As an acoustical engineer, you'll be concerned with the management and application of sound-producing vibrations in real-world situations. Many acoustical engineers work with architects to help design ...

Sixteen years ago, after closing the doors at the 73-year-old loudspeaker firm Jensen for the last time, a colleague phoned from Northridge complaining “With Jensen closed, where am I going to find ...

Developers are relying on acoustic engineers to alleviate the problem of neighbors who bring the noise. When Ben Tausig moved into his Prospect Lefferts Gardens apartment, he was just starting his ...

Ambient noise levels in some facility types are trending up and becoming a barrier to clear communication between building occupants. A 2005 study conducted by Ilene Busch-Vishniac, PhD, a dean and ...

Acoustical engineer Allen Shiner helped architects and other engineers to make living and working spaces quieter and more comfortable for the people spending time in them. From the time he founded ...

Blue prints and photos can give an acoustician the information needed to create acoustical models of a given room, but there is no better way to gauge the acoustical problems a room faces than by ...

Growing up on Signal Mountain, Noelle Currey said she developed an interest while in high school in becoming an acoustical engineer and running the sound boards for musicians and stage shows. "I was ...