technical Committee 2.6 on Sound and Vibration Control.  Lily also had a chance … Continue reading

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ISRA in Toronto (June 2013)

The International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) was held in Toronto, after ICA.  This conference is always a valuable one, for anyone working in room acoustics.  Many of the world’s top room acousticians (both researchers and designers) gathered together to … Continue reading

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ICA/ASA in Montreal (June 2013)

Nebraska Acoustics Group members had a wonderful time at the International Congress on Acoustics in Montreal, June 2013 (joint with the Acoustical Society of America meeting).  Check out our Picasa webpage for several photos from the event.  Highlights included: celebrating … Continue reading

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2013 Nebraska Academy of Sciences Conference

Andrew Hathaway presented a paper at the 2013 Nebraska Academy of Sciences Conference on “Human Reactions to Fluctuating Noise Conditions as Produced by Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft”.  This work for his MS degree has been funded by a NASA Nebraska Space … Continue reading

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