ASA Presents Awards at California Meeting
DOI: 10.1063/1.2408625
The Acoustical Society of America assembled for its 148th meeting in November in San Diego, California. The following awards were presented at a plenary session at that gathering.
The Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education, given to recognize significant contributions to acoustics education through teaching, creation of educational materials, textbook writing, and other activities, was presented for the first time. The prize went to Allan D. Pierce, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at Boston University.
D. Vance Holliday received the Silver Medal in Acoustical Oceanography for his “contributions to the study of marine life, from plankton to whales.” He is the director of analysis and applied research at BAE Systems, Applied Technologies Inc in San Diego.
The Silver Medal in Engineering Acoustics was presented to John V. Bouyoucos, president and chief scientist at Hydroacoustics Inc in Rochester, New York. He was recognized for the “invention and development of hydraulically powered acoustic amplifiers for underwater use.”
James G. Miller garnered the Silver Medal in Biomedical Ultrasound/ Bioresponse to Vibration for his “contributions to ultrasonic tissue characterization and quantitative echocardiography.” Miller is a professor of physics, of medicine, and of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also holds the Albert Gordon Hill Endowed Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
An ASA Honorary Fellowship was conferred on Walter Munk, research professor with the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, part of the University of California, San Diego. He was cited by the society for the “invention of ocean acoustic tomography.”
The Science Writing Award for Professionals in Acoustics was presented to Stephen C. Thompson for his article “Tutorial on Microphone Technologies for Directional Hearing Aids,” which appeared in the November 2003 issue of the Hearing Journal. He is affiliated with Knowles Electronics Inc in Itasca, Illinois.
Ian Sample, science correspondent for the Guardian (London), received the Science Writing Award for Journalists for his article “The Sound of Sunshine,” which appeared in the newspaper’s 24 July 2003 edition.
