NNI Editor’s View
By Stephen Hambric, Hambric Acoustics, LLC
I still remember my first Inter-Noise conference in Toronto, Canada in 1992. I was overwhelmed by all the international researchers working on so many topics in noise and vibration. I’ve been attending Inter-Noise (and NOISE-CON) ever since. I also fondly remember receiving copies of Noise News International (NNI) in my conference bags. NNI has been around since George Maling and Bill Lang started it in March 1993 as a joint publication of INCE-USA and I-INCE. If you don’t know George and Bill, you can learn more about them at https://i-ince.org/honoring/ We all stand on their shoulders.
Sadly, we don’t print NNI anymore and although our quarterly issues are still full of great content and published at noisenewsinternational.net they aren’t read as much as we’d like. We’re hoping our new LinkedIn site will bring NNI to more readers. Since our launch in July 2024, we’ve gained over 1100 followers around the world showing us there’s still great interest in news in noise and vibration control. We’re posting new content often including updates on upcoming conferences (see the articles about the upcoming Noise-Con 2025 and Inter-Noise 2025 conferences in this issue. You’ll also find educational posts like Eric Ungar’s Acoustics from A to Z (A – Acoustics and B – Buildings are online now) and Stig Ingemansson’s Noise Control – Principles and Practice (visit noisenewsinternational.net, select articles, and choose ‘Noise Control – Principles and Practice’ from the drop-down menu).
We’d like to know what you’d like to see on our NNI LinkedIn site. Scan the QR code below to take a short survey and win a chance for a free registration to Inter-Noise 2025 in Sao Paulo. We’ll announce the winners of one full registration and one student registration in Spring 2025.
It’s traditional in our December issue for our INCE-USA and I-INCE presidents to summarize the current year and look ahead to the next. Steve Sorenson describes an exciting new INCE-USA Technical Badge program which will offer training in Indoor/Outdoor Measurement or Building Acoustics Measurement. Luigi Maffei announces a new I-INCE initiative to better connect with regions with less access to noise and vibration control activities.
Both INCE-USA and I-INCE are supported in part by sustaining members, most of which are companies that provide services or products in noise and vibration control. This month we’re featuring AMC Mecanocaucho, who recently published a collaborative study with the AINS Group in Finland on measured and simulated noise reduction by suspended ceilings. NNI also publishes short editorials and memoirs by Jim Thompson under the title ‘What is all the Noise About?’ This month Jim offers some advice on how to carefully work with a customer when things aren’t going as planned.
There are two outstanding INCE conferences planned for 2025. First, the NOISE-CON will be held in Stowe, Vermont in June. See Ken Kaliski’s summary in this issue. Next, the Inter-Noise returns to South America for the first time since 2005 – see the Sao Paulo team’s summary here. You can submit abstracts to both now.
Finally, I thank Eoin King for his seven years as NNI Editor. He’s left NNI in a better place and I’m honored to take it over. Here’s to an exciting 2025 in the noise and vibration community!