Publications & Presentations
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"Sonic Dimensions of Awe: A Review of Theories, Findings, and Experimental Approaches", I3DA Conference, September 2025, Bologna, Italy, DOI: 10.1109/I3DA65421.2025.11202094 - Link
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Lloyd May, Nima Farzaneh, Orchisama Das, Jonathan Abel, ”Evaluating Room Impulse Response Synthesis Methods Using a Racquetball Court, International Commission for Acoustics (ICA), 2022, Published in MDPI Acoustics Journal, September 2025, DOI: 10.3390/acoustics7030056, Link
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Session Organizer and Chair “Sounding Spaces”, Society of Architectural Historians, 78th Annual Conference, May 2025, Atlanta, GA
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“The Sonic Sublime: Investigating Auditory Awe in Immersive Experiences for Emotional Well-Being”, Symposium: Echoes Through Time: Perspectives on Sacred Space Acoustics Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), March 27–28, 2025
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Sergio Alarco Robledo, Nima Farzaneh, “Researching the Soundscapes of North Saqqara at the Time of State Formation.” Symposium: Echoes Through Time – Perspectives on Sacred Space Acoustics, Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), March 27–28, 2025.
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Sergio Alarco Robledo, Nima Farzaneh, ... et al., “Hearing North Saqqara: From Archives to Soundscapes”, November 21, 2024 ASOR Annual Meeting
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Jonathan Berger, Luna Valentine, Nima Farzaneh ... et al. "Exploring the Past with Virtual Acoustics and Virtual Reality", I3DA Conference, Bologna, Italy, September 8, 2023 - Link
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Sergio Alarco Robledo, Nima Farzaneh, ... et al. "An Approximation to the Acoustics of the North Saqqara Plateau", International Congress of Egyptologists, Leiden University, Netherlands, August 8, 2023
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Nima Farzaneh, Understanding the Acoustical Environment of the Safavid Era, Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2021 - Link
Storytelling
I never appreciated the natural flow of words and ideas in my own language (Farsi) until I immigrated to the U.S. and had to communicate in a different language. It first started as singing along with the accordion and finding words for some melodies that I had in mind. Then I continued the same manner in writing short Hiko-style poems or phrases. My Father’s death in a plane crash gave me a good reason to write a piece in which he, as the narrator, uses his sarcasm to take away the bitterness of the accident. The goal was to replace the harsh memory
of it for my family and his friends with a softened and humorous narrative that reminded readers of his way of being as a person full of life with a sarcastic perspective towards matters. That was probably my first successful attempt in blending humor with dark realities that surround us. Since then, I have been trying to write short pieces that address different issues, whether it is a social phenomenon, political complication, or a national uprising. Not having formal training in literature or writing beyond what I learned up to high school gave me ample freedom to explore myself in the form of speaking language.
I believe writing in one’s native language could emanate from a natural flow of thoughts as long as it reflects an honest perspective and not necessarily a thorough one.
