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Michelle Vigeant-Haas

Associate Professor of Acoustics and Architectural Engineering

Affiliation(s):

  • Acoustics
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Center for Acoustics and Vibration

412 ECoRE Building

mcv3@psu.edu

814-863-7145

Research Website

Research Areas:

Architectural Acoustics; Building Mechanical Systems; Room Acoustics and Noise

Interest Areas:

Identifying quantitative acoustic measures to predict human perception of sound

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering Co-op, University of Alberta, 2003
  • Ph D, Architectural Engineering (Architectural Acoustics), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008

Publications

Books

  • D. T. Bradley, E. E. Ryherd and Michelle Vigeant, 2010, Acoustical Design of Theatres for Drama Performance: 1985-2010, Acoustical Society of America, Melville, NY

Journal Articles

  • Fernando del Solar Dorrego* and Michelle Vigeant, 2022, "A Study of the Just Noticeable Difference of Early Decay Time for Symphonic Halls", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 151, (1), pp. 80-94
  • Matthew T Neal* and Michelle Vigeant, 2020, "A compact spherical loudspeaker array for generating full-orchestral concert hall auralizations", J. Audio Eng. Soc., 68, pp. 796-809
  • Tawni B Stoop, Peter M Moriarty, Rachel Wolf, Rick O Gilmore, Koraly Perez-Edgar, K. Suzanne Scherf, Michelle Vigeant and Pamela M Cole, 2020, "I know that voice! Mothers' voices influence children's perceptions of emotional intensity", J. of Exp. Child Psych., 199, pp. 1-21
  • Martin S Lawless* and Michelle Vigeant, 2020, "Sensitivity of the human auditory cortex and reward network to reverberant stimuli", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (147), pp. 2121-2134
  • David A Dick* and Michelle Vigeant, 2019, "An Investigation of Listener Envelopment Utilizing a Spherical Microphone Array and Third-order Ambisonic Reproduction", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145, (4), pp. 2795-2809
  • Pan Liu, Pamela M Cole, Rick O Gilmore, Koraly Perez-Edgar, Michelle Vigeant, Peter M Moriarty* and K. Suzanne Scherf, 2019, "Young children's neural processing of their mother's voice: An fMRI study", Neuropsychologia, 122, pp. 11-19
  • Martin S Lawless and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Investigating the emotional response to room acoustics: an fMRI study.", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138, (4: EL417-EL423)
  • Acadia A Kocher^ and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Relationships between room acoustic quality and reverberance, listener envelopment, and tonal quality [Technical Report]", Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain (PMMB), 25, (3), pp. 8
  • Alexis Roy#, Michelle Vigeant, Tina Munjal#, Courtney Carver#, Patpong Jiradejvong# and Charles J Limb#, 2015, "Reverberation negatively impacts musical sound quality for cochlear implant users", 16, (Suppl 3), pp. 9
  • Michelle Vigeant, Robert D Celmer, Christopher M Jasinski^, Meghan J Ahearn^, Matthew J Schaeffler^, Clothilde B Giacomoni^, Adam P Wells^ and Caitlin I Ormsbee^, 2015, "Investigation of the just noticeable difference of clarity index for music using simulated impulse responses", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 138, (1), pp. 476-491
  • Michelle Vigeant, Clothilde B Giacomoni^ and Amy C Scherma^, 2013, "Repeatability of spatial parameter measurements using figure-of-eight microphones [Technical Note]", Applied Acoustics, 74, (9), pp. 1076-1084
  • Michelle Vigeant, Lily M Wang and Jens Holger Rindel, 2011, "Objective and subjective evaluations of multi-channel auralization technique as applied to solo instruments", Applied Acoustics, 72, (6), pp. 311-323
  • Michelle Vigeant, Lily M Wang and Jens Holger Rindel, 2008, "Investigations of orchestra auralizations using the multi-channel multi-source auralization technique", Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 94, (6), pp. 866-882
  • Lily M Wang and Michelle Vigeant, 2008, "Evaluations of output from room acoustic computer modeling and auralization due to different sound source directionalities", Applied Acoustics, 69, (12), pp. 1281-1293
  • David A Dick and Michelle Vigeant, , "Comparison of measurements of spatial metrics using a spherical microphone array and conventional methods [Technical Note]", Applied Acoustics, 107, (6:34-45)
  • Martin S Lawless* and Michelle Vigeant, , "Effect of test method and participant musical training on preference ratings of stimuli with different reverberation times", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142:2258-2272

Conference Proceedings

  • Fernando del Solar Dorrego* and Michelle Vigeant, 2023, "The importance of the high frequencies of clarity index for the perception of musical clarity", 11th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Aachen, Greece, pp. 8 pages
  • Michelle Vigeant, 2023, "Promoting positive and productive experiences in team design projects in a 3rd year architectural engineering course.", American Society for Engineering Education Zone 1 Conference, University Park, PA, pp. 3 pages
  • Zane Rusk*^ and Michelle Vigeant, 2022, "Auralization of a virtual living room sound system using measured spatial room impulse responses.", 11th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Gyeongju, Korea, pp. 8 pages
  • Matthew T Neal* and Michelle Vigeant, 2019, "The CHORDatabase: a twenty-one concert hall spherical microphone and loudspeaker array measurement database.", 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, Aachen, Germany, pp. 8 pages
  • Matthew T Neal* and Michelle Vigeant, 2019, "Predicting an individual’s preference in concert halls from measurement-based auralizations", Int. Symp. on Room Acoust., Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 8 pages
  • Matthew T Neal* and Michelle Vigeant, 2018, "A Measurement Database of U.S. and European Concert Halls for Realistic Auralization and Study of Individual Preference", 10th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Hamburg, Germany, Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom, pp. 8 pages
  • Fernando del Solar Dorrego* and Michelle Vigeant, 2018, "A Study of the Just Noticeable Difference of Early Decay Time (EDT)", 10th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Hamburg, Germany, Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom, pp. 8 pages
  • David A Dick and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Investigation of listener envelopment and the late sound field using spherical microphone array impulse response measurements", 9th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Paris, France, Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom, pp. 8 pages
  • Martin S Lawless and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Investigation of the effects of room acoustics stimuli on reward regions in the brain", 9th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Paris, France, Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom, pp. 8 pages
  • Matthew T Neal and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Subjective study on listener envelopment using hybrid room acoustics simulation and higher order Ambisonic reproduction", 9th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics, Paris, France, Institute of Acoustics, United Kingdom, pp. 8 pages
  • Victor W Sparrow and Michelle Vigeant, 2015, "Contents of a graduate level course in spatial sound and 3-D audio", Inter-Noise, San Francisco, CA, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, USA, pp. 7
  • David A. Dick* and Michelle Vigeant, 2014, "A comparison of late lateral energy (GLL) and lateral energy fraction (LF) measurements using a spherical microphone array and conventional methods.", European Acoustical Association Joint Symposium on Auralization and Ambisonics, Berlin, Germany, pp. 7
  • Michelle Vigeant and R. D. Celmer, 2010, "Effect of experimental design on the results of clarity-index just-noticeable-difference listening tests.", International Congress on Acoustics, Sydney, Australia, pp. 7
  • Michelle Vigeant, R. D. Celmer and D. A. Dick^, 2010, "Investigation of the correlation between late lateral sound level and total acoustic absorption, and an overview of a related subjective study.", International Symposium in Room Acoustics (ISRA), Melbourne, Australia, pp. 5
  • Michelle Vigeant, L. M. Wang, J. H. Rindel, C. L. Christensen and A. C. Gade, 2010, "Multi-channel orchestral anechoic recordings for auralizations", International Symposium in Room Acoustics, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 4
  • Michelle Vigeant and L. M. Wang, 2007, "Investigations of multi-channel auralization technique for various orchestra arrangements, with phase-shifted string sections.", International Symposium in Room Acoustics (ISRA), Seville, Spain, pp. 6
  • Michelle Vigeant, Lily M Wang and Jens Holder Rindel, 2007, "Investigations of multi-channel auralization technique for solo instruments and orchestra.", 19th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), Madrid, Spain, pp. 6
  • Michelle Vigeant, L. M. Wang and J. H. Rindel, 2006, "Effects of changing the amount of absorption in a computer model of Queen's Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark", Inst. of Acoustics: Int. Conf. on Auditorium Acoust., Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 6
  • Michelle Vigeant, L. M. Wang and J. H. Rindel, 2005, "Room acoustics computer modeling: Study of the effect of source directivity on auralizations.", Arch. Eng. Inst. Conf. Primary Presenter. Architectural Engineering Institute's (AEI) annual conference, Omaha, NE, pp. 5
  • L. M. Wang and Michelle Vigeant, 2004, "Objective and subjective evaluation of the use of directional sound sources in auralizations", 18th Int. Cong. of Acoust., IV: 2711-2714 International Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 4

Other

  • Martin S Lawless* and Michelle Vigeant, 2014, "Measuring the impact of room acoustics on emotional responses to music using functional neuroimaging: A pilot study", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Research Projects

  •   -  , "Enhancement of Junior Faculty Teaching Skills Through One-on-one Consultation," (Sponsor: Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education).

Honors and Awards

  • Selected Participant, Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders (PSEAL) program participant, May 2023
  • 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 3M, February 2018
  • 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 3M, February 2017

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Other, Coordinator, Development of and Leading New AE Building Faculty Mentoring Program, August 2020 - May 2021
  • Other, June 2017
  • Other, October 2016

Service to External Organizations:

 


 

About

Founded in 1965, Penn State's Graduate Program in Acoustics has become the leading resource for graduate education in acoustics in the United States. The interdisciplinary program leads to the degrees: Master of Engineering in Acoustics (M.Eng.), Master of Science in Acoustics (M.S.), and Doctor of Philosophy in Acoustics (Ph.D.)

Graduate Program in Acoustics

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