The course instructor, Dr. Eoin King, is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at NUI Galway (Ireland). His research interests include sound propagation modelling, strategic noise mapping techniques and environmental noise control, and he has published extensively in the field of acoustics and environmental assessment. He is a current Vice President (Communications) of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), Managing Editor of Noise/News International and a member of the European Commission’s Noise Expert Group. He has taught acoustics, noise control and vibrations classes both in the U.S (at the University of Hartford) and Ireland (Trinity College Dublin, NUI Galway).
For questions about Course II, contact Dr. King at ncecourse2@inceusa.org.
Completion of Noise Control Engineering Course I.
The course is organized into five units with five lessons in each unit, for a total of 25 lessons. For each lesson, there are lesson notes and a homework assignment. Some units may have video instruction as well. The typical homework assignment includes both conceptual problems and calculation-based problems. Each assignment must be completed individually, but there is a course forum where you can interact with your fellow students and the instructor for when you have questions about the problems.
Each lesson in the course builds upon the previous one. Therefore, it is important to master the content in each lesson before moving on. When you turn in an assignment, the instructor will grade it as soon as possible. If everything is correct, the instructor will allow you to move on to the next lesson. If there are any mistakes, the instructor will give you feedback and tips and ask that you correct any mistakes and resubmit the assignment before you move on to the next lesson. As long as you eventually have everything correct, you will receive full credit for the assignment.
A proctored exam will be given at the end of the course. You will be responsible for obtaining a proctor and notifying your instructor prior to receiving a Final Exam. More information about appropriate proctors and final exam logistics will be given near the end of the course. Passing grades (70%) for all three Final Exams will be accepted in lieu of sitting for and passing the INCE Board Certification Examination.
You will receive a letter grade for the course. This grade will be weighted 50% on the homework and 50% on the Final Exam. A grade of B (80%) or better for the course is required to move on to Course III.
The course will maintain a pace of one lesson and one homework assignment per week. The 25 lessons should take approximately six months to complete.
We recognize that you have responsibilities to your professional and personal life that will take you away from your course work. This makes it difficult to maintain a rigid schedule. There is no penalty for late assignments. However, if you do fall behind the group, try to get caught back up as soon as possible so you can benefit from discussions in the course forum.
INCE-USA has imposed a time limit of one year for the course. If you do not complete the course, including the final exam, within one year, you will have to re-register for the course and pay the registration fee again.
Unit One – Mechanisms of Noise Generation
Lesson 1 – Small Simple Sources
Lesson 2 – Directional Sources
Lesson 3 – Distributed and Impact Sources
Lesson 4 – Real Sources
Lesson 5 – Use of Intensity for Noise Source Characterization
Unit Two – One-and Two-Dimensional Systems
Lesson 1 – Vibration of Strings
Lesson 2 – Sound fields in Ducts
Lesson 3 – Lumped Parameters
Lesson 4 – Vibration of Beams
Lesson 5 – Vibration of Plates
Unit Three – Room Acoustics
Lesson 1 – Basic Concepts
Lesson 2 – Large Rooms
Lesson 3 – Small Enclosed Spaces
Lesson 4 – Acoustic Treatments and Special Rooms
Lesson 5 – Sound Systems in Room
Unit Four – Measurement and Analysis II: Intermediate
Lesson 1 – Sound Level Meter Frequency Filters
Lesson 2 – Measurement of Acoustic Properties
Lesson 3 – Vibration Measurements
Lesson 4 – Narrowband Frequency Analysis I
Lesson 5 – Narrowband Frequency Analysis II
Unit Five – Effects of Noise
Lesson 1 – Fundamentals of Hearing
Lesson 2 – Human Response to Sound
Lesson 3 – Metrics of Human Perception to Noise
Lesson 4 – Metrics for Noise Induced Hearing Damage
Lesson 5 – Sound Quality
