Conveners
A04.05 Yesterday, today and tomorrow of research in acoustics: S028
- Stefan Weigand (SoundPLAN GmbH)
- Iván Herrero-Durá (SoundPLAN GmbH)
- Kristian Jambrošić (University of Zagreb Faculty of EE and Computing)
A04.05 Yesterday, today and tomorrow of research in acoustics: P428
- Kristian Jambrošić (University of Zagreb Faculty of EE and Computing)
- Iván Herrero-Durá (SoundPLAN GmbH)
- Stefan Weigand (SoundPLAN GmbH)
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Massimiliano Masullo (Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”)10/09/2026, 14:40A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
Acoustics' research has dramatically changed over the last 50 years and will further change in the next few years. From a physical-based approach which drove research in the last decades of the past century, where measurement and simulations have allowed characterising, or predicting, existing and future acoustic environments, research started to focus more and more on the effects that noise...
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Iván Herrero-Durá (SoundPLAN GmbH)10/09/2026, 15:00A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
Since the early 1990s, environmental noise has become increasingly established as a central element of European public health policy. The formal adoption of the Environmental Noise Directive (END, 2002/49/EC) marked a turning point, establishing a common approach to assessing exposure to environmental noise across the EU and requiring Member States to produce Strategic Noise Maps (SNM) every...
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Teresa Carrascal García (Instituto Eduardo Torroja for Construction Sciences - IETcc-CSIC)10/09/2026, 15:00A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
The Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), conducts scientific research and technological development in construction and building materials, including the acoustic performance of materials and building systems. Its activity contributes to pre-standardisation research aimed at improving the Technical Building Code...
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Max Væhrens (Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University)10/09/2026, 15:00A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
The decibel scale is a cornerstone of acoustic measurement, and professionals routinely navigate between equivalent levels, peak values, exposure levels, and a range of weightings and penalties depending on the application. Its legitimacy is solid from an instrumental perspective and deeply rooted in human sound perception, as it conveniently compresses a 140 dB dynamic range into steps close...
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Marica Belmonte (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)10/09/2026, 15:00A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
This paper outlines the recent advances in communication and community-building initiatives led by the European Acoustics Association’s (EAA) Young Acousticians Network (YAN) between 2023 and 2026. By leveraging a cross-platform digital strategy primarily focused on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Discord, the YAN has achieved significant organic growth, effectively bridging the gap among...
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Arnaud CAN (UMRAE)10/09/2026, 15:20A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
Increasing urbanization intensifies mobility demand, leading to increased noise and air pollution exposure and reinforcing socio-spatial inequalities. Addressing this challenge requires a better understanding of interactions between transport policies and exposure distributions, as well as decision-support tools to evaluate emerging mobility patterns, including multimodality and active...
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Kristian Jambrošić (University of Zagreb Faculty of EE and Computing)10/09/2026, 15:40A04 Education, Public Outreach and History in Acoustics
This paper presents the historical development of research and teaching infrastructure at the Department of Electroacoustics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, the only university-level department in Croatia fully dedicated to acoustics. Established in 1954, the department’s early research relied on analog instrumentation. The paper outlines several...
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