Talking Acoustics

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ep 17 James McIntosh

If you have read a technical paper on road noise in the last 15 years there is a fair chance James McIntosh either authored it or is cited in it. James spent 20 years at GM Holden, working on noise and vibration harshness is vehicle development before running the Crash Test Lab (which sounds like fun to me).

He then moved to VicRoads, the Victorian government roads department, and was responsible for the development of much of the noise policy over his time there. In 2021 he left his government role and set up his own consulting firm James McIntosh Acoustics.

Ep 16 - Fiona Young and the Solais Sandpit

The architectural perspective on the interaction between acoustics and the built form learning environment from Hayball's Fiona Young. An immersive adventure about an acoustician and a team of architects going back to school to run a project based learning exercise with year 7 students at Domremy College, thanks to principal Vivienne Awad. 

Ep 15 - Marion Burgess

After completing a degree in physics, Marion Burgess commenced working in acoustics in an Australian building research laboratory. Since then she has had over 40 years broad experience in many aspects of acoustics including building, environmental and occupational noise measurement, assessments, control and research.

Ep 14 - Katie Teyhan

Katie is a specialist in the technical field of environmental acoustics associated with mining, industry, roads and railway transportation. Katie manages the acoustics team for EMM in Newcastle, Australia. She is passionate about education and mentoring others in acoustics.

Ep 13 - Joanne Valentine

Joanne Valentine started out studying architecture and with Harold Marshall as a lecturer, quickly developed a passion for room acoustics. She has followed that passion for over 30 years, working on the acoustic design performing arts projects around the world.