Category Archives: Awards

NAG at ASA Conference in Pittsburgh (May 2015)

A number of NAG members participated in the last ASA conference in Pittsburgh (May 18-22, 2015).  Matt Blevins, Madeline Davidson, and Joonhee Lee all presented technical papers that were well-received.  We are also very proud of Jay Bliefnick who received a commendation award … Continue reading

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Wang named 2015 recipient of ASA Student Council Mentoring Award

Dr. Lily Wang has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 ASA Student Council Mentoring Award.  She will receive the award at the upcoming Acoustical Society of America meeting in Pittsburgh, on Wednesday May 20, 2015, during the student … Continue reading

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2015 Spring Research Fair

Two NAG members presented posters at the 2015 UNL Spring Research Fair on April 14-15, 2015: (1) graduate student Joonhee Lee on “Threshold Estimation for Noise-Induced Annoyance by Tones from Building Mechanical Noises” and (2) undergraduate student Brenna Boyd on “Evaluation of Crowd Noise … Continue reading

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NAG at Internoise 2014 in Melbourne (Nov 2014)

Dr. Lily Wang and two PhD students (Zhao ‘Ellen’ Peng and Joonhee Lee) presented technical papers at Internoise 2014 in Melbourne, November 16-19, 2014.  Both Ellen and Joonhee received Young Investigator Travel Grants to attend the conference.  The conference was a … Continue reading

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Lee and Peng receive Inter-Noise 2014 Young Professionals Grant

Congratulations to Joonhee Lee and Zhao ‘Ellen’ Peng, who have both received Young Professional Grants to attend the Inter-Noise 2014 conference in Melbourne, Australia, from November 16-19, 2014!  Lee is presenting a paper on “Assessment of Noise-Induced Annoyance by Tones in Noise … Continue reading

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Hong receives 2014 NCAC Student Travel Grant

Congratulations to Hyun Hong, a PhD student in our group, who received a 2014 Student Travel Grant Award from the National Council of Acoustical Consultants (http://www.ncac.com)  to present his paper “Subjective Perception of Varying Reflection Densities in Room Impulse Responses” … Continue reading

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Peng receives 2014 Newman Student Medal

Congratulations to Zhao ‘Ellen’ Peng, who has been selected to receive a 2014 Robert Bradford Newman Student Medal for Merit in Architectural Acoustics, which recognizes excellence in the study of acoustics and its application to architecture!  She was nominated by Dr. Lily … Continue reading

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Lee receives 2014 Leo Beranek Student Medal

Congratulations to Joonhee Lee who has been awarded a 2014 Leo Beranek Student Medal from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering for excellence in the study of noise control (graduate level)!  Lee was honored for his research investigating annoyance thresholds of … Continue reading

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Lee receives 2014-15 Milton Mohr Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Joonhee Lee who was awarded a 2014-15 UNL Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship in the College of Engineering!  Joonhee is currently a PhD student in our program, focusing on perception of tonal components in noise.

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Peng receives TCAA Best Student Paper Award at San Francisco ASA

Congratulations to Ellen Peng, recipient of a 2013 Acoustical Society of America Best Student Paper Award in the Technical Area of Architectural Acoustics, for her presentation at the ASA San Francisco Meeting in Fall 2013!  Ellen is currently a PhD … Continue reading

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