ASA Awards Presented in Austin

The Acoustical Society of America held its 146th meeting in Austin, Texas, in November last year. At the meeting, the society honored three individuals for their contributions to the field.

Sabih I. Hayek received the society’s Trent–Crede Medal for his “contributions to the understanding of sound interaction with submerged structures.” Hayek is a distinguished professor emeritus of engineering mechanics at Pennsylvania State University.

The Silver Medal in Physical Acoustics was presented to Philip L. Marston, professor of physics at Washington State University in Pullman. He was recognized for his “contributions to generalized ray theories for acoustical scattering, and the acoustical manipulation of fluids to study fundamental phenomena in fluid mechanics and optics.”

Emily Thompson was given ASA’s Science Writing Award for Journalists for her book The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900–1933 (MIT Press, 2002). Thompson is a visiting scholar in MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society.