More super-sonic communication

在过去的两年里，我的高级媒体奖学金使我能够向公众发展和展示科学和工程，特别是声学。最重要的成功是在广播上，例如，我将在2009年在BBC广播4台和世界服务台上播放七部广播纪录片。我希望延长我的奖学金，使我能够进一步建立我在广播和电视方面建立的联系和网络。但我也想扩大我的公众参与技能，包括写作。我计划两个位置，一个在卫报和一个在英国广播公司在线，以帮助我发展我的书面沟通技巧。我还打算写一本关于噪音的科普书《我的声音》，探讨人们对不同声音的反应，以及这告诉我们关于我们自己、人类和社会的什么。我将继续推广我自己的学科领域，也就是声学，但我已经表现出了跨科学和工程领域广泛交流的能力，例如，我在英国广播公司曼彻斯特电台的固定时段涵盖了所有科学领域，而不仅仅是声音。声音是所有媒体形式的共同主题，无论是报纸上对最新iPod技术的评论，还是电视新闻中关于如何处理嘈杂的反社会行为的讨论。声音也在学校课程的所有关键阶段的功能，因此，这个扩展建议包括进一步与教师电视工作的想法。这也是激发下一代工程师的理想主题，利用年轻人对音乐技术的兴趣。EQUAL关注的是提高老年人和残疾人的生活质量。声学和EQUAL联系在一起，因为衰老的关键经验之一是耳聋。这是微妙的（我们所爱的人比我们先注意到），重要的（言语交流），几乎是普遍的，因此是吸引公众的一个很好的主题。健全和平等是这个奖学金的理想主题，因为通过它们，我可以丰富公众对他们的日常经验，工程和科学之间的联系的理解。

Over the past two years, my Senior Media Fellowship has allowed me to develop and present science and engineering, especially acoustics, to the general public. The most significant success have been on radio, for instance I will present seven radio documentaries on BBC Radio 4 and World Service in 2009.I want an extension to my fellowship to allow me to build further on the contacts and networks I have developed in radio and TV. But I also want to expand my public engagement skills to include writing. I am planning two placements, one at the Guardian and one at BBC on-line, to help me develop my written communication skills. I also propose to write a popular science book on the subject of noise entitled Sounds About Me, which explores how people respond to different sounds, and what this tells us about ourselves, mankind and society.I will continue to promote my own subject area, which is acoustics, but I have already shown an ability to communicate across a wide range of subjects in science and engineering, for instance my regular slot on BBC Radio Manchester covers all areas of science not just sound. Sound is a common theme within all forms of media, whether that be reviews of the latest IPod technology in newspapers, or discussions of how to deal with noisy anti-social behaviour on TV news. Sound also features on the school curriculum at all key stages, and hence this extension proposal includes ideas for further work with Teachers TV. It is also an ideal subject for inspiring the next generation of engineers, tapping into young people's interest in music technology.I also want to try to advance the EQUAL agenda in the media. EQUAL is concerned with extending the quality of life for older people and disabled people. Acoustics and EQUAL are connected because one of the key experiences of ageing is deafness. This is subtle (our loved ones notice before we do), important (speech communication) and almost universal, and so makes a great subject for engaging the public. Sound and EQUAL are ideal themes for this fellowship, because through them I can enrich the general public's understanding of the connections between their everyday experiences, and engineering and science.