Acoustic team at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, STU Bratislava, Slovakia

Abstract

The main activities of the acoustic team from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, STU Bratislava, Slovakia, are focused on research and education in the room and building acoustics and related areas such as environmental acoustics, archaeoacoustics, noise and health issues etc. During the past years, expertise in psychoacoustics and perception of sound was developed, which resulted in the establishment of a new laboratory that contains a sound-proofed semianechoic room suitable also for the performance of the listening test. This paper (1) introduces the acoustic group at SvF STU Bratislava in national and European contexts, (2) describes the evolution of the performed scientific work and education of future architects, civil engineers and material scientists, and (3) shows the interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international dimension of the activities performed here, through collaborations on research projects. Finally, a very tide and essential collaboration with the researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium) and TGM Vienna (Austria) are shown.