Talking Acoustics

Matthew Ottley

Talking Acoustics looks into the art and science of acoustics including interviews with some of the people who spend their lives working in this diverse field. Hosted by Matthew Ottley from Sydney Australia.

  1. 30/06/2024

    Ep 25 Norm Broner

    Norm Broner is a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineers Australia as well as the Australian Acoustical Society and is a past President of the AAS. He has been involved in the review and drafting of many Standards in his more than 40 years in the industry.

    24 min

  2. 28/04/2024

    Ep 24 - Walter Montano

    Walter Alfredo Montano is an Argentinian, now based in Peru. He has an interest in the history of noise control and has been involved with the ASA Archive and History Committee in investigating the lives of the 34 lesser-known founders of the ASA. He has also been involved in low frequency noise and communication with communities about such noise including with indigenous groups in the Amazon rainforest.

    33 min

  3. 18/11/2023

    Ep 23 - Libby Sander

    Dr Libby Sander is an internationally renowned academic expert on the future of work and the workplace. She is the MBA Director and Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University. Libby has a reasearch focus on workplaces and how workplace design affects the people that work in them. In the last few years she has been involved with two reseach programs looking at how acoustics impacts outcomes in workplaces and education settings.

    35 min

  4. 01/06/2023

    Ep 22 - Rebecca Warren

    Rebecca Warren is passionate about getting more women involved in acoustics and engineering. We talked about how we can raise awareness about engineering, engage in role modelling, advocacy and mentoring. She also shares some thoughts on imposter syndrome and how leaders can help their staff overcome it.

    32 min

  5. 01/03/2023

    Ep 21 -Jim Metzner

    Jim Metzner has spent a lifetime recording soundscapes, from which he has produced records, radio programs and now podcasts. His podcast Pulse of the Planet, started on radio in 1988 and is now also heard widely as a podcast. In 2020, Jim's sound archive was acquired by the US Library of Congress which will be the new home of the Metzner archive: 40 years of soundscapes, programs, interviews, music and non-categorizable audio.

    52 min

  6. 24/11/2022

    Ep 20 - Stephen Marsland

    What do Kiwi birds, machine learning, methematical geometry and acoustics have in common? Stephen Marsland. Stephen is a Professor of Mathematics and Data Science at Victoria University of Wellington, where he leads the AviaNZ research group.

    31 min

  7. 20/10/2022

    Ep 19: Amanda Robinson

    Amanda Robinson is currently the Vice President of Architecture at Aercoustics Engineering Limited, based in Toronto Canada. Before that she was with Marshall Day Acoustics in Australia for 17 years, including as Co-CEO of MDA Australia, as well as serving on the Board.

    33 min

  8. 26/06/2022

    Ep 18: Tracy Gowen

    Tracy Gowen Started in Geomatic Engineering, before transitioning into environmental acoustics. She now leads the environmental acoustic teams on some of the largest intrastructure projects in Australia.

    32 min
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Talking Acoustics looks into the art and science of acoustics including interviews with some of the people who spend their lives working in this diverse field. Hosted by Matthew Ottley from Sydney Australia.

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  • Creator
    Matthew Ottley
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2017 . All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
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