2007 Archive Meeting Notices

October 25th, 2007 Meeting Notice

SPACES SPEAK - ARE YOU LISTENING?
A Discussion with Dr. Barry Blesser

Our next meeting will be held on October 25 th , 2007 at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be held at Acentech, Inc., located at 33 Moulton Street , Cambridge , MA . Dr. Barry Blesser will be on-hand discussing his new book, “Spaces Speak – Are You Listening”. He will also have copies of his book for sale for $30.00. For more information on the book, please visit http://www.blesser.net/spacesSpeak.html/ .

Please RSVP to bmasiello@acentech.com or via telephone at (617) 499-8005.

The event will begin at 6:00 PM and will be held at Acentech's office, located at 33 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA.

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September 19th, 2007 Meeting Notice

AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW INTERIM SOUND AND VIBRATION GUIDELINES FOR HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

Please join us for a joint meeting with the Boston Society of Architects as we discuss new performance-based guidelines for the acoustical environment in hospital and healthcare facilities.

On-hand to discuss the new guidelines will be the core writing team of ANSI S12 WG44. This meeting should be a great networking opportunity for acoustical consultants, architects and other design professionals working in the healthcare arena.

The event will begin at 6:00 PM and will be held at The Architects Building at 52 Broad St. in Boston, MA.

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May 17th, 2007 Meeting Notice

ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE

NEWMAN STUDENT AWARD FUND

Please join us on Thursday, May 17th, for our annual concert for the Newman Student Award fund. The concert will be held at the Mary Shaw Newman residence in Lincoln, MA.

The event will begin with a social hour at 7:00 pm, followed by our featured performers at 8:00 pm.

Immediately after the concert, award will be presented for the very first GBCASA Community Service Awards.

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April 25th, 2007 Meeting Notice

TOUR OF THE GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER

At Tufts University

Please join us on Wednesday, April 25th, for our our next meeting featuring guest speakers Tony Hoover & Matt Moore, consultants in acoustics and audiovisual systems on the Granoff Music Center project.

Our presentation will begin at 6:15 PM with a tour of classrooms & rehearsal spaces, and will be followed by a presentation/discussion at 7:00 PM.

Afterwards, we invite our attendees to join us as we watch the 8:00 PM Applied Student Recitals in the Granoff Center 's Distler Performance Hall.

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March 18th, 2007 Meeting Notice

SPACES SPEAK, ARE YOU LISTENING?

EXPERIENCING AURAL ARCHITECTURE

Please join us on Sunday, March 18th, for our our next meeting featuring guest speaker Barry Blesser, author of "Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?".

The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 18, 2007 at the Boston University Life Science & Engineering Building. This will be a joint meeting along with the Boston chapter of the Audio Engineering Society as well as the Boston Audio Society.

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2006 Archive Meeting Notices

December 14th, 2006 Meeting Notice

HEADPHONES & HEARING LOSS

SEPARATING TRUTH FROM FICTION

Please join us on Thursday, December 12th, for our our next meeting featuring guest speaker Brian J. Fligor (Children's Hospital Boston). Brian will be discussing the literature and the science relevant to “music-induced hearing loss” as well as the associated risk of personal audio playback devices (such as the Apple iPod).

The event will take place at the Children's Hospital Boston Library (2nd Level, in the Gamble Reading Room) located at 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA. Please click below for further details.

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November 8th, 2006 Meeting Notice

The Role of Structural Resonance in Guitar Sound Radiation

OR, A STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICIAN EXAMINES HIS GUITARS

Please join us on Wednesday, November 8th, for our our next meeting featuring guest speaker Dr. Dick Lyon (Acentech - RH Lyon Division). Dr. Lyon will be presenting his research into the radiation of guitar resonance frequencies.

The event will take place at Acentech's office located at 33 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA. Please click below for further details.

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March 20th, 2006 Meeting Notice

THE AUDIO SPOTLIGHT:
ULTRASONIC LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY

Join us at the Acentech office for our next meeting featuring guest speaker, Dr. Joseph Pompei from Holosonics Research Labs. In this meeting, Dr. Pompei will provide a technical presentation relating to his research in ultrasonic loudspeaker design in order to construct a high-quality audio beaming system.

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February 16th, 2006 Meeting Notice

UNDERWATER NOISE:
NOT JUST THE MILITARY'S PROBLEM

Join us at the Acentech office for our next meeting featuring guest speaker, Michael Bahtiarian from Noise Control Engineering (NCE). This presentation will focus on NCE's role in quieting the systems of U.S. research vessels and how they provided a quieted design to meet the 1995 underwater noise requirement as specified by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas.

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January 18th, 2006 Meeting Notice

LINE ARRAY LOUDSPEAKERS
FOR SOUND REINFORCEMENT

Join us for our meeting at the Berklee School of Music's Performance Center for a detailed look at line array loudspeaker technology. Featured speakers include Joe Rimstidt (NEXO/Yamaha) and David Gunness (Eastern Acoustic Works).

This will be a joint meeting along with the local Boston and Berklee chapters of the Audio Engineering Society (AES).

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2004 - 2005 Meeting Notices

October 6th, 2005 Meeting Notice

ACOUSTICAL EVIDENCE OF
JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY

The October meeting will feature Dr. James Barger of Bolt Beranek & Newman. Dr. Barger will discuss BBN's analysis and findings of acoustical evidence in the JFK assasination.

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April 21st, 2005 Meeting Notice

SOUND SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SPORTS
FACILITIES AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

The April meeting will be a joint meeting with the Boston Audio Engineering Society. Matt and others from CTA will discuss the sound system design.

We will discuss and demonstrate some of the unique challenges/solutions of working in both large and small spaces with varying design requirements for each room.

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2003- 2004 Meeting Notices

September 30th Meeting Notice

Physical Acoustics Program At Boston University

Dr. Robin Cleveland - Boston University
Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

2002- 2003 Meeting Notices

2001- 2002 Meeting Notices

September 18th Meeting Notice

Extraterrestrial Acoustics (Jupiter's Moon Europa) and Underwater Acoustics (Tracking Sperm Whales)

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October 2nd Meeting Notice

Central Artery Tunnel Project Overview

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October 16th Meeting Notice

Designing for Product Sound Quality

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February 19th Meeting Notice

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