Acoustical Society of America
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary organization of about 7500 members and attracts the interest, commitment, and service of many professionals.
Acoustical Society of America
- Founded
- 1929.
- Headquarters
- Melville.
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The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary organization of about 7500 members and attracts the interest, commitment, and service of many professionals.
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History
History
In the summer of 1928, Floyd R. Watson and Wallace Waterfall (1900–1974), a former doctoral student of Watson, were invited by UCLA's Vern Oliver Knudsen to an evening dinner at Knudsen's beach club in Santa Monica. The three physicists decided to form a society of acoustical engineers interested in architectural acoustics. In the early part of December 1928, Wallace Waterfall sent letters to sixteen people inquiring about the possibility of organizing such a society. Harvey Fletcher offered the use of the Bell Telephone Laboratories at 463 West Street in Manhattan as a meeting place for an organizational, initial meeting to be held on December 27, 1928. The meeting was attended by forty scientists and engineers who started the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Temporary officers were elected: Harvey Fletcher as president, V. O. Knudsen as vice-president, Wallace Waterfall as secretary, and Charles Fuller Stoddard (1876–1958) as treasurer. A constitution and by-laws were drafted. The first issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America was published in October 1929.
Technical committees
Technical committees
The Society has 13 technical committees that represent specialized interests in the field of acoustics. The committees organize technical sessions at conferences and are responsible for the representation of their sub-field in ASA publications. The committees include:
Founding members
Founding members
The first meeting was attended by forty scientists and engineers who started the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Some of those members include: Edward Joseph Schroeter Harvey Fletcher Floyd K. Richtmyer Dayton Miller Harold D. Arnold Frederick Albert Saunders Floyd R. Watson Irving Wolff
Student activity
Student activity
The ASA offers membership and conference attendance to students at a substantially reduced rate. Conference attendance is further promoted by travel subsidies and formal and informal student meetings and social activities. The ASA also expanded services to students in 2004 by introducing regional student chapters.
Institutional history
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Institutional history
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1929
Acoustical Society of America established.
1929
Acoustical Society of America is recorded from 1929.
Publications
Publications
The Acoustical Society of America publishes a wide variety of material related to the knowledge and practical application of acoustics in physics, engineering, architecture, noise, oceanography, biology, speech and hearing, psychology and music. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) - founded in 1929, this is a peer-reviewed academic journal operating on the traditional subscription model. JASA Express Letters (2021–present) online archive- this is a peer-reviewed academic journal operating on the open access model. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) (2007–present) online archive - repository for conference proceedings. Acoustics Today (2005–present) online archive a general interest magazine on acoustics. In 2021, the ASA Publications' Office began producing Across Acoustics, a podcast to highlight authors' research from these four publications.
Discontinued publications
Discontinued publications
Echoes (1991-2013) online archive - Quarterly newsletter. Acoustics Research Letters Online (2000-2005) online archive - Launched as an open access journal. It became a section of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America from 2006 to 2020, then in 2021 became the current journal JASA Express Letters. Noise Control (1955-1961) online archive Sound: Its Uses and Control (1962-1963) online archive - A continuation of Noise Control, with broadened scope.
Archival collections
Archival collections
Acoustical Society of America miscellaneous publications, 1934-2016, Niels Bohr Library & Archives ASA Office of the President Edward Christopher Wente records, 1929-1946, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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Awards
The ASA presents awards and prizes to individuals for contributions to the field of Acoustics. These include: Gold Medal Silver Medal Interdisciplinary Silver Medal – Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal R. Bruce Lindsay Award Wallace Clement Sabine Medal Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics Medal A. B. Wood Medal and Prize of the Institute of Acoustics Trent-Crede Medal von Békésy Medal Honorary Fellows Distinguished Service Citation Science Communication Award Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education David T. Blackstock Mentor Award Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography William and Christine Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience Most technical committees also sponsor awards for best student or early career presenter at each conference.
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- 1.Brand Adoption. Acoustical Society of America.
- 2.Acoustical Society of America home page. Acoustical Society of America.
- 3.Cavanaugh, William J. Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Practice. John Wiley & Sons. 38–39. 16 November 2009. 9780470190524.
- 4.Beyer, Robert T. Obituary. Wallace Waterfall. Physics Today. 27. 11. 79, 81, & 83. November 1974. 10.1063/1.3129008.
- 5.Clarence Hickman and Charles Stoddard papers, 1886–1999. Indiana Historical Society (indianahistory.org).
- 6.The Reproducing Piano - Ampico. The Pianola Institute (pianola.org).
- 7.Waterfall, Wallace. History of Acoustical Society of America. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1. 5–8. October 1929. 10.1121/1.1901431.
- 8.Governance. Acoustical Society of America.
- 9.About ASA - Acoustical Society of America. 2014-02-24.
- 10.Farrell, Dan. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF HISTORY OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - Charles E. Schmid and Elaine Moran. Acoustics Today. 2019-10-11.
- 11.Across Acoustics. Buzzsprout.
- 12.Awards. Acoustical Society of America.
- 13.Science Communication Awards. Acoustical Society of America Press Room. 4 February 2015.
- 14.Awards & Prizes. Education in Acoustics Committee. 14 May 2016.
- 15.Mentor Award. ASA Students. 4 December 2018.
- 16.Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography. Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography.
- 17.Heald, Gary. Timothy Leighton FIOA is awarded the Medwin Prize 2001. Acoustics Bulletin. 40. 2002.
- 18.Prizes. Acoustical Society of America Prizes.
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