Talking Acoustics looks into the art and science of acoustics including interviews with some of the people who spend their lives working in this diverse field. Hosted by Matthew Ottley from Sydney Australia.
Norm Broner is a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineers Australia as well as the Australian Acoustical Society and is a past President of the AAS. He has been involved in the review and drafting of many Standards in his more than 40 years in the industry.
Walter Alfredo Montano is an Argentinian, now based in Peru. He has an interest in the history of noise control and has been involved with the ASA Archive and History Committee in investigating the lives of the 34 lesser-known founders of the ASA. He has also been involved in low frequency noise and communication with communities about such noise including with indigenous groups in the Amazon rainforest.Â
Dr Libby Sander is an internationally renowned academic expert on the future of work and the workplace. She is the MBA Director and Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University. Libby has a reasearch focus on workplaces and how workplace design affects the people that work in them. In the last few years she has been involved with two reseach programs looking at how acoustics impacts outcomes in workplaces and education settings.
Rebecca Warren is passionate about getting more women involved in acoustics and engineering. We talked about how we can raise awareness about engineering, engage in role modelling, advocacy and mentoring. She also shares some thoughts on imposter syndrome and how leaders can help their staff overcome it.
Jim Metzner has spent a lifetime recording soundscapes, from which he has produced records, radio programs and now podcasts. His podcast Pulse of the Planet, started on radio in 1988 and is now also heard widely as a podcast. In 2020, Jim's sound archive was acquired by the US Library of Congress which will be the new home of the Metzner archive: 40 years of soundscapes, programs, interviews, music and non-categorizable audio.
The architectural perspective on the interaction between acoustics and the built form learning environment from Hayball's Fiona Young. An immersive adventure about an acoustician and a team of architects going back to school to run a project based learning exercise with year 7 students at Domremy College, thanks to principal Vivienne Awad.Â
After completing a degree in physics, Marion Burgess commenced working in acoustics in an Australian building research laboratory. Since then she has had over 40 years broad experience in many aspects of acoustics including building, environmental and occupational noise measurement, assessments, control and research.
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