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Chamber of Industry and Commerce Story November 2012 - Award for technology award

Worldwide unique project: simulation of engine noise through speakers system

Acoustic research program aimed to improve the experience of airline passengers by examining noise transmission on aircraft, was till now very costly because this could only take place during a flight. Through a unique mulit-channel sound system, it's now possible to simulate the authentic noise of a turbine on the ground.

Udo Borgmann, who is the founder and chairman of Pan Acoustics, received an waward of 10.000 Euros for this project form the Camber of Industry an Commerce Braunschweig (CIC) on November 9th. "This is the first time that an entrepreneur has been awarded such a technology tranfer award" said (The) CIC-President Dr. Wolf-Michael Schmid. He also pointed out that the new technology will be used by the German Centre for Aviation and Astronoutics (DLR), which is also a business partner fo the aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

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