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Congratulations to our May 2013 NAG graduates!

Two NAG members participated in the University of Nebraska College of Engineering May 2013 Commencement ceremonies: Adam Buck with his MAE and Joshua Thede with his BSAE (Josh will be back next year for his MAE, as well).  One of the highlights … 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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Science Daily posts on NAG work

We are excited that Science Daily posted about our project on how noise bursts can impact human performance and perception.  Christopher Ainley will be presenting the results at the upcoming ASA Meeting in Kansas City.  See you there!

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NAG at Internoise 2012

We’ve just returned from Internoise 2012 in NYC… it was a wonderful conference!  Three of our students (Jenn Francis, Andrew Hathaway, and Ellen Peng) did excellent jobs presenting in the first ever ‘Old Vs. New’ session.  Ellen, Carl Hart, and … Continue reading

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Christopher Ainley, M.S.

Congratulations to Christopher Ainley, who successfully defended his M.S. Thesis “Effects of Short Noise Bursts on Human Performance and Perception” on August 13, 2012, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Christopher is moving to Dallas, TX, at the end of the month … Continue reading

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Hart and Cottrell named recipients of 2012 Leo Beranek Student Medals

Congratulations to our students, Carl Hart (graduate level) and James Cottrell (undergraduate level), who have been selected as recipients of the 2012 Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence in the Study of Noise Control, sponsored by the Institute of Noise … Continue reading

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Cottrell and Dougherty present at UNL Undergraduate Research Fair

James Cottrell and James Dougherty presented posters at the UNL Undergraduate Research Conference on April 5, 2012.  Both have received funding from the UNL Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) program.  James Cottrell has been studying how varying the … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Vigeant!

We are so proud of our alum, Dr. Michelle Vigeant, who recently received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her project “Importance of Late-Sound-Field Properties and Listener Envelopment to Room Acoustic Quality and Design”!  This $422,814 award will allow her … Continue reading

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Veneklasen Foundation funds Nebraska study on English-as-Second-Language listeners

We are pleased to announce that members of our research group have been awarded a $31,330 grant from the Paul S. Veneklasen Research Foundation for a study on “Effects of the Acoustic Environment on Speech Comprehension by English-as-a-Second Language Listeners”! … Continue reading

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Adam Buck receives the 2012 ASA Robert W. Young Award!

Congratulations to Adam Buck, a senior in the UNL Architectural Engineering program!  He has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Robert W. Young Award for Undergraduate Student Research in Acoustics by the Acoustical Society of America!  He plans … Continue reading

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