Articles
Telescope Vibration
Early in my career at Acentech I had the opportunity to work on a telescope vibration project alongside my colleague and mentor, Eric Ungar. One of…
May 14, 2024
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The Blocking Floor: A Low Cost Alternative to Building Base Isolation?
Buildings near rail lines are subjected to vibration that can be disruptive to occupants. As vibrations travel up through a building’s columns they decrease floor-by-floor as…
December 7, 2022
News
Acentech: Celebrating 30 years of employee ownership (and counting)
This week Acentech is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its independence from Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) and I recently had the honor of interviewing the…
October 14, 2021
Articles
Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) and Public Safety
by Tyler Tracy (a special thank you to Co-author Marielle Frederick for helping to put this together). As members of the AEC community, we feel it…
August 10, 2020
Articles
Cool Things About Air Springs
If you have even been through a university optics lab you have probably encountered an optical table supported by air springs. Optical tables are designed to…
April 16, 2020
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Of Sound Mind: Acentech Brings Sound Isolation to Yale’s New Science Building
The following article originally appeared in School Construction News. To see this article in its original publication, click here. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Science is an inherently…
School Construction News
March 23, 2018
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Why The MBTA’s Wheels Squeal — And How It’s Trying To Dampen The Noise
Below is a transcript of a story published by 90.9 WBUR. Discussing rail nose, specifically the MBTA “wheel squeal.” To view the original piece (and see…
WBUR
May 3, 2017
Articles
What Causes that Rumble from a Subway Train?
If you have ever been in a building in a city with an underground subway like Boston or New York, you have probably heard a low-frequency…
October 5, 2016
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Looking for the best restaurant in Rome? Look no further than…
This is the story of how I found my favorite restaurant in Rome. In 2002 my wife and I decided to get each other a trip…
February 17, 2016
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