Congratulations to May 2018 Graduates!

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

Dr. Wang with our May 2018 graduates, Brenna Boyd (left) and Anna Catton (right)

Two NAG members participated in the University of Nebraska May 2018 Commencement ceremonies: Brenna Boyd (MAE) and Anna Catton (MS). Congratulations to our graduates!

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NAG End-of-the-Year Party 2018

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) celebrated the end of another great academic year on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, by completing some escape rooms at Entrap Games and then eating at nearby Latino Legacy.  We tried the rooms ‘LiCastro’s Lair’, ‘The Cure’, and ‘The Missing Musician’ …  all of our groups escaped within the hour (with some helpful clues provided along the way)!

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Catton receives 2018 NCAC Travel Grant Award

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

Catton receives her award at the NCAC-sponsored student reception at ASA Minneapolis.

Congratulations to Anna Catton, a MS student in our group, who received a 2018 Student Travel Grant Award from the National Council of Acoustical Consultants to present her paper “How Physical versus Panned Sources in Dry or Reverberant Conditions Affect Accuracy of Localization in Sound Field Synthesis Systems” at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in Minneapolis, MN (May 2018)!

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Development of a model to predict the likelihood of complaints due to assorted tone-in-noise combinations

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

The May 2018 issue of the  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America includes a paper by Dr. Joonhee Lee and Dr. Lily Wang on “Development of a model to predict the likelihood of complaints due to assorted tone-in-noise combinations”! The article presents more results from Joonhee’s PhD work at the University of Nebraska. Results show that greater tonality in noise has statistically significant effects on task performance by increasing the time it takes for participants to complete the digit span task. A logistic regression model was developed to relate the subjective annoyance responses to two noise metrics, the stationary Loudness and Tonal Audibility, selected for the model due to high correlations with annoyance responses.

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Underwood receives 2018 UNL COE Schewe Leadership Award

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

Congratulations to Sam Underwood, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Al and Dorothy Schewe Leadership Award, given annually to recognize achievement in leadership within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering!  Sam just completed his 3rd year in the UNL BSAE+MAE degree program, and continues to work on research with Dr. Lily Wang.

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Smith receives 2018-19 UNL Milton Mohr Graduate Fellowship

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

Congratulations to Kieren Smith who has been selected to receive a 2018-19 UNL Milton E. Mohr Graduate Fellowship in the College of Engineering!  She was recognized at the annual UNL Graduate Student Recognition Event on April 27, 2018. Kieren is a PhD student working under the advisement of Dr. Lily Wang.

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Dr. Wang hosts ASA INAD 2018 YouTube Live Event

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

The Acoustical Society of America supported International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) 2018 (April 25, 2018) with a month-long campaign to increase awareness of noise.  On the day of INAD, Dr. Lily Wang moderated a You Tube Live event, featuring a distinguished panel of experts that discussed all things related to noise.  Recordings of that event are now being posted to the ASA You Tube Channel.

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Dooling from Univ of Maryland presents to UNASA

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

The University of Nebraska ASA Student Chapter welcomed Dr. Bob Dooling from the University of Maryland on April 25, 2018, who presented a seminar on “Hearing and Vocal Production in Parrots (the Budgerigar): Are there parallels with speech & language?”.  Dr. Dooling is originally from Omaha, and was able to coordinate this visit with a high school reunion.  Others at UNL from Dr. Dai Shizuka’s group, who work more closely with bird acoustics, also joined us for the event.

NAG members enjoy dinner at J. Coco with Dr. Dooling (4th from right)

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Anna Catton, M.S.

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

NAG dinner at Spezia in honor of Anna Catton, M.S. (2nd from right) and Brenna Boyd, MAE (3rd from right)

Congratulations to Anna Catton, who successfully defended her M.S. Thesis “Effects of Reverberation Conditions and Physical Versus Virtual Source Placement on Localization in Virtual Sound Environments” on April 9, 2018, advised by Dr. Lily Wang!  Anna has accepted a position with Soundscape Engineering in Detroit, beginning in summer 2018.

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Smith selected as ASA Student Council rep (2018-20)

Posted on June 30, 2018 by NAGadmin

Congratulations to Kieren Smith, who was selected to be the representative to the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Student Council, for the Technical Committee on Noise (TCN) for a two-year term from 2018-20!  Kieren is a PhD student in our program, advised by Dr. Lily Wang.

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