News
Joshua Leasure presents "Constructing SoundPLAN
models for noise studies that are consistent with the HUD Noise
Guidebook" at
Noise-Con 2011 in Portland, OR, July 26, 10:40AM
Jack B. Evans presents "Pump noise and vibration
mitigation in high-rise residential condominium" at Session R5
Architectural Acoustics at
ICSV18 (the 18th International Congress on Sound and Vibration)
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 10-14
JEAcoustics is pleased to announce the addition of Mark L. Leger
to our engineering staff as Consultant.
In this position, Mr. Leger will conduct measurements, analyses, and
engineering design for architectural acoustics, mechanical noise
control, sound isolation, and environmental noise.
Mark comes to JEA with three years of experience in acoustics
disciplines, including environmental transportation and mechanical
equipment noise, sound measurement, and architectural and industrial
acoustics. Previously in his career,
Mark served as acoustical consultant at Acentech in Westlake Village,
California, and Acoustical Design Collaborative in Towson, Maryland.
He earned his M.A. in Audio Sciences from The Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Institute in 2007 and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Texas at Austin in 2001.
Rice's Brockman Hall for Physics Wins TSA 2011
Design Award. Brockman Hall for Physics (Houston), which opened
this spring, was one of 12 projects recognized in Texas Society of Architects' annual
design awards program. JEAcoustics is proud to have participated on the
design team with Kieran Timberlake, providing acoustics consultation, noise
control, and structural vibration control for sensitive labs and equipment.
[The September/October 2011 issue of Texas Architect features the Brockman
Hall project, plus another JEA portfolio project: the Methodist Hospital
Research Institute (Houston) by Kohn Pederson Fox and WHR Architects.]
Tellepsen YMCA Wins Green Building Award.
Texas Construction awards the Tellepsen Family
Downtown YMCA project with an Excellence in Green Building Award in their Best of 2010 program.
The project will be a LEED certified facility, pursuing LEED Gold, and will be
the 1st YMCA facility to earn LEED certification. JEAcoustics is proud to have
participated on the design team with Kirksey Architects, providing acoustics and
noise and vibration control for the new facility.
Chad Himmel presents "Soil Vibration and
Micro-Imaging: The Challenge of Designing Sensitive Imaging Facilities
for Sites with Significant Vibration" at the UT Acoustics Area Seminars 4:00 pm September 10 (Friday)
Chad Himmel presents "Concrete pier foundation
and building design for electron microscope installations with vibration
disturbances from train, truck, and bus traffic" at InterNoise 2010 to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, June 13-16
Jack Evans presents "Evolving Acoustical
Standards and Criteria for Green and High Performing Buildings in North
America" at CFA10 (the 10th French Congress of
Acoustics) to be held in Lyon, France, April 12-16
Chad Himmel presents two papers at Noise-Con 2010 held jointly with
the 159th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Baltimore, MD,
April 19-21:
- Tuesday 20-Apr, 7:55 am, Noise-Con Session 2aNSc:
Concrete pier foundation and building design for electron
microscope installations with vibration disturbances from train, truck,
and bus traffic
details
- Tuesday 20-Apr, 3:15 pm, ASA Session 2pNCe:
Two healthcare buildings get the power, the noise, and the
vibration from a gas turbine generator system
JEA participates in the University of Texas annual
Acoustics Area Seminars on Friday, Feb 12
Jack Evan's paper "Pneumatically Isolated Inertia
Base with Active Damping For a Transmission Electron Microscope
(TEM)" published in Vol. 28 No. 3, Pages 169 – 184 of the Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration
and Active Control
Joshua Leasure receives Texas P.E. license
JEAcoustics is pleased to announce that Joshua Leasure
received his Texas State Professional Engineering License in December.
Josh joined JEAcoustics in 2008 and currently conducts
measurements, analysis, and detailing for architectural acoustics,
sound isolation, mechanical noise control, and environmental noise.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
JEAcoustics presents at
ICEBO (the 9th International Conference
for Enhanced Building Operations) to be held in
Austin at the AT&T Conference Center, November 16-19:
Date: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 9:20am
Room: 204
Session 10: COMPONENTS IN HVAC
Acoustical and Noise Control Criteria and Guidelines for Building
Design and Operations
JEAcoustics presents two seminars at
the 2009 TSA Convention to be held in
Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center on October
22-24:
Date: Friday, October 23
Time: 2:00pm-3:15pm
Seminar: #109034
Noise and Vibration Control for Building Electrical Systems
Main speaker: Chad Himmel
Date: Saturday, October 24
Time: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Seminar: #109063
Architectural Acoustics
Main speaker: Jack Evans
Jack Evans presents "Reduction of tonal noise in lecture room air conditioning supply
ducts" at INTER-NOISE 2009, the International
Conference on Noise Control Engineering in Ottawa, Cananda.
Jack Evans presents "Acoustical Corrections Case Study for Open and Closed
Offices" at ICSV 16, the 16th
International Congress on Sound and Vibration in Krakow,
Poland.
Chad Himmel presents "Mechanical equipment and ambulances. Strange bedfellows of
cardiovascular services" on May 21 at the 157th Meeting of the
ASA, Portland, Oregon.
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