Dr. Siu-Kit Lau (Eddie)
University of Nottingham-Ningbo Campus (UNNC) hold a student design competition of a rural school with Adream. Dr. Lau is happy to participate in this event and offer the seminars for the students in acoustics and lighting designs. Faculties in UNNC have visited a school in Gansu. Details please visit this link.
University of Nottingham-Ningbo Campus
The South China Univeristy of Technology and Dr. Lau of Armstrong have compared the objective acoustic parameters and students’ subjective responses before and after an acoustic treatment in an elementary-school classroom. Acoustic treatment was done by installing sound absorption materials on the ceiling of the classroom for control of sound reverberation. The effects of reverberation time on children’s speech recognition have also been investigated. Results show that (1) the objective acoustic parameters in the classroom were obviously improved; (2) the subjective loudness of different types of noise sources, that students experienced in the classroom, were reduced; and (3) the speech intelligibility was significantly improved in the classroom after the acoustic treatment.
The article can be found from this link.
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Elsevier Certificate 2014
Dr. Siu-Kit (Eddie) Lau awarded a Certificate of Reviewing from Applied Acoustics (Journal).
Meeting of Acoustical Society of China has been held in Nanjing on November 28th to 30th, 2014. Dr. Siu-Kit Lau has provided a presentations of classroom acoustics during the meeting.
Opening speech of the meeting of Acoustical Society of China 2015
Adream is a non-profit organization serving underprivileged children in rural areas and urban inner-cities. Dr. Siu-Kit Lau joined with Prof. Tenorio in University of Nottingham in Ningbo met Ms. Sun (Director) of Adream on Nov 28, 2014. Collaboration of development and a student competition in school development have been discussed.
ISO/TC 163 and ISO/TC 205 meeting had been held in Wuxi on September 14-20, 2014. ISO/TC 205 is for the international standards of Building environment design, while ISO/TC 163 is for the international standards of Thermal performance and energy use in the built environment. This meeting is hosted by China. Next meeting will be held in Canada.
Shanghai now invites the research institutes which are intereseted in the future development of Shanghai with international insights, and also have research experiences on science and technology innovation, to participate in the project, including domestic and foreign research institutes.
Please refer to the link below:
Research and Planning Project : How to make Shanghai become a science and technology innovation center with global influence?
The 21st International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 21) has been held in Beijing, China from July 13-17, 2014. Dr. Siu-Kit Lau has presented a study of the acoustic comfort in the hospital of Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH). The study has evaluated the effects of flooring and ceiling choices on controlling “corridor activity noise” in an occupied hospital. Before the meeting, we had a gathering with Prof. Jian Tian (Chairman of ICSV 21), Prof. Jian Kang (University of Sheffield), Prof. Joseph Lai (University of New South Wales), Mr. Maurice Yeung (HK-EPD), Dr. Siu-Kit Lau and many others.
Prof. Jian Tian, Prof. Jian Kang, Prof. Joseph Lai, Maurice Yeung, Dr. Siu-Kit Lau and many others
Prof. Jian Tian, Prof. Jian Kang, Prof. Joseph Lai, Maurice Yeung, Dr. Siu-Kit Lau and many others
Prof. Jian Tian, Prof. Jian Kang, Prof. Joseph Lai, Maurice Yeung, Dr. Siu-Kit Lau and many others
Meeting of ISO/TC163 and ISO/TC205 will be held in Wuxi on September 14th-20th, 2014. ISO/TC205 (Building Environment design) is responsible for standardization of the design of new buildings and retrofit of existing buildings for acceptable indoor environment and practicable energy conservation and efficiency. Indoor environment includes air quality, thermal, acoustics, and visual factors. ISO/TC163 is the ISO committee for Thermal performance and energy use in the built environment. Dr. Siu-Kit Lau has been invited to participate in the meeting.