Acoustics 2024 Welcome

Welcome to Acoustics 2024, Acoustics in the Sun. On behalf of the organising committee, I wish everyone a warm welcome and an enjoyable visit to the Gold Coast, especially those who have travelled from interstate or overseas.

Acoustics in the Sun is the culmination of over two years of planning. The decision to have the conference at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre is to give everyone the opportunity to embrace what the Gold Coast and Queensland has to offer. Close to the conference venue you can walk along kilometres of pristine white sand beaches and swim in the ocean. For those who are staying longer, there is the allure of multiple theme parks or the sub-tropical rainforest and attractions of the Gold Coast Hinterland. Finally, for those who like other forms of entertainment, there are The Star Gold Coast Casino and Pacific Fair Shopping Centre to the south.

Why have a physical conference instead of a virtual conference? Well, the Australian Acoustical Society has members located in academia, industry, consulting, defence, software development and equipment manufacturing. The annual conference consists not only of technical presentations and workshops, but a Trade Exhibition displaying the latest in instrumentation, software and noise control products, social events such as the Welcome Function and Dinner, and the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Acoustical Society. These additional events allow the exchange of ideas, gaining of knowledge and insight that would otherwise be missing from a virtual conference. How often has the genesis of a new idea, a business opportunity, networking connection or the solution to a previously unsolvable problem arise from a casual conversation or remark made at these other types of events? The annual conference also highlights the acoustic industry in Australia to graduates and newcomers, something that is becoming increasingly important due to the difficulty of recruiting and retaining staff in a specialist niche field. I applaud the organisations that recognise the importance in having their employees regularly attend Australian Acoustical Society conferences.

Acoustics 2024 has a full technical program scheduled consisting of plenary, keynote, invited and technical presentations and workshops, divided over four concurrent streams. On the Thursday evening the Conference Dinner will be held at the Convention Centre after the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Acoustical Society.

There is a Welcome Function after the opening plenary Wednesday afternoon. The Trade Exhibition will run Thursday and Friday, with complimentary barista coffee provided on both days to keep everyone alert and functioning. The morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on both days will also be held in the Exhibition Area.

I hope that everyone enjoys the technical and social program that has been planned for Acoustics 2024, Acoustics in the Sun. Enjoy your stay at the Gold Coast and embrace what the Coast has to offer!

Yours in acoustics,

Michael Hayne

Conference Chair

Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun

Bibliographic Information

Title:	Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun
Subtitle:	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society
Format:	USB key
Publication Date:	November 2024
ISBN:	978-0-646-70515-6
Edited by:	Stephen Lyons
Copyright ©2024:	Australian Acoustical Society

Information for higher education research data collection (HERDC)

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The following information is provided to authors intending to claim their research publications as part of HERDC.

Title of conference publication:	Proceedings of Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society
Name of conference:	Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun
Publisher:	QLD Division
Publication format:	USB key
Editor:	Stephen Lyons
Location of conference:	Gold Coast, QLD

Conference organisation

Conference Chair:	Michael Hayne
Conference Secretariat:	Richard Devereux
Conference Treasurer:	Stephen Lyons
Exhibition Coordination:	Richard Devereux
	Michael Hayne
Editor of Conference Proceedings:	Stephen Lyons
Organising Committee:	Christopher Grainger
	David Borgeaud
	Ian Hillock
	Eric Huang
	Paul Schwarz
	Rodney Stevens
	Timothy Trewin

Scientific committee

Davd Mee

David Borgeaud

Ian Hillock

Michael Hayne

Richard Devereux

Proof of peer review

Full papers submitted for peer review and accepted for Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun were reviewed by members of the peer review committee. The names of the reviewers were kept anonymous from the authors. The papers were reviewed to ensure they were of an acceptable standard for the conference and written feedback was provided on the quality of the manuscripts. The review criteria included: technical content, originality, clarity, English expression and technical significance. Papers were matched where possible to referees in the same field with similar interests and area of expertise as the author(s).

The organising committee wishes to thank the scientific community, reviewers and authors for their cooperation and time to enable this review process to occur.

Peer review committee

Aaron Miller	Chris Marsh	Iain Parnum	Matthew Fishburn	Raymond Sim
Adrian D Jones	Christophe Delaire	Ian Hillock	Matthew Terlich	Renzo Tonin
Alan Subkey	Colin Tickell	James Heddle	Michael Hayne	Richard Devereux
Alec Duncan	Dan Dang	Jie Pan	Michael Lanchester	Rodney Stevens
Alex Dundon	Daniel Castro	John Wassermann	Michael Plumb	Roger Hawkins
Alex Marchuk	Darren Jurevicius	Katie Teyhan	Michael Smith	Sam Fard
Asbjorn Hansen	Dave Davis	Kirsty Kuo	Michel Rosmolen	Simon Ham
Ben Halkon	David Mee	Lachlan Deen	Paul Maddock	Stephen Lyons
Ben Hall	Deb James	Lex Brown	Paul Schwarz	Stephen Samuels
Binghui Li	Dominik Duschlbauer	Luke Zoontjens	Peipei Feng	Steven Walker
Bob Fitzell	Edward Harkness	Malte Buchberger	Peter Exton	Tim Trewin
Cameron Hough	Eric Huang	Marc Buret	Peter Glorie	Tom Evans
Carl Howard	Greg Collins	Mark Bridges	Peter Pirozek	Travis Hancock
Chris Grainger	Greg Stewart	Martti Warpenius	Rachel Foster	Valeri V. Lenchine

Copyright notice

The Proceedings of Acoustics 2024 Acoustics in the Sun have been reproduced from author-submitted files. The authors are solely responsible for the technical content and opinions expressed therein. The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Australian Acoustical Society.

Permission is hereby granted for any person to reproduce a fractional part of any paper herein provided that permission is obtained from its author(s) and credit is given to the author(s) and these proceedings. An author or their research sponsor may reproduce the paper in full crediting these proceedings. This permission is not assignable.

For availability of the electronic version of the proceedings contact the Australian Acoustical Society www.acoustics.org.au.