Yoichi Ando
Pfofessor Emeritus, Kobe University

Career

1939.04.10 Born in Tokyo
1970 Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
1975 Doctor of Engineering, Waseda Univ.
Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow (1975.7-1977.5)
Drittes physikalisches Institut, Universitat Gottingen
1979 Associate Professor, Kobe Univ.
Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow (1979.7-8 & 1981.3-7)
Drittes physikalisches Institut, Universitat Gottingen
1995 Professor, Graduate School of Science and Techonology, Kobe Univ.
Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow (1995.8-9)
Drittes physikalisches Institut, Universitat Gottingen
1997 Councilor of Kobe Univ.(-1999.5)
Associate Dean, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe Univ.(-1999.5)
2002 Laurea Honoris Causa, University of Ferrara
2003 Professor Emeritus, Kobe University





Committee
Fellow of Acoust. Soc. America
Councilor of Acoust. Soc. Japan
Editorial Board of AIP Series in Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing
Honorary member of Acoust. Assoc. Italy

Award
1995 AIA (The American Institute of Architects) Institute Honor

"His 30 years of work developing and applying new thoeries of concert hall acoustics
have helped the way music is heard. A scientist, author, and educator, his achievements
are a benefit to both the world of architecture and the world of music."


Publications

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Books
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Acoustic Design of Concert Hall
2000
Ichikawa Town Cultural Hall, Hyogo 		1999
Tsuyama Music Cultural Hall, Okayama 		1997
Orbis Hall, Kobe Fasion Plaza
   
1994
Kirishima International Concert Hall, Kagoshima		 1992
Uhara Hall, Higashinada Center, Kobe		  
Invited Lecture
2002 Temporal Design in Architecture and in the Environment for Man- An Approach, "Laurea Honoris Causa," University of Ferrara, 12 June 2002.
2001 Keynote Lecture, 17th International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, September 2001: "Orthogonal factors describing primary and spatial sensations of the so und field in a concert hall".
  Keynote Lecture, 17th International Congress on Acoustics, Rome, September 2001: "Acoustic measurements based on the model of auditory-brain system".
2000 DAGA2000, Ordenburg, 2000: "A diagnostic system based on the auditory-brain functions for the sound field in a room, and the environmental-noise field".
1999 Joint Meeting the 137th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acus ticum integrating the 25th German Acoustics DAGA Meeting, Berlin, 1999: "An evaluation of scattered reflections in sound fields".
  Joint Meeting the 137th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acus ticum integrating the 25th German Acoustics DAGA Meeting, Berlin, 1999: "Acoustic Design of the Tsuyama Music Cultural Hall Based on the Preference Theory".
1998 Opera House Acoustics Workshop, 16 International Congr ess on Acoustics and Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, 1998: "Subjective Attributes for Sound Fields from a Model of Auditory-Brain System".
  Northwest Chapter, Acoustical Society of America, November Meeting, Seattle, 1998: "Architectural Acoustics, Blending Sound Sources, Sound Fields, and Listeners".
1995 Meeting of Italian Acoustics Association, Bologna, Italy, 1995: "Individual Differences on Subjective Preference and Seat Selection System".
1994 25 Anniversary of the Spanish Acoustical Society: Conference on "Advanced research and techniques in objective and subjective parameters related to the quality of concert halls and auditoria", Madrid, 1994: "Individual and Global Subjective Evaluations for Sound Fields".
  Wallace Clement Sabine Centennial Symposium, Acoustica l Society of America, Cambridge, 1994: "A Diagnostic System for Global and Individual Subjective Evaluations of Sou nd Field at Each Seat in a Concert Hall".
1992 Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of Korea, Seoul, 1992: "Concert Hall Acoustics - Physics, Physiology and Psychology Fusing Music an d Hall -".
  2nd Workshop on Architectural Acoustics, Architectural Institute of Korea, Seoul, l992: "Design Study of a Concert Hall and Seat Selection System".
  14th International Congress on Acoustics, Beijing, 1992: "A Design Study of a Concert Hall in Kobe Minimizing the IACC and Maximizing Subjective Preference".
  l4th International Congress on Acoustics, Beijing, l992: "A Theory for Individual Preference of Designing Sound Field in a Concert Hall".(Session Organizer and Invited Lecture)
1991 122nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Houston, 1991: "A Theory for Individual Preference of Designing the Sound Field in a Concert Hall".
1988 2nd Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Societies of America and Japan, Honolulu, 1988: "A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Acoustics of Concert Halls".(V.O. Knudsen Lecture)
  115th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, 1988: (Special Session: Concert Hall Acoustics Based on Ando's Work) "Further Investigation on Concert Hall Acoustics".
1987 16th International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Inter-Noise 87, Beijing, 1987: "Effects of Daily Noise on the Fetuses and Cerebral Hemisphere Specializatio n in Children".(Session Organizer and Invited Lecture)
1986 12th International Congress on Acoustics, Toronto, 1986: "Physical Properties of Sound in Rooms and Subjective Effects in Man".(Plenary Invited Lecture)