University of Parma research unit is composed by a Full Professor (Prof. Angelo) and a Research fellow with the support of Ph.D student. University of Parma is responsible for acoustic and thermal in-situ validation. Since the acoustic performances of the solutions can be greatly affected by the mounting conditions, in-situ validation will be performed by means of advanced measurements techniques and compare with test in laboratory. It is planned to apply innovative methods for in-situ acoustical measurements, making use of the sound intensity method for sound insulation (according to ISO 15186-2:2003) coupled with the use of special test signals (according to ISO 18233-2006). This coupling will result in an entirely new measurement method, getting the benefit of Sound Intensity and of the usage of the special test signals, such as the Exponential Sine Sweep (ESS). The acoustical absorption coefficient will be measured “in-situ”, thanks to innovative measurement systems available at UNIPR: SonoCat, a multifunctional spherical array of microphones and SpcMic, a microphone arrays with 84 mems, both suitable for soft materials and large values of acoustical absorption coefficient; and a Polytec laser vibrometer, suitable for hard materials with low absorption.
Prof. Angelo Farina - Prof. Ing. Angelo Farina is Full Professor of Environmental Applied Physics (ING-IND/11) at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma. Angelo graduated at the University of Bologna in 1982 (5-years "laurea" degree in Civil Engineering). At the same University he got a Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 1987. In both cases the theses were about Applied Acoustics topics. In November 1986 he became Researcher in Environmental Applied Physics, initially at the University of Bologna, and since 1 March 1992 at the University of Parma. He became Associated Professor in Environmental Applied Physics on 1st November 1998 at the University of Parma, and since then he is holding courses of Applied Physics at the faculties of Engineering, Architecture and Medicine. Since 1st May 2005 he is Full Professor in Environmental Applied Physics, and now teaches Applied Acoustics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Parma. Angelo conducted wide and deep researches in almost all the fields of Acoustics, and particularly he worked on digital signal processing techniques for acoustical measurements and audio effects, and on numerical models for the sound field estimation in closed and open spaces.
S. Osimi, Research Fellow - S. Osimi received the B.S degree in electronic engineering from the University of Bologna in 2020 and the M.S. degree in electronic engineering (cum laude) from Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, in 2023 with a thesis on optimal filtering and ANN design for automatic dereverberation to achieve equalization of digital organ instruments. From January 2024, he has been working as a Research Fellow at the University of Parma developing new in situ techniques for absorption coefficient of innovative and sustainable materials.
J. Ferrari, Ph.D student - J. Ferrari received the B.S. degree in management engineering at University of Parma, Italy, with thesis "Dealing in commodity market: analysis and correction of ambient reverberation" and the M.S. degree in Management Engineering at the same university in March 2018, achieving the license to practice as Engineer too. At present she is Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering.