Student Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

ASA is the premiere society for acoustics in the nation and seeks to serve the widespread interests of the acoustics community in all branches of acoustics. The Acoustical Society was co-founded in 1929 by BYU Alumni Harvey Fletcher and Vern Knudsen. Harvey Fletcher, Knudsen’s mentor at BYU and founder of the BYU College of Engineering, served as the first president of ASA, while Knudsen served as the third president. Other well known acousticians affiliated with BYU include Carl F. Eyring, after whom the Eyring Science Center is named, Wayne B. Hales, former dean of the BYU general college and Ingo Titze, executive director of the National Center for Voice and Speech, not to mention our current faculty, who are also experts in their respective fields. Today, BYU continues to have a strong interdisciplinary program for acoustics, and the creation of the ASA student chapter is a continuation of that tradition.

All students, faculty and interested members of the community are invited to join the student chapter. There are no attendance requirements or dues. Additionally, members of the student chapter are not required to be official members of ASA or even be students. Membership can be obtained by requesting membership and attending at least one meeting every six months.

Student officers are elected annually by members of the student chapter. Current officers are Chair: Alan Wall, Vice Chair: Jarom Giruad, Secretary: Julia Vernon, Treasurer: Matt Shaw, Activities Coordinator: Jeff Fisher. They serve under a faculty advisor, who is currently Dr. Kent Gee.

Weekly meetings are held Fall and Winter semesters on Thursdays at 11:00 in C261 of the Eyring Science Center. These meetings are composed of student presentations, faculty lectures, distinguished guest lecturers, equipment demonstrations/tutorials and technical tours. Topics will include but are not limited to architectural and audio acoustics, vibrations, noise and noise control, psychoacoustics, underwater acoustics, signal processing , musical acoustics, biomedical acoustics and physical acoustics. Additional socials, tours and other activities will also be planned.

For more information on the BYU student chapter of ASA please contact Alan Wall at alantwall@gmail.com. For more information on the ASA please visit the official ASA webpage at http://asa.aip.org or official ASA student webpage at www.acosoc.org/student .

BYU Acoustics Research Group Meetings - Winter Semester 2010

January 2010

• 7 - ARG Planning Meeting (Alan Wall) and UAV Research Update (Dan Manwill)
• 14 - Acoustics Demos (Alan Wall)
• 21 - What do I want to do with Acoustics when I grow up? (Dr. Anderson)
• 28 - Sensor Localization (Buye Xu)

February 2010

• 4 - Computer Fan Noise Active Control (Ryan Rust)
• 11 - Interior Fourier NAH Using E.D. (Zach Collins)
• 18 - Power Flow ANC & Jet Noise NAH (Dan Manwill)
• 25 - Jet Noise NAH and Method Comparison (David Krueger)

March 2010

• 4 - Ultrasonic Sound Transmission (Matt Shaw)
• 11 - 3D Acoustic Intensity Probes (Curtis Wiederhold)
• 18 - Acoustic Issues Related to Duplex Speakerphones (David Shaw)
• 25 - Dr. David Blackstock from Univ. of Texas

April 2010

• 1 (or Mar. 31) - Microphone Comparison in Large Amplitude Fields (Jarom Giruad)
• 8 - Experiments with Vocal Fold Models (Stephanie Shaw)

National/International Conference/Meetings Information

2010

• ASA/Noise-Con Meeting in Baltimore, MD - Apr. 19-23, 2010
• ASA Meeting in Cancun, Mexico - Nov. 15-19, 2010

2011

• ASA Meeting in Seattle, WA - Jun. 23-27, 2011
• Fall ASA meeting probably in Orlando, FL (Fall 2011)

2012

• Spring ASA meeting perhaps in Hong Kong

2013

• ASA Meeting in Montreal, Canada - Jun. 26-31, 2013

• Please sign out all your research equipment
• Please keep your research areas clean and orderly

• AES Educational Grant (grad school) applications are due by May 15 each year (Dr. L, Dr. A [2004], and Dan Tengelsen [2009] are past recipients)
• ASA Hunt Fellowship (postdoc) applications are due in Sept. each year
• ASA Minority Fellowship (grad school) applications are due by Mar. 1 each year
• ASA Newman Fund sponsors various awards for architectural acoustics
• ASA Young Award (undergrads) applications are due mid October each year (Blaine Harker [2010] is a past recipient)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (PhD studies) applications are due early Nov. each year
• Other NSF Funding Opportunities
• BYU ORCA Grant (undergrad) applications are due by Oct. 30 each year