Previous Meetings:
- 6th Meeting: March 2010 at The University of Central Arkansas. Presenters from across the MidSouth converged on central Arkansas to present a diverse range of topics on acoustics. The meeting began with the use of acoustics at The University of Mississippi to measure material properties of solids using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS), Swaminadham Midturi at The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) described using holograms to measure vibration of aircraft engine fan blades while Bob Dunn (Hendrix) described how a ring laser is used to listen in to the low frequency rumbles of storms and volcanoes. There were several informative talks about noise measurement with emphasis on natural gas drilling by Greg Bracci (B&K)and Bryce Docker (BD Acoustics) while Stephen DiGiacomo (Southwestern Energy) gave a great history of noise pollution. Medical uses of ultrasound from Cecille Labuda at The University of Mississippi, Brent Hoffmeister at Rhodes College and several researchers at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) occupied the morning of the second day. Jinxiang Xi (UALR) gave an interesting presentation on numerical modeling of flow in the human nasal and respiratory airways. Research in the science of audiology was presented by Samuel Atcherson (UAMS & UALR) and Shaum Bhagat (University of Memphis) while Laura Smith-Olinde (UAMS & UALR) gave an interesting overview of binaural hearing. All presentation abstracts are available in the meeting proceedings. Photos from the meeting are also available.
- 5th Meeting: October 2009 at The University of Mississippi held jointly with the Mississippi Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. A brief overview of a few of the talks is presented here: Dr. Lee Bolen from The University of Mississippi presented a general audience presentation entitled "Concepts in Architectural Acoustics" which included a campus tour to the Paris-Yates chapel and the Ford Center to illustrate the acoustic characteristics of each. Dr. Charles Langston provided an overview of acoustics research that goes on at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis. Dr. Tom Muir from the University of Mississippi presented a general audience talk entitled "Musical Acoustics with Smart Phone Applications" which showed how smart phone applications allowed him to study his restored American reed "pump" organ which were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lastly, Dr. Andi Petculescu from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette presented sounds on other planets - from the whimsical "What would music sound like on Mars or Venus?" to the serious "Could hearing thunder on Venus confirm a lightning strike?" All presentation abstracts are available in the meeting proceedings. Photos from the meeting are also available.
- 4th Meeting: March 2009 at The University of Central Arkansas. Students from a diverse range of institutions (high school, undergraduate, and graduate) presented their research at the meeting as well as faculty and research scientists. A few of the presentations of note include: Chris Allen from NASA's Johnson Space Center speaking about noise control on the International Space Station, Haydar Al-Shukri from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock presented findings that indicate the presence of an unknown earthquake fault line in the New Madrid seismic zone, David Luneau, also from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, presented how acoustics is used to look for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and David Peterson from The University of Central Arkansas presented the art and science behind marimba bar tuning. All presentation abstracts are available in the meeting proceedings. Photos from the meeting are also available.
- 3rd Meeting: September 2008 at The National Center for Physical Acoustics. Dr. Ken Gilbert from the National Center for Physical Acoustics gave a general audience lecture entitled "Outdoor Sound Propagation" and Dr. Keith Attenborough from The Acoustics Center at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, gave a general audience guest lecture entitled "Noise And Its Control." Meeting minutes and proceedings unavailable.
- 2nd Meeting: April 2008 at The Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) on the University of Memphis campus. Meeting minutes and proceedings.
- 1st Meeting: November 2007 at The National Center for Physical Acoustics. Guest speaker: Dr. Larry Crum from the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound. Meeting minutes and proceedings unavailable.
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