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Michelle Vigeant Omni-directional sound source

Music to her ears

5/4/17

Michelle Vigeant, assistant professor of acoustics at Penn State, will use funding from a recent 3M Company award to extend her research in improving concert hall design for better room acoustics.

Blue-White Science Expo

Public invited to become fans of research at Blue-White Science Expo

4/10/17

Blue-White Weekend attendees and the general public are invited to the Penn State Blue-White Science Expo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the HUB. The expo offers the community a chance to show their support for research while learning about the newest work from 17 of Penn State’s research faculty. A complete schedule and registration form for tickets is available at http://research.psu.edu/expo.

Peter Kerrian at the Penn State Golf Course

The problem of the noisy driver

8/8/16

Graduate student Peter Kerrian uses the field of acoustics to help a popular golf club manufacturer analyze the sounds made by its drivers.

Acoustics students honored for exceptional research articles

4/25/16

Ten students in Penn State’s graduate program in acoustics were recognized at the annual acoustics awards luncheon held April 22 at the Nittany Lion Inn. This year’s luncheon was the culmination of the program’s 50th anniversary.

black baby grand in white room

Brain scans illuminate emotional response to sound

11/16/15

Noisy gymnasiums, restaurants where conversations are nearly impossible and concert halls less than perfect for the music are all acoustical problems. Now Penn State acoustical engineers are using functional MRI to better understand room acoustics and the emotions they can cause.

Daniel Russell tests bat in accelerometer

Acoustics engineer's work helps take the sting out of baseball bats

7/15/13

For aspiring major leaguers, one of the most painful aspects of learning the game is dealing with the sting of the bat's handle when a baseball is hit incorrectly. "If you hit the ball in the wrong place, it creates a vibration that hurts," said Daniel Russell, professor of acoustics and director of acoustics distance education at Penn State. But work by Russell is helping to soften the sting through a vibration absorber built into a bat's knob.

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