EDUCATION
PhD in Physics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain (1984). Speciality in Acoustics.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Dr. Higini Arau is a member of the
following Societies:
 Sociedad
Española de Acústica SEA (member
of the board of directors)
Acoustical
Society of America ASA (he is in possession
of the silver diploma)
European
Acoustics Association EAA. Moreover, he is
a member of the Technical Committee Room and
Building Acoustics of EAA.
LECTURES
He is a lecturer in Master in Acoustics in
the University Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain).
He is also a magisterial lecturer in several
Spanish Universities and Technological Centre.
AWARDS
Dr.
Higini Arau won the second prize for the
research JUAN VIGON of the Patronato del Instituto
Nacional de Técnicas Aerospaciales
"Esteban Terradas" (1980 / 1981).
Moreover, he won the following design awards:
Rehabitec
Prize (1996) for the Teatre Metropol in Tarragona
(Spain).
Prize
of Architecture FAD 2000. Distinguished Award
for personal collaborations in several constructions
in recent years in Spain.
Construmat
Award (2001) for the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona,
Spain).
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS IN REFERRED CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
Dr. Higini Arau has published several scientific
researches in national and international journals
throughout his long scientific career, without
any funding of any official agency.
PUBLICATIONS:
An
improved Reverberation Formula (#)(1988).
Acustica (Hirzel Verlag)Vol 65 nº4, 163-180.
(See note below)
(*)
Variation
of the Reverberation Time of places of public
assembly with audience size (1997). Building
Acoustics, Volume 4 nº 2.
Influencia
del radio de reverberación en el establecimiento
de la densidad de energía sonora estacionaria
en campo difuso.(1996). Revista de Acústica.
1º-2º Trimestre, Vol XXVII nº1y2.
General
theory of the energy relations in halls with
asymmetrical absorption (1999). Building Acoustics
vol 5 nº3.
The
anecoicity phenomenon in a live room. Forum
acusticum. Berlin (1999). 5aAA1(vol.85), suppl.1,
p.S389.
A
new contribution to the study of the sound
transmission loss of single walls (1982).
Fortschritte dor Akustik FASE/DAGA 82. Teil
I, 267.
Contribución
al estudio de la atenuación sonora
de dobles y triples paredes, simétricas
y asimétricas, homogéneas, isotrópicas
y viscoelásticas.(1984). Doctoral Thesis.
University of Barcelona.
Valor
limite del factor de perdidas de un panel
en la region de la frecuencia critica.(1987).
Revista de Acústica. 3º- 4º
trimestre. Vol. XVIII nº3-4.
NOTE: The Theory "Calculus of the Reverberation
Time" won the Round Robin International
Prize (organized by Bistafa-Bradley of the
Research Council of Canada). All the theories
of the 20th century, from the acoustics to
the most common computer simulation softwares,
were candidates for the prize. The results
of the experimental tests have been checked
on the calculus of each theory. These results
were published in the "Journal Acoustical
Society of America, Vol.108, (2000), 1721-1731.
(*) This theory was recently
incorporated in the computer simulation software
ODEON of the Technical Danmark University.
http://www.dat.dtu.dk/~odeon/what_was_the_news_in_odeon_42.htm
and the Australian group's WOMBAT.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~acadsbsg/ACADSWOMBAT.html
BOOKS
ABC de la acústica arquitectónica
(1999). Higini Arau. Grupo Editorial Ceac,
ISBN: 84-329-2017-7.
CONFERENCES
Dr. Arau has been present at several nationals
and internationals conferences as co-chairman
in halls and operas.
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