Welcome home, Farbod!
In which we introduce our newest team member, Farbod Ghanouni...
A graduate of both Lakehead University (BE, Mechanical Engineering) and British Columbia Institute of Technology (Mechanical Systems Diploma, Mechanical Engineering), Acoustic Engineer Farbod Ghanouni joined the BAP Acoustics Port Moody team in late August.
“I’d been working in the field for a while when I heard great things about BAP Acoustics,” Farbod says. “I also saw firsthand the quality of their work, so I started to think about the possibility of joining the company.”
Farbod Ghanouni, Acoustic Engineer
Likewise, BAP Acoustics principals Mark Gaudet and Eric de Santis saw the demonstrated quality of Farbod’s past work and knew he’d be a good fit with their team, to which he brings extensive experience in:
- MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) design and engineering
- Acoustic modelling for and vibration control of:
- Train and traffic noise
- Machinery exhaust noise (including silencer design)
- STC (Sound Transmission Class). An integer rating and key part of an architectural assembly, STC reveals how well building partitions (e.g. interior walls) attenuate airborne sound.
- OITC (Outdoor-Indoor Transmission Class). An integer rating quantifying the sound insulation capacity of exterior building elements (i.e. building façade) to attenuate traffic and similar noise sources.
- Building mechanical
- Elevator and plumbing noise
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If you could time travel, what advice would you give yourself 10 years ago?
I would try learning to play hockey.
Saving the best for last: music
Do you sing or play a musical instrument, or wish you could? Which instruments?
I play the piano. I’m also—and always have been—fascinated by the construction of musical instruments.
What’s the best concert you’ve ever attended?
Did good venue acoustics play a role in your enjoyment?
Yes. I remember attending the Camila Cabello concert at the Orpheum Theatre and finding the sound engineering incredible.
For those of you who are, like me, “of an age”, Camila Cabello cites fellow Colombian artist Shakira (now ancient in her 30s) as an influence. Camila’s music—to my ear—sounds like a comparable sort of Latin-influenced pop, so the sound engineering and architectural acoustics at the Orpheum (one of Vancouver’s most beloved venues) would indeed have amplified (see what I did there) the concert experience. My partner and I saw The Bueno Vista Social Club there many years ago and still agree that was one of our best—and we’ve had many—concert experiences.
With every profile piece I write here, it strikes me more and more how much science and art intersect. Acoustic engineers all seem to play musical instruments! Of course, it comes as no surprise that musicians would appreciate the value of good acoustics, and engineering is the quintessential creative pursuit by definition. And no, I’m not going to look it up and prove it… it just resonates.
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Welcome home, Farbod!
In which we introduce our newest team member, Farbod Ghanouni…
A graduate of both Lakewood University (BE, Mechanical Engineering) andBritish Columbia Institute of Technology (Mechanical Systems Diploma, Mechanical Engineering), Acoustic Engineer Farbod Ghanouni joined the BAP Acoustics Port Moody team in late August.
“I’d been working in the field for a while when I heard great things about BAP Acoustics,” Farbod says. “I also saw firsthand the quality of their work, so I started to think about the possibility of joining the company.”
WELL done acoustics with a side of Green
The fact that I’m wearing noise-cancelling headphones as I write strikes me as both ironic and illustrative of how much and how insidiously noise can affect us at work, rest, or play. With all the construction underway in my neighbourhood, I’m relieved to discover that the sounds of recorded waterfalls, surf, rain—or even Drum & Bass—are far more conducive to cognitive focus than, say, the dulcet tones of jackhammers or chainsaws. Though currently home-based, I have worked in conventional office environments, researching and writing amidst colleagues engaged in activities and conversations sometimes no less, um…dulcet, and I suspect wearing headphones to tune them out would probably have been construed as rude.
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