News Archive

January 2009

Jack Evans presents "Case-Study on the Noise and Vibration Design for a Pediatric Research Facility" at ASHRAE Winter Conference, Chicago.

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November 2008

The article, "Developments and Trends in Acoustics and Noise Control," written by Mindi Zissman based on an interview with Jack Evans, appears in Architectural Products magazine.

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July 2008: Joshua Leasure joins JEA's engineering staff

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.


July 2008

Acoustics'08 Paris

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."


Chad Himmel presents his paper co-authored with Danny Kupersztoch, "Field airborne and impact sound insulation of wood truss floor systems."


October 2007

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.


July 2007

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.


February 2007

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.


October 2006

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.


September 2006

Jack Evans presents his paper, "Pneumatically Isolated Inertia Base with Active Damping for a Transmission Electron Microscope," at the 12th International Meeting on Low Frequency Noise & Vibration and its Control, Bristol, UK.