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YUXIAO CHEN

Born and raised in Beijing and currently living in Sydney, having completed a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Architecture from Tsinghua University, Yuxiao is an engineer in architectural acoustics during the day designing world-class concert halls. At night, Yuxiao is an artist, musician, adventurer, and writer.

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  • ​Acoustic consultant at Marshall Day Acoustics

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Architectural Science), University of Sydney (Ph.D.)

  • Bachelor or Architecture, Tsinghua University, China (B.Arch.)

  • Member, Australian Acoustical Society (MAAS)

Portrait by Wenhao Cheng, Yuxiao's mother

Portrait by Wenhao Cheng, Yuxiao's mother

PUBLICATIONS

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Journal Articles

   Chen, Y., Cabrera, D., & Alais, D. (2023). Modelling audiovisual seat preference in virtual concert halls. Applied Acoustics, 212, 109589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109589

   Chen, Y., Cabrera, D., 7 Yadav, M. (2023). Finding the Seat With the Best View: Stage-View Preference for Orchestra. SAGE Open, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231181585

   Chen, Y., Cabrera, D., & Alais, D. (2022). Separate effects of auditory and visual room size on auditorium seat preference: a virtual reality study. Perception, 51(12), 889–903. https://doi.org/10.1177/030100662211258

   Chen, Y., & Cabrera, D. (2022). Environmental factors affecting classical music concert experience. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221110631

   Chen, Y., & Cabrera, D. (2021). The effect of concert hall color on preference and auditory perception. Applied Acoustics, 171, 107544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107544

   Chen, Y., Yan, X., Hu, X., Ma, G., Guo, J., Hu, W., & Lu, S. (2018). Experimental study of airborne noise reduction of concrete channel girder bridge sections compared with box girder for high-speed trains. Acta Acustica United with Acustica, 104(6), 970–983. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919263

   Yan, X., Wang, J., Li, H., & Chen, Y. (2018). Experimental study of the influence of a silent environment on human sleep quality. Qinghua Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tsinghua University, 58(12), 1115–1120. https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.22.030

   Lu, S., Xu, W., Chen, Y., & Yan, X. (2017). An experimental study on the acoustic absorption of sand panels. Applied Acoustics, 116, 238–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.09.002

   Lu, S., Yan, X., Xu, W., Chen, Y., & Liu, J. (2016). Improving auditorium designs with rapid feedback by integrating parametric models and acoustic simulation. Building Simulation, 9(3), 235–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-015-0268-x

 

Conference Proceedings

   Chen, Y., & Cabrera, D. (2023). Good view or good acoustics? Can I have both? Proceedings of the Institute of Acosutics, 45(2).

   Chen, Y., & Cabrera, D. (2022). Using lab-based and non-lab-based audio-visual virtual reality experiments for auditorium seat preference studies. Acoustics 2021 Wollongong: Making Waves, p.14.

   Chen, Y., & Cabrera, D. (2020). Does virtual concert hall color affect loudness?. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum Lyon 2020, 678.

   Chen, Y., & Fearnside, P. (2019). Ray-tracing computer-aided-design tools in auditoria design-past and future. Acoustics 2019 Cape Schank: Sound Decisions: Moving Forward with Acoustics, p.33.

   Chen, Y., Yan, X., Li, H., & Guo, J. (2018). Human sleepin silent environment: experiment and results. Euronoise 2018, 413–416.

   Chen, Y., Wang, P., & Yan, X. (2017). The Room Acoustic Design of Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center Auditorium. The Acoustical Society of China 2017 National Conference in Harbin.

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