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JEAcoustics is pleased to announce the addition of Joshua Leasure
to our engineering staff as Consultant.
In this position, Mr. Leasure will conduct measurements, analysis,
and detailing for architectural acoustics, sound isolation, mechanical
noise control, and environmental noise.
Josh comes to JEA with five years of experience in acoustics
disciplines, including environmental noise, sound measurement, and
architectural and industrial acoustics. Previously in his career,
Joshua served as an Associate
for Veneklasen Associates in Santa Monica, California, where he worked
as a consulting engineer on a variety of projects. Prior to that, he
served as an Acoustical Engineer for Hankard Environmental, an
environmental acoustics firm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Before
entering the consulting industry, Joshua studied miner hearing safety
at the Colorado School of Mines' Western Mining Resource Center.
Jack Evans co-chairs a two-part session, "Noise,
vibration and acoustics for medical and research facilities and their
occupants," where he also presents his paper, "Nanotechnology research facility—a vibration and noise control
design case study.
Also at Acoustics'08, Chad Himmel presents his paper co-authored
with Danny Kupersztoch, "Field airborne and impact
sound insulation of wood truss floor systems."
Jack Evans presents his paper, "Noise
Control for Neonatal ICU for Demolition and Construction within
Hospital Facilities," at Noise-Con 2007
National Conference on Noise Control Engineering in Reno,
NV.
Chad Himmel presents his paper, "Comparative Analysis of Retrofit Windows for Noise
Control at a Hotel," at ICSV14 - the 14th International
Congress on Sound and Vibration in Cairns, Australia.
Jack Evans presents, "Protecting the NICU
from Construction Noise," at the 20th Annual Gravens
Conference on the Physical and Developmental Environment of the
High-Risk Infant, USF Health, Tampa, FL
The article, "Standards for the acoustic
environment of the newborn ICU," co-written by M. Kathleen
Philbin and Jack Evans, appears in Journal of Perinatology
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