Akustik-Blog

Feierliche Grundsteinlegung des Cube3 – unserem Neubau für das Institut für Hörtechnik und Akustik (IHTA) in den auch das Institut für Kommunikationssysteme und das Institut für Theoretische Elektrotechnik einziehen werden.

Heute, am 28. Juni 2024, wurde im festlichen Rahmen der Grundstein für den Neubau des IHTA gelegt.

Im Cube 3 erhält das IHTA neben den Büro- und Meetingräumen einen neuen reflexionsarmen Vollraum, einen reflexionsarmen Halbraum, einen Hallraum, ein Labor für audiovisuelle virtuelle Realität, diverse Hörkabinen und Labore für Praktika, sowie eine mechanische und elektrische Werkstatt.

Ina Brandes, Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dr. Dirk Günnewig, Staatssekretär im Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Univ.-Prof. Ulrich Rüdiger, Rektor der RWTH Aachen University, Ute Willems, Niederlassungsleiterin des BLB NRW in Aachen und Dr. Margrethe Schmeer, Ratsmitglied und Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Aachen, nahmen teil und versenkten dabei eine Zeitkapsel.

Die Zeitkapsel enthält verschiedene Gegenstände, darunter eine Urkunde zur Grundsteinlegung, eine aktuelle Zeitung – das IHTA legte eine Miniatur unseres Kunstkopfes (ein zweiohriges, binaurales Messmikrofon, mit dem man Geräusche, wie der Mensch mit seinen zwei Ohren aufnehmen kann) und eine Miniatur unseres Dodekaeders (ein omnidirektionaler Messlautsprecher für z. B Messungen der Raumakustik bei – beides am IHTA entwickelt.

Application deadline extended until March 27, 2024!

We are hiring!
Are you looking for a PhD position in acoustics?

The Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics at RWTH Aachen University focuses on the physical and technical aspects of sound as well as the human perception and processing of sound.

We have three open positions:

1. as part of the DFG priority program AUDICTIVE we are looking for a doctoral candidate in the field of acoustics for an interdisciplinary project with project partners from psychology and virtual reality:
Job ID V000007166: Research assistant (f/m/d) – PhD position in the field of audiovisual virtual reality

2. as part of a research project funded by the Federal Aeronautical Research Program, we are looking for a PhD student in the field of acoustics to investigate the sound propagation and perception of different flight routes and strategies of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS):
Job ID V000007199: Research assistant (f/m/d) – PhD position in the field of sound propagation and perception of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

3. within the framework of the Collaborative Research Center „Hearing Acoustics“ (SFB 1330, HAPPAA, https://uol.de/en/sfb-1330-hearing-acoustics) funded by the German Research Foundation, we are looking for a doctoral candidate in the field of acoustics to research the perception of one’s own voice when using hearing aids and assistive listening devices in communication situations:
Job ID V000007200: Research assistant (f/m/d) – PhD position in the field of perception of one’s own voice when using hearing aids and assistive listening devices in communication situations

Please apply indicating the job ID and a detailed application (see the links above for application details) at jobs@akustik.rwth-aachen.de by March 27, 2024.

We look forward to receiving your application!

On December 14th and 15th seven PhDs and one Postdoc from the Equal Life project met for a symposium in Aachen. The participants provided a wide perspective on their PhD projects within Equal-Life. The two days were filled with good dialougue on challenges yet to overcome and achievements reached in each project part. Questions about research aims, methods, and results were answered and experiences were shared. Additionally, the exposome concept that Equal-Life is based on was subject of dicusscion alongside methods for responsible research and innovation. Everyone experienced a demo in the AixCave to learn about acoustic and virtual reality research. And of course, Aachen’s Christmas market was visited in the evening.

Im Rahmen eines Workshops für junge Wissenschaflterinnen im Forschungsverbund SPP2236 – AUDICTIVE, durften wir das Deutsche Hörgeräteinstitut in Lübeck besuchen. Wir bekamen eine Führung durch die Räumlichkeiten des Prüflabors und eine Präsentation der Tätigkeiten. Vielen herzlichen Dank an den Leiter des Institutes Dr. Hendrik Husstedt, sowie den Mitarbeitern Dr. Florian Denk und Markus Kemper, die uns einen sehr interessanten Einblick in ihre Tätigkeiten gegeben haben.

Besuch beim Deutschen Hörgeräte Institut. Foto: Jamilla Balint

On July 20th, around 20 pupils aged 16 to 18 years, visited IHTA as part of the “Schüler*innenuni” by the Electrical Engineering faculty at RWTH Aachen. In a short introduction, they got insights into what research is conducted at IHTA and which role institutes take over at the university. Afterwards, they took part in four different workshops. They experienced the effect of standing waves, how we hear binaurally, and how the speed of sound and the Doppler effect are connected. Additionally, they built a simple loudspeaker with Lego bricks, aluminium foil, and magnets. To conclude the “Schüler*innenuni” workshop at IHTA, three research assistants presented what they studied and how they afterwards found their way into research. Everybody had a lot of fun experiencing some fundamentals of acoustics, the pupils as well as the assistants!

From April 3rd to 5th 2023, the Equal-Life Consortium Meeting hosted by the Karolinska Institute took place in Stockholm. The Equal-Life project is part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme by the European Union. The project’s aim is to better understand the different exposures (physical, social, internal) children experience in childhood and adolescence, which may have an impact on the individual health status as in adulthood.

Karin Loh and Julia Seitz attended the meeting as consortium members. Both presented parts of their work. Julia Seitz gave a talk in the PhD session on ‘Examining Listening Effort in Children in Classroom Situations’. As part of the session ‘Selected contributions from Equal-Life’, Karin Loh presented  ‘Exploring noise effects by linking auditory selective attention switches and heart rate variability measured in children’.