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PEMS: Peoples Experience Of Mountain Soundscapes

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donato, B. D., & Mcgregor, I. (2025, June)
PEMS: Peoples Experience Of Mountain Soundscapes. Presented at Forum Acusticum / Euronoise 2025: 11th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, Málaga, Spain
This study investigates the role of soundscapes in mountain environments, focusing on their contributions to safety, navigation, and environmental understanding. A survey of 2...

Audio Occlusion Experiment Data

Data
McSeveney, S., Tamariz, M., McGregor, I., Koniaris, B., & Mitchell, K. (2025)
Audio Occlusion Experiment Data. [Data]
This dataset comprises anonymous user study participant responses of audio occlusion to investigate presence response of body occlusions in the presence of sound sources in th...

900 Voices

Exhibition / Performance
Irvine, Z. (2024)
900 Voices. [Sound]. 2 August 2024 - 19 October 2024
900 Voices is a participative sound art project by Zoë Irvine with Lindsay Perth and Jules Rawlinson. It has been commissioned as part of Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral’s mome...

PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June)
PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes. Paper presented at Forum Alpinum 2024, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
This research delves into the intricate relationship between mountain auditory environments and the mountaineering experience, shedding light on the influence of individual so...

Scottish Mountain Soundscapes

Presentation / Conference
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June)
Scottish Mountain Soundscapes. Presented at Invited seminar at UniMont, University of Milan, Edolo, Italy
Mountain environments provide an immersive auditory experience shaped by natural forces and human interactions. This seminar presents results from an ongoing project that delv...

Remote Acoustic Soundscape evaluation using Ambisonic recordings

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2023, September)
Remote Acoustic Soundscape evaluation using Ambisonic recordings. Paper presented at Basic Auditory Science 2023, London, UK
The Acoustic Soundscape ISO standard has been used in previous work to assess the soundscape during soundwalks. This approach has different results and contributions to the fi...

Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference

Conference Proceeding
(2023)
Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3616195
Audio Mostly is an interdisciplinary conference on design and experience of interaction with sound that prides itself on embracing applied theory and reflective practice. Its ...

Towards individualised speech enhancement: An SNR preference learning system for multi-modal hearing aids

Conference Proceeding
Since the advent of deep learning (DL), speech enhancement (SE) models have performed well under a variety of noise conditions. However, such systems may still introduce sonic...

Correction of Evanescent Wave Influence on the Flexural Wave Velocity and Wavelength Estimation Based on a Mode Shape Function

Journal Article
Pantelić, F., Šumarac Pavlović, D., Mijić, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2022)
Correction of Evanescent Wave Influence on the Flexural Wave Velocity and Wavelength Estimation Based on a Mode Shape Function. Archives of Acoustics, 47(4), 539-546. https://doi.org/10.24425/aoa.2022.142017
The aim of this research is to use a simple acoustic method of a very near field recording, which enables measurement and display of oscillation modes, to estimate the velocit...

A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth

Journal Article
Mousa, F. M., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Ali, N. T., Gharbia, I., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022)
A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth. IEEE Access, 10, 81828-81835. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3196610
The antenna presented in this study is a compact wideband monopole with wideband circular polarization that can be used across the whole antenna bandwidth. A rectangular C-sha...

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MeCCSA 2025 Conference: Identity and Belonging

2024 - 2025
Media and culture play a crucial role in shaping identity, especially in contemporary contexts marked by economic struggles, conflict, and migration. The significance of identity is heightened as indi...

Tool development for the assessment of European flat oyster restoration success using eDNA, acoustics and visual surveys

2023 - 2024
Project dedicated to eDNA analysis, which is possible with the awarded funding from SMEEF (Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund). The eDNA have been taken from European Flat Oyster Beds and...
Funder: Scottish Natural Heritage | Value: £50,702

Sound Design pipeline for cross-platform 360 virtual productions

2023 - 2024
With the increasing formats and devices for spatial audio in 360 VPs, the question of the most efficient way to deliver spatial audio becomes more complex. Being aware of audience perception and prefe...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £9,181

Characterising spatial freshwater soundscapes on an urban-rural gradient

2023 - 2023
The project aims to compare existing methods with a new methodology based on sensor arrays and utilising spatial audio algorithms, which can identify which direction a particular sound comes from and ...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £27,660

Audio Mostly 2023

2022 - 2023
This project's aim is to host the Audio Mostly conference 2023 here at Edinburgh Napier University (https://audiomostly.com/). Conference Theme: Embodied Sound in the Virtual Conference Abstract: S...
Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound

2022 - 2022
This is a successful bid for a Small Research Grant with Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier and Edinburgh University. The proposal is to explore the dramatic potential of Augmented Reality and D...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £5,000

Energystore Interface Voucher

2018 - 2018
To investigate and develop EPS bead insulation infill for thermal-acoustic compatibility on separating walls
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £6,800
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