Category Archives: NAG Meetings

NAG Meeting 11-20-13

Posted on November 30, 2013 by NAGadmin

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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NAG Meeting 11-06-13

Posted on November 30, 2013 by NAGadmin

At this NAG meeting, Hyun Hong presented on how reflection density plays a role in room impulse responses.  Also, we looked forward to a number of UNASA (University of Nebraska ASA Student Chapter) activities, including welcoming alum Dr. Jonathan Rathsam … Continue reading →

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NAG meeting 10-16-13

Posted on October 31, 2013 by NAGadmin

At this meeting, we recounted the numerous times that acoustics was mentioned at the recent ‘Building the 22nd Century’ Conference, hosted by the UNL College of Engineering in Omaha, NE.  Many of us particularly enjoyed Ray Kurzweil’s keynote lecture from … Continue reading →

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NAG meeting 10-02-13

Posted on October 31, 2013 by NAGadmin

We hosted a special visitor for this NAG meeting: Prof. Hui Xie, from Chongqing University, who presented on some of the recent research he’s been involved with, including hospital acoustics.  Prof. Xie was visiting UNL with a group of his … Continue reading →

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NAG meeting 09-18-13

Posted on October 31, 2013 by NAGadmin

Time to catch up!  At this NAG meeting, Ellen Peng and Joonhee Lee presented on recent measurements made in our ‘new’ acoustic test lab, room 131 in the Peter Kiewit Institute, using the B&K Pulse system.  We also discussed two … Continue reading →

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NAG meeting 09-04-13

Posted on September 4, 2013 by NAGadmin

Our first NAG meeting of the 2013-14 academic year!  It was great to welcome back all of our returning students, many of whom had great summer acoustic experiences: Montreal ICA, Toronto ISRA, Denver ASHRAE, and consulting internships with Veneklasen Associates, … Continue reading →

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NAGadmin

The NAG End-of-the-Year Party was held on Wednesday, May 1 at SkateDaze.  Members dined on pizza, mac-n-cheese bites, and fried pickles; enjoyed bumper cars and multiple rounds of Lazer Tag; and bid farewell to Dr. Siu-Kit Lau, who is leaving … Continue reading →

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NAG Meeting 04-17-13

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NAGadmin

At the last official NAG meeting of the 2013-14 academic year, Ellen Peng presented an update on her study on speech comprehension by native English speaking listeners versus ESL listeners.  She will be presenting on this work at the upcoming … Continue reading →

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NAG Meeting 03-27-13

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NAGadmin

At this NAG meeting, Matt Blevins gave an update on the research project aimed at measuring the just noticeable difference of reverberation time, using an adaptive up-down procedure.  Adam Buck had previously conducted a full study on 30 subjects using … Continue reading →

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NAG Meeting 03-06-13

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NAGadmin

At our March 6 NAG meeting, Josh Thede presented on the measurement of acoustic absorption.  His undergraduate research project, funded by a UNL UCARE grant, focused on measuring the absorption properties of a number of foam products using an impedance … Continue reading →

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