Category Archives: NAG Meetings

Visit with composer Andy Akiho at Kaneko Studios

In honor of Jun Kaneko receiving the Dick and Mary Holland Leadership Award, the Omaha Symphony has commissioned a work by percussionist and composer Andy Akiho, which premiered the weekend of 17 March 2023. Nebraska Acoustics Group members were invited … Continue reading

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NAG 2020 Winter Party

As with the spring 2020 NAG party, we held the winter 2020 NAG party virtually. Food was Doordashed to attendees, and we played some Wheel of Fortune, Jackbox Games (Tee K.O., below!), and Among Us. Hope that all of our … Continue reading

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2020

Due to COVID-19, the Nebraska Acoustics Group was unable to celebrate the end of an academic year altogether in person. So instead we partied via Zoom, with members connecting from Pennsylvania, Texas, and across Nebraska! DoorDash delivered Schlotzky’s to most … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings in Spring 2020

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) began this decade, excited that 2020 had been named the International Year of Sound https://sound2020.org/. Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many planned activities have had to be cancelled. Organizers are now planning for the … Continue reading

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NAG Winter Party 2019

The annual Nebraska Acoustics Group Winter Party was held on December 15, 2019.  The party featured catered fare from P.F. Changs and desserts from the Cheesecake Factory and homebaked bars from our own Jared Paine; rounds of the 5-Second Rule … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings in Fall 2019

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) met regularly throughout the fall 2019 semester. At the September meeting, the shared acoustic nugget was on how Amazon Alexa uses semi-supervised learning to reduce speech recognition errors. In October, Kenton Hummel presented on his … Continue reading

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2019

This year, our Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) celebrated the end of the academic year by going to the Corky Canvas in Omaha! We dined on Upstream Brewery catering, and the Corky Canvas staff led the group in painting ‘Midnight Reflections’! … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings in Spring 2019

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) continued to meet throughout spring 2019. At the Jan. 28 NAG meeting, Jenny Solheim presented on acoustic studies she had been pursuing using COMSOL. The acoustic nugget that was discussed focused on a UNL faculty … Continue reading

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NAG Winter Party 2018

The annual Nebraska Acoustics Group Winter Party was held on December 12, 2018.  The party featured catered fare from Qdoba and Jones Brothers cake pops (yum!) , one hand of poker (to determine the order of opening gifts), and our … Continue reading

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NAG Meetings in Fall 2018

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) met regularly throughout fall 2018.  At the Aug. 31 NAG meeting, members shared information on their summer experiences. We also checked out a recent acoustic nugget on how “Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. … Continue reading

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