BYU Acoustics

10/01/2026

Today we heard from Peter Jensen and Leora Robinson about each of their summer internships doing acoustics.

09/23/2026

Today at 4 pm Mountain time, Kent Gee will be giving a Physics & Astronomy Dept. Colloquium in C215 ESC. You can tune in via zoom to watch his talk if you wish at

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09/18/2026

Jason Bickmore gave his prospectus presentation for his research on sonic booms from rocket launches they are measuring in Southern California.

09/18/2026

Yesterday we heard from Dr. Kieren McCord, a new BYU faculty member hired in Civil Engineering. She brought many recorders and has us play songs in a friendly competition. She then talked about her career path and research area.

09/15/2026

Turn on the sound! For his Physics 167 class Dr. Anderson has been enjoying have ChatGPT create song lyrics for each lecture and then using an AI called Suno to create music with those lyrics. Here's tomorrow's topic: Wave Phenomena. Too bad it got the refraction picture wrong.

09/10/2026

Today we heard from ASA President-Elect Scott Sommerfeldt. He is back home after serving a 3 year church mission and has now retired from BYU. He talked about what ASA is and gave us an introduction to active noise control.

05/14/2026

BYU Acoustics had a Strong presence at the Acoustical Society of America meeting this week in Philadelphia. It’s always fun to see how many alumni from our group are also involved at these meetings.

04/27/2026

Congrats to our very own Scott Sommerfeldt!

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Scott D. Sommerfeldt, President-Elect
Tessa Bent Vice, President-Elect
Laura Kloepper, Member of the Executive Council
Martin Siderius Member of the Executive Council

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04/22/2026

Our Physics 461 students studied the noise in our machine shop for their final project and computed various metrics. They found that wearing hearing protection is important from a noise dosage standpoint and recommended adding absorption to the ceiling and blocking air gaps below doors. They also were able to explain why the exhaust fan, while it wasn’t the loudest, is the most annoying noise due to its strong tonal nature. They placed dosimeters in the shop, measured 1/3rd octave spectra of various machines, and measured reverb times. The shop will be renovated over the summer so it’s a good chance to improve its acoustics.

04/21/2026