Sound Matters

声音很重要

• 批准号: EP/D056721/1
• 负责人: Tim Waters
• 金额: $ 12.58万
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FD056721%2F1
• 关键词: Sound; Matters

Sound pervades much of our daily lives and is one of our primary means of communication. Its ubiquity motivates a wide variety of research / from environmental noise pollution and its resulting annoyance and stress, to more positive aspects such as the design of buildings, which can improve quality of life, and medical diagnosis by ultrasound, which can help improve health. So, sound is an ideal theme for connecting people to engineering, because it can be connected to their every day experiences. Sound features in the national curriculum at key stages 1-4 and on science curricula at AS/A level, and so this allows us to reach out to school pupils. Indeed, this award is mostly focussed on 10-19 year olds. This age group is emphasised because: (i) it contains vital ages where disengagement from science and engineering occurs, and (ii) it is important to counter the dropping of science and maths for post 16-education, as these subjects must be studied if pupils are to progress to engineering careers.Sound, and especially noise, is an important issue for policy makers and features often in the media, for example bad neighbours are often cited as noisy neighbours because the noise gives something tangible to complain about; this again giving possibilities for awareness work. Society implicitly or explicitly makes trade offs between the noise annoyance generated by activities and an individual's freedom to undertake these activities. Consequently, meaningful research in many areas of acoustics requires a dialogue to be established between researchers and the general public.Acoustic engineering is concerned with the production, transmission, manipulation and reception of sound, from unwanted industrial noise to beautiful music. Acoustics embodies both the physical properties of sound waves, and the psychological and physiological reaction of humans. Given the importance of perception to acoustics, it is possible to engage the public by getting them to participate in the experimental process, for instance in mass web-experiments. Acoustics naturally cuts across traditional discipline boundaries, which opens up opportunity for public communication work. For example, the stage will link acoustic engineering to music and the arts, giving a way of engaging pupils by drawing on their interests outside engineering. This link across traditional discipline boundaries is also exploited to show that engineering can be fun and creative.The activities proposed are:1. A craft project based on making musical instruments out of vegetables2. A project where pupils work with artists to create works exploiting acoustic engineering.3. A show entitled Sound at the Extremes which will examine extreme frequency ranges (ultrasound and infrasound), extreme volume levels (very quiet and very loud), and extreme environments (deep underwater or planetary acoustics).4. A dialogue activity for 14-19 years old and their parents to enable researchers to understand their attitudes to soundscapes.5. Employing a journalist to raise the awareness of acoustics.6. Web experiments on soundscapes (and maybe also on sexy voices).

声音在我们的日常生活中无处不在，是我们主要的交流方式之一。它的无处不在激发了各种各样的研究/从环境噪声污染及其产生的烦恼和压力，到更积极的方面，如建筑的设计，这可以提高生活质量，和医疗诊断的超声波，这可以帮助改善健康。所以，声音是将人们与工程联系起来的理想主题，因为它可以与他们的日常经历联系起来。在关键阶段1-4的国家课程和AS/A水平的科学课程中都有声音的特征，所以这使我们能够接触到小学生。事实上，这个奖项主要针对10-19岁的孩子。强调这一年龄组的原因是：(1)它包含了从科学和工程中脱离的关键年龄，(2)对于16岁以后的教育来说，科学和数学的下降是很重要的，因为如果学生要进入工程职业，就必须学习这些科目。声音，尤其是噪音，是政策制定者的一个重要问题，经常出现在媒体上，例如，坏邻居经常被称为吵闹的邻居，因为噪音给了一些有形的抱怨；这再次为意识工作提供了可能性。社会或隐或明地在活动产生的噪音烦恼和个人从事这些活动的自由之间进行权衡。因此，在许多声学领域进行有意义的研究需要在研究人员和公众之间建立对话。声学工程涉及声音的产生、传输、处理和接收，从不受欢迎的工业噪音到美妙的音乐。声学既体现了声波的物理特性，也体现了人的心理和生理反应。考虑到感知对声学的重要性，让公众参与实验过程是可能的，例如在大规模的网络实验中。声学自然地跨越了传统学科的界限，这为公共交流工作提供了机会。例如，舞台将把声学工程与音乐和艺术联系起来，通过吸引学生在工程以外的兴趣来吸引他们。这种跨越传统学科界限的联系也被利用来表明工程可以是有趣和创造性的。拟开展的活动有：用蔬菜制作乐器的工艺项目。学生与艺术家合作，利用声学工程创作作品的项目。一个名为“极端声音”的展览，将研究极端频率范围（超声波和次声）、极端音量水平（非常安静和非常响亮）和极端环境（深海或行星声学）。针对14-19岁青少年及其父母的对话活动，使研究者了解他们对声景的态度。雇用记者来提高人们对声学的认识。音景的网络实验（也许还有性感的声音）。