by Brian Atkinson | Acoustics
Acoustics By Design provides AVL and acoustical consulting from our offices in Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, and Portland, Oregon, on projects throughout the United States, and around the world. If you’re trying to get started in the field of acoustics, but...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
I admit that I like working in a niche field. I especially like the reactions of people who ask me what I do for a living and have never heard of an acoustics engineer. They find it amazing that someone does this type of work, or they start asking questions or making...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
On a recent trip to Chicago, my wife and I were thankful for all the new traffic lanes recently completed. I can remember when the trip back home to my folks took an extra couple of hours if I got stuck in all the traffic. But thankfully, with the new highway...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
Who Can See the Wind? Who can see the wind? Neither you nor I But when the leaves are trembling The wind is passing by! Who can see the wind? Neither I nor you But when the trees are bending low The wind is passing through! by Christina Georgina Rossetti As this...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
With today's heightened awareness about energy and our dependence on foreign oil, we are being lured with a promise of bountiful, cheap electricity if we simply harvest the energy from the wind. As is true with everything in life, "there is no such thing as a free...