Category Archives: Research

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 →

Congratulations to Jay Bliefnick, who successfully defended his M.S. Thesis “Investigation of Subjective Perception and Objective Metrics of Acoustic Room Diffusion” on November 18, 2016, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Jay is continuing his graduate studies at UNL, pursuing his PhD under the advisement of … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Devin Wong, who successfully defended his M.S. Thesis “How Acoustics in California High Performance Schools Relate to Student Achivement” on November 17, 2016, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Devin works full-time at Veneklasen Associates.

Congratulations to Matt Blevins, who successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation “Design and Optimization of Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterials” on April 15, 2016, advised by Dr. Lily Wang and earlier by Dr. Siu-Kit Lau!  After graduation, Matt will be joining the U.S. Army Corps of … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Madeline Davidson, who successfully defended her M.S. Thesis “Quantification of Time Varying Directivity of Musical Instruments” on April 4, 2016, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Madeline has accepted a position with the acoustics group within HDR based in Minneapolis, and will … Continue reading →

The UNL Office of Graduate Studies has released a 360 video that takes prospective graduate students on a virtual tour of the UNL Architectural Engineering Program!  Get an inside look at the Nebraska Acoustics Group Lab (PKI Room 210) and … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Joonhee Lee, who successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation “The Effects of Tones in Noise on Human Annoyance and Performance” on February 15, 2016, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  As Joonhee is a fan of seafood, we all went to Bonefish … Continue reading →

Among the projects featured in the UNL 2014-15 Research Report is the one led by Dr. Lily Wang on assessing school environment and student performance, sponsored by the EPA Healthy Schools Initiative; a short video has been produced to describe the work. … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Hyun Hong, who successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation “Subjective Perception of Varying Reflection Densities in Room Impulse Responses” on November 23, 2015, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Hyun is planning to pursue architectural acoustic consulting, and will start an internship … Continue reading →