Penn State Conference Center
State College, Pennsylvania
15-20 June 1997
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 10 February 1997
The 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will be held
Monday through Friday, 16--20 June 1997 at the Penn State Conference
Center on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University, State College,
Pennsylvania. Registration will begin Sunday, 15 June, at 2:00 p.m.
The Acoustical Society Meeting is being held jointly with NOISE-CON 97,
15--17 June 1997. While the two technical programs are independent,
NOISE-CON sessions on Monday and Tuesday, 15--16 June, will be held at
the Penn State Conference Center. Attendees of the ASA meeting who wish
to attend both meetings can register for a slightly modified registration fee.
NOISE-CON 97 attendees will attend a reception on Sunday and receive
proceedings of the meeting. For information about the technical program
refer to the ASA Home Page at http://asa.aip.org/ . For information about
accommodations, facilities, leisure activities, etc., refer to the conference
homepage at http://www.acs.psu.edu/asa97.html
THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS IS 10 FEBRUARY
1997. THIS DEADLINE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. Authors have the option of
submitting their abstracts via the Web, by e-mail or by postal
mail in paper-copy format.
Charles E. Schmid
Executive Director
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 Technical Program and Special Sessions
Section 2 Abstract Submission Guidelines
Section 3 Audio-Visual and Special Equipment
Section 4 Best Paper Awards
Section 5 Joint Sessions with NOISE-CON 97
Section 6 Tutorial Lecture
Section 7 Short Course on Smart Structures and
MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
Section 8 Short Course on Design of Acoustic Materials
Section 9 Student Transportation Subsidies
Section 10 Students Meet Members for Lunch
Section 11 Plenary Session, Awards, Fellows' Luncheon and Social Events
Section 12 Exhibits
Section 13 Paper Copying Service
Section 14 Technical Tours
Section 15 Registration
Section 16 Committee Meetings
Section 17 Assistive Listening Devices
Section 18 Accompanying Persons Program
Section 19 Air Transportation
Section 20 Ground Transportation
Section 21 Hotel Accommodations
Section 22 Room Sharing
Section 23 Hotels
Section 24 Instructions for Preparing Paper Abstracts
Section 25 Instructions for the Preparation and Submission of Electronic
Abstract
Section 26 Instructions for Submitting Abstracts via the Web
Section 27 Information on Best Paper Awards
Section 28 Tutorial/Short Course Registration Form
SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Contributed papers are welcome in all branches of acoustics. The
technical program will consist of lecture and poster sessions.
Technical sessions will be scheduled Monday through Friday, 16--20
June.
Every effort will be made to schedule contributed papers in accordance
with author and Technical Committee preferences. However, authors
should be prepared to accept assignment to poster sessions. Assignments
will take into account a) program balance, b) Technical Committee
instructions, and c) author preference. Papers will be rejected if they do
not comply with the instructions.
SPECIAL SESSIONS
ACOUSTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Acoustical measurements of coastal ocean processes
ANIMAL BIOACOUSTICS
Bioacoustics communications
Bioacoustics sensing of the environment
Low frequency bioacoustics
ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS
Acoustics of large spaces (arenas and stadiums) - poster session
Sound reinforcement of large spaces (arenas and stadiums) - poster
session
BIORESPONSE TO VIBRATON/BIOMEDICAL ULTRASOUND
Human vibration exposure
EDUCATION IN ACOUSTICS
Take fives: sharing ideas for teaching acoustics
Undergraduate research poster session
ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS
Loudspeakers: past, present, and future
Modeling and predictive capabilities for transducers
New transducer materials
Sensor self noise (cosponsored by Noise)
Directional microphones and other approaches for improving speech
intelligibility (cosponsored by Speech Communication and Signal
Processing in Acoustics)
MUSICAL ACOUSTICS
Acoustics of bells
Convergence of music cognition and musical theory
Lip reed and brass instruments
Role of musical acoustics in teaching acoustics, mathematics, and
engineering (cosponsored by Education in Acoustics)
NOISE
Combined exposure to noise and other hazards
Product noise labeling issues
(Joint sessions with NOISE-CON are listed below in section on "Joint
Special Sessions")
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTICS
Auditory system plasticity and perceptual learning
Physiological and psychological aspects of modulation processing
SIGNAL PROCESSING IN ACOUSTICS
Model based signal processing for acoustic propagation
Signal processing for condition based maintenance* (cosponsored by
Noise)
STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION
Active classification of structures
Time domain modeling of plate and shell vibration (cosponsored by
Musical Acoustics)
Prediction for dynamic systems with evolving damage* (cosponsored by
Signal Processing in Acoustics)
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
Chaos and predictability in long-range sound propagation
Synthetic aperture sonar
Time-reversed acoustic propagation (cosponsored by Physical Acoustics
and Signal Processing in Acoustics)
JOINT SPECIAL SESSIONS NOISE, ARCHITECTURAL
ACOUSTICS AND NOISE-CON 97
Consumer product sound quality*
Power plant noise*
Engineering controls for mining noise*
Reaction to low level environmental noise*
Design for low noise and quality control*
Room noise criteria*
Noise in school classrooms*
Speech intelligibility in rooms*
*Authors who would like their papers to be considered for presentation
in these joint technical sessions should so indicate on their abstract.
Authors of papers to be presented in the designated joint sessions are
encouraged to submit a 4-page paper for inclusion in the NOISE-CON
'97 Proceedings. Instructions for preparation of those papers will be sent
to those who elect to submit a paper for the proceedings.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SESSION
The ASA Committee on Education in Acoustics is sponsoring an
undergraduate research poster session. Papers for this poster session
should be submitted following the abstract submission guidelines in
Section 2. For additional information contact Vic Sparrow of Penn State.
Telephone: (814) 865-3162, FAX: (814) 863-7222, E-mail:
sparrow@helmholtz.psu.edu
DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Two ASA Distinguished Lectures are planned for this meeting. George
Izenour will present a lecture titled "Toward Dynamic Theatre Design for
the Twenty-First Century....An Approach to Better Seeing and Hearing
in Multiuse and Multiform Theatres for Music, Opera and Drama."
Mathias Fink will present a lecture titled "Time-Reversed Ultrasound."
TUTORIAL LECTURE, SHORT COURSES, HOT TOPICS
The Tutorials Committee has planned a Tutorial Lecture on Medical
Ultrasonic Imaging and two short courses--one on "Smart Structures and
MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)" and the other on "Design of
Acoustic Materials". See Sections 6, 7, and 8 for details. A "Hot
Topics" session sponsored by the Tutorial Committee is also planned.
PROGRAM
An advance meeting program summary will be published in the April
issue of JASA and a complete meeting program will be mailed as Part 2
of the May issue. Abstracts will be available on the ASA Home Page
( http://asa.aip.org) in mid-April.
SECTION 2 - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
ABSTRACT PREPARATION
An abstract of not more than 200 words is required for each paper,
whether invited or contributed. ABSTRACTS LONGER THAN 200
WORDS WILL BE EDITED OR TRUNCATED. Authors have the
option to submit abstracts by postal mail (see Section 24), by electronic
mail (see Section 25), or via the Web (see Section 26).
Abstracts must be prepared in accordance with the instructions given for
the submission method selected. Authors should use only one method of
abstract submission.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Electronic abstracts should be submitted to the e-mail address given in
the on-line template (see Section 25, No. 1). Paper-copy abstracts should
be submitted with an original and one copy to the Technical Program
Chairman:
Dr. Jiri Tichy
c/o Ms. Elaine Moran
Acoustical Society of America
500 Sunnyside Blvd.
Woodbury, NY 11797-2999, USA
Tel: 516-576-2360
ALL ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 10 FEBRUARY 1997.
This deadline will be strictly enforced. Authors should allow at least 5 days
for delivery of paper-copy abstracts by U.S. or Canadian mail, 2 days for
express mail, and 10 days for international air mail. FACSIMILE
TRANSMITTED ABSTRACTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Contributors submitting electronic abstracts via the Web or by
e-mail will automatically receive acknowledgment of their abstracts.
Contributors submitting abstracts by mail who desire notification of receipt
of their abstracts should include self-addressed postcards. Acceptance
notices will be mailed in early April.
ABSTRACT LIMITATIONS
A contributor in Speech Communication may be the principal author of only
one paper, and, subject to time and space limitations, may be the co-author
of only one additional paper. Authors contributing papers in Speech
Communication are also encouraged to select poster presentation.
Contributed papers in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics and
Underwater Acoustics may be scheduled for lecture or poster presentation.
While authors may indicate a preference for presentation style, it may not
always be possible to honor the request.
SECTION 3 - AUDIO-VISUAL AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT
Standard overhead transparency projectors, 35 mm slide carousel projectors
for 2 x 2 inch (50 x 50 mm) slides, and VCRs (VHS/NITS) and monitors will
be provided at all sessions. Carousels and viewers will be available in the
Slide Preview Room. Authors using 35 mm slides should note that they must
present the projectionists in their session with a preloaded carousel. Schedule
restrictions will not allow projectionists to load carousels during a session.
To ensure that projected material is legible in the rear of a meeting room,
lettering should be at least 1/40 the overall height of the projected material,
e.g., at least 0.2 inches high on an 8 x 9-inch transparency.
Due to space limitations and expected program size, poster boards will be 4
x 6 ft. with one board per paper. Poster boards and fastening materials will
be provided. No audio-visual equipment will be provided for poster
session papers.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Any other equipment is "special equipment," and must be separately
requested at the bottom of the abstract. Dual slide and/or overhead
projectors will be provided if a request is submitted with the abstract.
Requests for any other special equipment (e.g., audiotape playback
equipment, DATs, high fidelity audio systems, etc.) must be specified on the
abstract. Provision of special equipment will depend upon availability and
cost.
Many visual demonstrations that use special equipment can be equally
effective if they are prerecorded on videocassette. Authors planning such
demonstrations are strongly advised to produce a video.
SECTION 4 - BEST PAPER AWARDS
The ASA Technical Committees on Engineering Acoustics, Musical
Acoustics, Noise, Speech Communication, and Structural Acoustics and
Vibration offer Best Paper Awards to students and young professionals
who present papers at Society meetings. Each committee has established
its own rules for qualification for awards and authors need not be members
of ASA to qualify. If you want your paper to be considered for an award,
follow the instructions for the appropriate technical area that appear in
Section 27.
SECTION 5 - JOINT SESSIONS WITH NOISE-CON `97
NOISE-CON 97, the 1997 National Conference on Noise Control
Engineering, will be held at the Pennsylvania State University in State
College, Pennsylvania on 15--17 June. NOISE-CON is being sponsored as
a joint meeting by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and Institute of
Noise Control Engineering (INCE) in conjunction with the ASA meeting at
Penn State. The theme of NOISE-CON is Frontiers of Noise Control. Three
frontiers are being emphasized, active control, vibration analysis for
machinery health monitoring, and numerical methods for noise control.
Technical papers in other areas of noise control engineering will also be
presented. The NOISE-CON Announcement and Call for Papers appeared in
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 100, No. 4, pp. 1916-
1917, October 1996, and can also be found on the Web at
http://users.aol.com/noisecon97/nc97_cfp.html.
On Sunday, 15 June, the NOISE-CON technical sessions and a NOISE-CON
reception will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn on the Penn State campus. On
16--17 June, all NOISE-CON technical sessions will be held at the Penn
State Conference Center in conjunction with ASA sessions. Bus
transportation from selected hotels in State College (see page 13) to the Penn
State Conference Center will be provided.
Individuals may register for the Acoustical Society meeting alone, NOISE-CON
alone, or may pay a joint registration fee to attend both meetings.
Registration for NOISE-CON alone or for both meetings includes attendance
at the technical sessions to be held at the Nittany Lion Inn on Sunday, 15
June, the technical sessions to be held at the Penn State Conference Center
on 16--17 June, the reception at the Nittany Lion Inn on 15 June, and a copy
of the NOISE-CON conference Proceedings. Authors who wish to submit
a paper to be presented in the special sessions being arranged jointly by ASA
and NOISE-CON should refer to the note and session listing in Section 1.
SECTION 6 - TUTORIAL LECTURE
A Tutorial Lecture on Medical Ultrasonic Imaging will be presented by
James G. Miller, Dept. of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO,
at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, 16 June.
ABSTRACT
Medical Ultrasonic Imaging. James G. Miller, Department of Physics,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
Diagnostic ultrasound has become a standard tool in the delivery of health
care. Although some work was carried out at least as early as the 1940s,
medical imaging with ultrasound grew from a modest novelty in the early
1970s to become the widely used and still rapidly growing diagnostic
modality of today. In this tutorial lecture we will illustrate the use of
ultrasonic imaging with the aid of video tapes and large screen projection of
representative diagnostic studies. Some of the physics and engineering
underlying the generation of clinical images will be reviewed at an intuitive,
non-mathematical level. We will also highlight some of the advantages and
limitations of ultrasound in comparison with alternative diagnostic
modalities. Specific applications used to diagnose heart disease will provide
opportunities to illustrate ultrasonic imaging of the beating heart. We will
show real-time two dimensional ultrasonic images of the heart with
superimposed color encoded visualizations of Doppler-based estimates of
blood flow in the cardiac chambers, which have become the standard for the
diagnosis and management of most forms of heart disease.
TUTORIAL LECTURE NOTES
Notes summarizing the lecture will be available at the meeting. Those who
register by 2 June are guaranteed receipt of a set of notes.
TUTORIAL LECTURE PREREGISTRATION
To partially defray the cost of the lecture a registration fee is charged. The
fee is $15 for registration received by 2 June and $25 thereafter including
on-site registration at the meeting. The fee for students with current ID's
is $7.50 for registration received by 2 June and $12.50 thereafter,
including on-site registration at the meeting. Use the preregistration form
in Section 28 to register for the Tutorial Lecture.
SECTION 7 - SHORT COURSE ON SMART STRUCTURES AND
MICROELECCTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS)
OBJECTIVE
In recent years, the field of sensing and control of noise and vibration in
underwater structures, civil structures, aircraft and helicopters with
electronic materials such as piezoelectric and ferroelectric ceramics, films
and polymers, and MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) devices attracts
researchers from various disciplines. The objective of this course, thus,
is to provide an interdisciplinary flavor with an introduction of smart
materials, smart electronics, and MEMS to design and develop cost effective,
lightweight and reliable microsensors, microprocessors and actuators for
noise suppression and vibration reduction in aircraft cabins, control of
radiated noise in underwater structures, flow induced noise in helicopters, etc.
INSTRUCTORS
Vijay Varadan and Vasundara Varadan are Alumni Distinguished Professors
of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Electrical Engineering and
Co-Directors of the Center for the Engineering of Electronic and Acoustic
Materials at the Pennsylvania State University.
PROGRAM
Friday, 20 June 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 21 June 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
COURSE CONTENT
1. Smart Materials
a) Piezoelectric and ferroelectric ceramics and polymers
b) Shape Memory Alloys
2. MEMS Devices
a) Commonly used materials such as silicon, ceramics, composites,
etc.
b) Microsensors - pressure sensors, accelerometers, vibration, and
noise sensors
c) SAW devices and wireless remote communication between
sensors and control devices
3. Finite element modeling of sensors and actuators
4. Smart electronics and integration of sensors and actuators
5. Applications
a) "Smart Wall Paper or Trim Panel" for noise suppression
b) Active and passive damping of vibration in structures
c) Health monitoring and NDE of structures
d) Drag sensing and control
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE PROGRAM
CONTACT: Vijay Varadan, vkvesm@engr.psu.edu, Vasundara Varadan,
vvvesm@engr.psu.edu or FAX: (814) 865-3052.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Each participant will receive a copy of course notes/viewgraphs prepared
by the instructors.
SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION
The registration fee is $250 and covers attendance, instructional materials and
coffee breaks. Only those who have registered by 2 June will be guaranteed
receipt of instructional materials to the course. There will be a $50 discount
for reservations made prior to 2 May. Full refunds will be made for
cancellations prior to 2 June. Any cancellation after 2 June will be charged
a $25 processing fee. Use the form in Section 28 to register for this short
course.
SECTION 8 - SHORT COURSE ON DESIGN OF ACOUSTIC MATERIALS
OBJECTIVE
In this course, the phrase "acoustic materials" includes both the viscoelastic
material used and the configuration the viscoelastic material is used in. Thus,
there are two parts to the course: the first part is on intrinsic viscoelastic
material properties and how these properties are related to molecular
structure, and the second part is on the use of these materials in a
configuration to enhance sound absorption or decoupling, such as a coating
of the material with inclusions, or a wedge of the material in air. The
"design" includes both the molecular or chemical arrangement and the
physical arrangement such as the thickness of the viscoelastic layer and the
size of the cavities. The goal of the course is to provide sufficient
background to design an acoustic material for a wide variety of applications,
involving both water-borne and air-borne sound.
INSTRUCTORS
Bruce Hartmann is Head of the Polymer Science Group at the Carderock
Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center and has 30 years experience
in relating the molecular structure of polymers to their acoustic properties.
Jacek Jarzynski is Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of
Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has 30 years
experience in measurements of viscoelastic properties of polymers and in
performance measurements and design of acoustic coatings.
PROGRAM
Friday, 20 June
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Intrinsic Material Properties
Saturday, 21 June
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Performance of Acoustic Coatings
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Further Intrinsic Material Properties
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Case Studies
COURSE CONTENT
I. INTRINSIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES
a) The Glass Transition
b) Acoustic Measurement Techniques
c) Frequency-Temperature Relation.
d) Polyurethanes
e) Epoxies
f) Other Polymers
II. PERFORMANCE OF ACOUSTIC COATINGS
a) Sound Propagation in Lossy Materials
b) Mechanisms of Acoustical Attenuation
c) Sound Absorbing Composite Materials
III. FURTHER INTRINSIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES
a) Additive Properties
b) Glass Transition Dispersion Relation
c) Limitations on Design of Acoustic Materials
IV. CASE STUDIES
a) Acoustic Coating for Air-Borne Sound
b) Acoustic Coating for Water-Borne Sound for echo reduction in a water tank.
c) Viscoelastic Coating for Structural Damping
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COURSE PROGRAM CONTACT:
Bruce Hartmann, hartmann@oasys.dt.navy.mil or FAX (301) 227-1020;
Jacek Jarzynski, jacek.jarzynski@me.gatech.edu or FAX (404) 894-8496.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Each participant will receive a copy of course notes/viewgraphs prepared by
the instructors and a diskette containing a MATLAB multi-layer program.
SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION
The registration fee is $250 and covers attendance, instructional materials and
coffee breaks. Only those who have registered by 2 June will be guaranteed
receipt of instructional materials. There will be a $50 discount for
reservations made prior to 2 May. Full refunds will be made for cancellations
prior to 2 June. Any cancellation after 2 June will be charged a $25
processing fee. Use the form in Section 28 to register for this short course.
SECTION 9 - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDIES
A student transportation subsidies fund has been established to provide
limited funds to students to partially defray transportation expenses to
meetings. Students presenting papers who propose to travel in groups using
economical ground transportation will be given first priority to receive
subsidies, although these conditions are not mandatory. No reimbursement
is intended for the cost of food or housing. The amount granted each student
depends on the number of requests received. To apply for a subsidy, submit
a written proposal to be received by 15 April: Elaine Moran, ASA, 500
Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury, NY 11797, 516-576-2360, FAX: 516-576-2377,
E-mail: asa@aip.org. The proposal should indicate your status as a
student, whether you have submitted an abstract, whether you are a member
of ASA, method of travel, whether you will travel alone or with other
students, names of those traveling with you, and approximate cost of
transportation.
SECTION 10 - STUDENTS MEET MEMBERS FOR LUNCH
The Education Committee has established a program for students to meet
with members of the ASA over lunch. Students should sign up at the
registration desk at the meeting. Members who wish to participate should
contact James Sabatier, Tel.: 601-232-5404,
E-mail: sabatier@sparc.ncpa.olemiss.edu prior to the meeting. Participants
are responsible for cost of their own meal.
SECTION 11 - PLENARY SESSION, AWARDS, FELLOWS'
LUNCHEON AND SOCIAL EVENTS
Complimentary buffet socials with cash bar will be held early on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings. The Plenary session will be held on Wednesday
afternoon where Society awards will be presented and recognition of Fellows
will be announced. A Fellows' Luncheon will be held on Thursday; ASA
Fellows may purchase tickets at the meeting.
SECTION 12 - EXHIBITS
A equipment exhibition for the joint meeting will be held at the Penn State
Conference Center, 16--18 June. The exhibition will include active noise
control systems, computer-based instrumentation, sound level meters, sound
intensity systems, signal processing systems, devices for noise control and
acoustical materials. Organizations interested in exhibiting should contact:
Richard Peppin, 5012 Macon Rd., Rockville, MD 20852, Tel.: 301-984-3375;
E-mail: rpeppin@aol.com.
SECTION 13 - PAPER COPYING SERVICE
Authors are requested to provide one paper copy of their projection material
and/or paper(s) to the Paper Copies Desk in the Registration area upon
arrival. The copy should be material on one side only on 8-1/2 x 11 inch or
A4 paper suitable for photocopy reproduction. Copies of available papers
will be made for a nominal charge.
SECTION 14 - TECHNICAL TOURS
Technical tours have been arranged to various University laboratories and
nearby companies. A schedule of tours and sign-up sheets will be
available at the meeting.
SECTION 15 - MEETING REGISTRATION
Registration will begin Sunday afternoon, 15 June, at 2:00 p.m. at both the
Penn State Conference Center and the Nittany Lion Inn. Registration
Monday through Friday, 16--20 June, will be held at the Penn State
Conference Center only. Checks or travelers checks in U.S. funds drawn on
U.S. banks and Visa, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards will be
accepted for payment of registration. The registration fee is $150 for
members of the Acoustical Society of America. The registration fee is $195
for nonmembers and $35 for Emeritus members of ASA (Emeritus status pre-
approved by ASA) and accompanying persons. One-day registration is
available at $75 for members and $100 for nonmembers. A nonmember who
pays the $195 nonmember registration fee and simultaneously applies for
Associate Membership in the Acoustical Society of America will be exempt
from dues payment for the first year of membership (1997). Invited speakers
who are members of the Acoustical Society of America are expected to pay
the registration fee, but nonmember invited speakers who participate in the
meeting for one day only may register without charge. Nonmember invited
speakers who wish to participate in the meeting for more than one day will
be charged the member registration fee of $150, which will include a one-year
membership in the ASA upon completion of an application form at the
meeting. There is no fee for students with active student identification cards.
Members who desire to attend the NOISE-CON 97 meeting will pay an
additional registration fee of $50 for a total ASA/NOISE-CON registration
fee of $200. A schedule of fees for those desiring to attend the NOISE-CON
meeting and take advantage of above mentioned fees will be pro-rated
accordingly upon registration.
SECTION 16 - COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Meetings of Administrative, Technical and Standards Committees, including
Writing Groups, will be announced in the printed program if requests are
received not later than March 15, 1997. Send to: Alan Stuart, Facilities, 101
Hammond Bldg., Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, FAX:
814-234-8833, E-mail: ads1@psu.edu.
Requests should specify the committee needs for space, room arrangement,
furnishings, catering, and any special equipment. Requesters should note that
space is limited, and that late requests can be filled only on a space available
basis. Most Technical Committees will meet on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings.
SECTION 17 - ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES
Anyone planning to attend the meeting who will require the use of an
assistive listening device, is requested to advise the Society in advance of
the meeting by writing to: Acoustical Society of America, 500 Sunnyside
Boulevard, Woodbury, NY 11797.
SECTION 18 - ACCOMPANYING PERSONS PROGRAM
Accompanying persons are welcome. A Hospitality Room will be open near
the conference rooms where information will be available on a wide variety
of activities available in Central Pennsylvania. The room will be open from
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 15 June, and 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. daily Monday
through Friday. A full-day trip is planned to the Woolrich Woolen Mill
Factory and Outlet and to historic Curtain Village on Tuesday. A trip is
planned to an Amish Open-Air Market on Wednesday, 18 June. Because of
limited space, reservations should be made before the meeting and up to
Monday evening, 16 June, or by writing to Mrs. G. Hayek, ASA Meeting,
227 Hammond Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802.
SECTION 19 - AIR TRANSPORTATION
The University Park Airport serving State College is served by United
Airlines, U.S. Air, and Northwest Airlines with a total of 38 flights a day.
The airport designation for State College is SCE.
SECTION 20 - GROUND TRANSPORTATION
State College, PA is located on U.S. 322 and is 15 miles south of I-80, Exits
24 or 25. The State College airport is 5 miles from town. The airport is
served by car rental agencies: National, Hertz, and Avis. The limousine
shuttle between the airport and the hotels costs $6.00 per person.
SECTION 21 - HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
The Penn State Conference Center Hotel is the site for the meeting. A block
of rooms for single and double accommodations has been reserved here and
at the hotels in State College listed on the hotel list in Section 23 below.
Please make your reservations directly, and more important, as early as
possible. Contact the hotel of your choice and ask for one of the rooms being
held for the either the ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA or
NOISE-CON 97 program at Penn State. To obtain the group rate, please,
make your reservation prior to 12 May 1997. After that date, all rooms will
be released.
Shuttle bus service will be provided between The Penn State Conference
Center and the Residence Halls and all the hotels on the hotel map
(except for the Sleep Inn). Most hotels will provide shuttle service from
the University Park/State College Airport, provided that you notify them
of your need when making your hotel reservation.
SECTION 22 - ROOM SHARING
ASA will compile a list of those who wish to share a hotel room and its cost.
To be listed, send your name, telephone number, gender, smoker or
nonsmoker, by 5 May 1997 to the Acoustical Society of America, Attn.:
Room Sharing, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury, NY 11797, e-mail:
asa@aip.org. The responsibility for completing any arrangements for room
sharing rests solely with the participating individuals.
SECTION 23 - HOTEL LIST
PENN STATE CONFERENCE CENTER HOTEL - $95-Single; $105 Double
Penn State Research Park
215 Innovation Blvd.
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-5000/800-893-4602
NITTANY LION INN - $95-Single; $105 Double
200 W. Park Ave.
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 231-7500/800-233-7505
PENN STATE RESIDENCE HALLS* - $24-Single; $36 Double
126 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (800) 778-8006
*Rooms at the Campus Residence Halls are available for double or single
occupancy, without private baths but with male and female bathroom
facilities on each floor. All rooms are nonsmoking.
ATHERTON HOTEL - $95-Single; $105 Double
125 S. Atherton St.
State College, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 231-2100/800-832-0132
BEST WESTERN STATE COLLEGE INN - $55-Single or Double
Atherton Street at Branch Road
State College, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 237-8005/800-635-1177
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT - $89-Single or Double
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SECTION 24 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF
PAPER-COPY ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT
MEETINGS OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
1. For each meeting paper, two copies of a typed or printed abstract should
be sent to the Technical Program Chair of the meeting in time to be received
by 10 February 1997. Allow at least 5 days for delivery within the U.S., and
longer from other countries. The deadline date and Chair's address are given
on page 4 of this Call for Papers and in every issue of The Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America (JASA) in the section "Acoustical News--USA."
If the paper has been invited for a special session, another copy of the
abstract should be sent to the session organizer at least a week before the
deadline. Telefaxed abstracts cannot be accepted. A cover letter is not
necessary.
2. Limit abstract to 200 words. Count each word in the body of the abstract
but do not count title or authors' names and addresses. Indicate number of
words in the abstract at the bottom of the sheet. Displayed equations that are
set apart from the text count as 40 words. The Program Organizing
Committee has the option to alter abstracts to bring them into compliance
with the 200-word limit.
3. Use the format shown in the sample abstract on the facing page. The paper
title and author's name, affiliation, and address should be in a heading set
apart from the abstract text. The author's affiliation and address should be
set within parentheses, and should be sufficiently complete to ensure delivery
of the acceptance notice. If there is more than one author, give the complete
address for the author who is to receive the notice. For each of the other
authors, give one complete address. One e-mail address will be included in
the printed program for each abstract. This should appear immediately after
the mailing address for the author whose e-mail address is to be listed.
4. The entire abstract, consisting of the heading, text and the information
requested in Section 9 below, must fit on one side of an 8 x 11-in. or A-4
sheet of paper. The heading and text should be typed or printed double
spaced (3 lines/inch), with 10 or 12 point or pitch font; but the information
requested in Section 9 may be single spaced.
5. Do not use footnotes. References and acknowledgments should be set
within square brackets. References should be in standard JASA format, viz.,
in the sequence: authors, abbreviated journal name, volume number, first and
last page numbers, and year.
6. Underline nothing except what is to be italicized.
7. Use passives instead of the pronouns "I" and "we"; e.g., use "It was noted"
instead of "We noted."
8. If the letter "I" appears as a symbol, loop the letter by hand to form a
long-hand l and write "lc ell" in the margin, so as to distinguish it from the
number one. If the letter "O" may be confused with the number zero, write
"cap oh" in the margin. Identify phonetic symbols by appropriate marginal
notes.
9. Give the following information at the bottom of the abstract, as in the
sample on the facing page:
a. Indicate the number of words in the body of the abstract (see item 2
above)
b. If the paper is intended for a special session listed in Section 1 of
this call for papers, indicate the session. If invited, state "Invited."
c. Choose and list the Technical Committee/Group most nearly coinciding
with the subject matter of the paper. Current Technical Committees/Groups
are: Acoustical Oceanography, Animal Bioacoustics, Architectural Acoustics,
Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound, Engineering Acoustics,
Musical Acoustics, Noise, Physical Acoustics, Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics, Signal Processing in Acoustics, Speech
Communication, Structural Acoustics and Vibration and Underwater
Acoustics.
d. List one or at most two PACS subject classification numbers and letters
under which the abstract should be indexed (see the PACS list in a recent
June or December issue of JASA).
e. The name, telephone and telefax numbers (with country and city codes
if outside the U.S.) and e-mail address of the author to be called for
information. Notices and other correspondence will be sent to the author who
is listed as the first author in the heading unless stated otherwise at the
bottom of the abstract.
f. Describe special equipment desired for the presentation other than
overhead or 35-mm slide projectors, or VCRs (VHS/NITS). Note that
facilities for dual slide and/or overhead projection are considered special
equipment.
g. If the paper is in the areas Psychological and Physiological Acoustics,
Speech Communication, or Underwater Acoustics, indicate a preference (if
any) for lecture or poster presentation. If only a lecture presentation is
desired, state "Lecture Only," in which case the paper may not be accepted
if time is not available. Contributed papers in Speech Communication are
encouraged to be submitted for poster presentation.
h. If you want to enter your paper in one of the available Best Paper Award
competitions follow the instructions given in Section 27.
SAMPLE PAPER ABSTRACT
Binaural loudness summation for tones and noise. Albert B. Jones, Jr. (Dept.
of Psychology, Northeastern Univ., 1600 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA
02115, abjones@ne.edu) and Irene J. Knox (Dept. of Psychology, Boston
Univ., Boston, MA 02115)
The relation between binaural and monaural loudness was measured by
magnitude estimation for a 1000-Hz tone and for band-limited white noise.
Four types of stimuli--monaural and binaural tone, monaural and binaural
noise--were presented frontally at eight sound pressure levels (SPL) in mixed
randomly selected sequences. Subjects were instructed to rate the four
stimuli according to a single loudness scale. The loudness of the monaural
and binaural tones was found to be a power function of the mean square
sound pressure, with an exponent near 0.5. The loudness of the noise
increased more rapidly at low SPL than loudness of the tone; at high SPL it
increased more slowly. The bow shape of the noise function would be
predicted from loudness matches between wide-band and narrow-band
stimuli. A sound perceived binaurally was 1.3 to 1.7 times louder than sound
of the same SPL perceived monaurally. Results of these direct loudness
estimations agree almost perfectly with earlier results [D.E. McGee and I.J.
Knox, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 57, 55-62 (1975)] from another group of subjects
who made loudness matches between binaural and monaural stimuli. [Work
supported by NSF.]
Number of words in abstract: 187
Suggested for special session on Loudness and Perception
Technical Area: Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
(PACS) Subject Classification number(s): 43.66Cb, 43.66Pn
Telephone Number: 516-576-2360 (I. J. Knox)
Send notice to: I. J. Knox
Special facility: DAT player
Method of presentation: Prefer lecture but willing to give as poster
SECTION 25 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION AND
SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC ABSTRACTS
1. An abstract must be submitted for each meeting paper. The deadline date
for receipt of abstracts is 10 February 1997. The electronic submission
address will be given in the template used for submissions. You will receive
e-mail acknowledgment of receipt of your abstract and separate follow-up if
there are problems with your submission.
2. Do not transmit duplicate submissions of the same abstract. If you do not
receive e-mail acknowledgment, send a message to asa@aip.org to determine
whether your submission was received. If you wish to submit a revised
abstract, enter the number of your original submission (i.e., the asae number)
in the braces following \resubmission.
3. The files needed for electronic submission may be obtained via ftp or e-mail
as described below. If you have older versions of the files, you should
retrieve the latest version. When you get the files, read the file named
readme.asa and carefully follow the instructions contained therein. Also
included will be an empty template (including the return e-mail submission
address), a completed sample, and extra instructions. The completed sample
is shown on the next page, with the insertions to be made by authors
highlighted in yellow. For further information or questions, e-mail
asa@aip.org.
a. Anonymous ftp. Use ftp to open ftp.aip.org, log in as "anonymous"
and give your e-mail address as a password. Move to the directory
/ems/tex../macros/asaabs and get all the files in that directory.
b. E-mail. Send a message to listserv@aip.org with the body of the
message consisting of just the line sendme asaabs. The files will
be e-mailed back to you with the filename for each message in the
first line of the body of the message. Delete the e-mail headers (and
the line that tells you the name of the file) and save each message
as the correct filename.
4. Avoid the following common errors: a) inserting line breaks in a line after
the comment character, i.e., %; b) deleting the third pair of braces in the
\author command, putting your full name in the first pair of braces, or using
only one \author command for more than one author; c) submitting
compressed or encoded abstracts or sending abstracts as an attachment; d)
unbalanced braces or unmatched math delimiters; e) leaving blank lines in the
abstract or affil input; f) including more than one abstract in a single
submission; g) inputting & or % when meaning to produce the symbols "&"
or "%" (\& and \% should be used); h) misspelling \affil as \afill; I) adding
header or tailer information to the template; j) not filling in all "REQUIRED"
commands.
5. Use passives instead of the pronouns "I" and "we"; e.g., use "It was
noted" instead of "We noted."
6. Limit abstract to 200 words. Count each word in the body of the abstract
but do not count title or authors' names and addresses. Displayed equations
that are set apart from the text count as 40 words. Abstracts exceeding the
limit will be returned to the authors or the Program Organizing Committee
has the option to alter abstracts to bring them into compliance with the
200-word limit.
7. Do not use footnotes for references or acknowledgments. References or
acknowledgments should be set within square brackets in standard JASA
format, viz., in the sequence: authors, abbreviated journal name, volume
number, first and last page numbers, and year. Only set footnotes for present
addresses or email addresses for author contact; use \thanks to set such
footnotes and they will appear at the end of the abstract.
8. Provide the following information in the correct places in the template:
a. Number of words in the body of the abstract. Indicate number of
words in the abstract in the braces following \numberwords.
b. If the paper is intended for a special session listed in Section 1 of this
call for papers, indicate the session in the braces following
\specialsession. If invited, state "Invited." For example,
\specialsession{Invited, Loudness and Perception}.
c. Choose and list the Technical Committee/Group most nearly
coinciding with the subject matter of the paper in the braces following
\technicalarea. Current Technical Committees/Groups are: Acoustical
Oceanography, Animal Bioacoustics, Architectural Acoustics, Bioresponse
to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound, Engineering Acoustics, Musical
Acoustics, Noise, Physical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological
Acoustics, Signal Processing in Acoustics, Speech Communication,
Structural Acoustics and Vibration and Underwater Acoustics.
d. List one or at most two PACS subject classification numbers and
letters under which the abstract should be indexed in the braces following
\pacs (see the PACS list in a recent June or December issue of JASA or use
anonymous ftp to look in the /PACS directory on ftp.aip.org).
e. Describe special equipment desired for the presentation other than
overhead or 35-mm slide projectors or VCRs (VHS/NITS). Note that
facilities for dual slide and/or overhead projection are considered special
equipment. Refer to the section on "Special Equipment" in Section 3 for
further guidance.
f. If the paper is in the areas Psychological and Physiological Acoustics,
Speech Communication, or Underwater Acoustics, indicate a preference (if
any) for lecture or poster presentation. If only a lecture presentation is
desired, state "Lecture Only," in which case the paper may not be accepted
if time is not available. Contributed papers in Speech Communication are
encouraged to be submitted for poster presentation.
g. If you wish to have your paper included in a paper award competition
as described in Section 28, insert the desired technical area of paper
award competition in the braces following \paperaward.
Shown next is an example of a template file that has been filled
in for electronic submission. The author's insertions are highlighted in
yellow.
Instructions on how to use special characters and mathematics (LaTex)
in an electronic submission are available.
SAMPLE ELECTRONIC ABSTRACT
%Sample submitted abstract for the Penn State meeting.
% Everything after a percent sign is ignored in the submission; it is treated
as a comment.
\documentstyle[11pt,pasaabs]{article}
\nofiles
% PLEASE LEAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS ALONE; don't
change them at all. They will be determined by the ASA Program Organizing
Committee
% and are required by the ASA Program typesetting translation software.
\aipid{ } % AIP id for SPIN database entry
\time{ } % Time of presentation
\abstractid{ } % The abstract identifer as it will appear in print
% Except for the abstract text, information should be entered between the
curly braces { }. Optional comments that are now commented (follow a
''%''
% should be uncommented (delete the ''%'' sign) before use. You may return
to a new line when entering long information (e.g., an affiliation). Please
refer
% to the separate instructions if you have any questions (e.g., how to enter
accents, mathematics, boldface, etc.).
%
% Here is the information for the corresponding author. This information is
used for contact only, it is NOT used for publication purposes.
\correspondingauthor{I.J. Knox} %
REQUIRED
\correspondingaddress{2322 Harvardshire Path, Cambridge, MA 02122}
\correspondingphone{202-328-2010} % REQUIRED
\correspondingemail{knox@icarus.bu.edu} %
REQUIRED
\correspondingfax{202-555-1234} %
OPTIONAL
\begin{document}
% Enter the title here. It should be initial capital only.
\title{Binaural loudness summation for tones and noise}
% For each institution enter one or more \author commands, then enter the
\affil command. Just cut and paste the commands (either \author or \affil), and
% fill in, for more author(s) and affiliations. For each author, enter the first
name and middle initial in the first braces; last name in middle braces; and
Jr.,
% III, etc. in the last braces. Leave braces empty as needed. One e-mail
address will be included for each paper in the printed program. The address
should be inserted immediately after the mailing address for the author whose
e-mail address is to be listed.
%
% REQUIRED, enter author(s) here as first name and middle initial, last
name, and other (e.g., Jr.):
\author{Albert B.}{Jones}{Jr.}
% REQUIRED, for preceding author(s). Use standard abbreviations.
\affil{Dept. of Psychology, Northeastern Univ., 1600 Massachusetts Ave.,
Boston, MA 02115, abjones@ne.edu}
\author{Irene J.}{Knox}{ }
\author{William F.}{Kinoo}{ }
\affil{Dept. of Psychology, Boston Univ., Boston, MA 02115}
% Use passives instead of the pronouns ''I '' and '' we;'' e.g., '' It was noted''
instead of ''We noted.''
% INSERT THE ABSTRACT, INCLUDING THE OPTIONAL
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUPPORT, BETWEEN THE LINES
"\begin{abstract}" and
% "\end{abstract}".
\begin{abstract}
The relation between binaural and monaural loudness was measured by
magnitude estimation for a $\lambda=1000$-Hz tone and for band-limited
white noise. Four types of stimuli---monaural and binaural tone, monaural
and binaural
. . .
perfectly with earlier results [D.E. McGee and I.J. Knox, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.
{\bf 57}, 55--62 (1975)] from a {\it different} group of subjects who made
loudness matches between binaural and monaural stimuli. [Work supported
by NSF.]
\end{abstract}
% REQUIRED. Insert the number of words (not to exceed 200) in the
abstract, including text of abstract and acknowledgment of support, but not
including authors and title:
\numberwords{187}
% If this abstract is for a special session, insert title of session here. If
invited, state "Invited."
\specialsession{Invited, Loudness and Perception}
% REQUIRED. Insert the suggested technical area:
\technicalarea{Psychological and Physiological Acoustics}
% REQUIRED. Insert suggested PACS codes, which can be found in a recent
June or December issue of JASA, or via ftp in the /PACS directory of
% ftp.aip.org. Separate the codes by a comma and space.
\pacs{43.66Cb, 43.66Pn}
% OPTIONAL. Fill in special equipment here; 35 mm, overhead projectors
and VCRs (VHS/NITS) are standard:
\specialequipment{DAT player}
% OPTIONAL. List your preferred method of presentation:
\preferredmethod{Prefer lecture but willing to give as a poster}
% OPTIONAL. List technical area of paper award competition you wish to
enter, i.e., Speech, Engineering, Music, Noise or Structural.
\paperaward{Speech}
% OPTIONAL. To submit a revised abstract, enter the number of your
original submission. For example, \resubmission{asae44}.
\resubmission{ }
\end{document}
SECTION 26 - WEB MEETING ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Instructions for the preparation and submission of abstracts on the World
Wide Web are provided online. It would be helpful if you had the PACS
numbers covering the subject matter of your paper before you begin the
on-line submission procedure.
Acknowledgment that your abstract has been accepted into the database will
be issued online automatically in the form of a "Resubmission number" and
PIN. Until these have been issued your abstract has not been entered into the
database.
1. Web Abstract Submission Procedure is accessed on ASA Home Page at
http://asa.aip.org/
2. Click on "Submit Abstract for the Penn State meeting" from the main page
3. Enter Password: PASA97
4. Next screen will ask you to indicate whether you are submitting a new
abstract or wish to edit a previously submitted abstract.
5. When "New Abstract" is selected, the next screen will contain
instructions for selecting format in which to prepare your abstract, i.e.,
either straight text or LaTeX. Straight text should be used for abstracts
that do not contain any special characters or fonts such as bold, italics,
etc. LaTeX should be used for abstracts that contain boldface, italics,
speech symbols or mathematical expressions. Select format and click
Continue.
6. The next screen will contain a blank template for entering abstract text,
author information and other data needed to submit abstract, e.g., PACS
numbers, Technical Area, presentation format, etc. Online help and an
example of a completed template are available from this screen.
7. After completing all REQUIRED and OPTIONAL sections of the
template, click Continue. Your abstract will then be processed by a
program to detect errors.
8. If the abstract is free of errors, the next screen titled "Good Abstract"
will confirm the absence of errors and will display the abstract as it will
appear in the printed program. Also shown will be the author contact
information. You will be asked to either submit the abstract as it appears
or whether you wish to make changes before final submission. If you
wish to make changes prior to final abstract submission, the template
containing your abstract will be returned to the screen.
9. If the abstract contains errors, a screen is displayed describing the error
and giving the approximate line number where the error appears in the
LaTeX source file for your abstract. You can either return immediately
to the template and fix the error if you know its location or view the
LaTeX source document to locate the line on which the error appears.
Each line in the source document is numbered for easy location of errors.
After locating the errors return to the template to make corrections and
resume submission process.
10. When you are ready for final submission of the abstract, the next screen
will contain the Resubmission number and PIN for your submission.
This is your acknowledgment that the abstract has been entered into the
database. Please retain this number should you wish to edit this abstract
at a later time (prior to the deadline date). Note that a Resubmission
Number and PIN will be issued for each new abstract or resubmission of
a previously submitted abstract.
11. If you wish to revise and resubmit your abstract, select "Resubmission"
as noted in item 4 above. The next screen will ask for the Resubmission
Number and PIN issued at the time you submitted the abstract originally.
When these numbers are entered, the template containing your abstract
will be provided. If you do not have the Resubmission and PIN numbers,
instructions on how to obtain them are given online.
SECTION 27 - INFORMATION ON BEST PAPER AWARDS
Faculty members are urged to bring these awards to the attention of their
students, who need not be members of the Acoustical Society of America to
qualify for these awards.
BEST STUDENT PAPER IN ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS
One award of $250 will be granted for the best paper presented by a student
in a session organized by the Engineering Acoustics Technical Committee.
To qualify for an award, the paper author must:
- be under 30 years of age as of 1 January 1997
- have been enrolled as a student during the previous year
- be listed as the first author of the paper and actually present the paper
- submit a copy of the presentation materials, or a written text, to the paper
copying service during the meeting
Selection of the award winner will be based on the quality of the presented
paper, comprising both the content and its delivery. The award winner will
be chosen by a subcommittee of the Engineering Acoustics Technical
Committee and will be announced after the close of the meeting. Additional
information can be obtained from Harold C. Robinson, Naval Undersea
Warfare Center, Code 2131, New London, CT 06320, Tel.: 860-440-4455.
All those desiring to participate in the competition for this award must
indicate their intention by putting the following statement at the bottom of
each copy of the abstract submitted for the meeting:
For Engineering Acoustics Best Student Paper Award
BEST STUDENT PAPERS IN STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION
Three awards to three individual students will be given yearly (combined Fall
and Spring meetings) for presenting papers in sessions organized by the
Technical Committee on Structural Acoustics and Vibration: $500 for the
best, $300 for the second best, and $200 for the third best.
To qualify for these awards, a student must:
- be enrolled at least half time
- be the sole author of the written paper and lead author on the submitted
abstracts
- submit a typed, single spaced, maximum 10-page manuscript copy of the
complete paper, along with an abstract by 23 May to: Joseph M. Cuschieri,
Dept. of Ocean Engineering, Ctr. for Acoustics & Vibration, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, FL 33431
The award winners will be selected by a subcommittee of the Structural
Acoustics and Vibration Technical Committee, based on the quality of both
the written manuscript and the oral presentation of the paper at the meeting.
The awards will be announced at the evening meeting of the Structural
Acoustics and Vibration Technical Committee following the sessions at the
Spring meeting each year.
All those desiring to participate in the competition for these awards must
indicate their intention by putting the following statement at the bottom of
each copy of the abstract submitted for the meeting:
Submitted for SAV Student Award
BEST STUDENT PAPER IN MUSICAL ACOUSTICS
One award of $250 will be granted for the best paper presented by a
student in a session organized by the Technical Committee on
Musical Acoustics.
To qualify for this award, a paper author must:
- be an enrolled student
- be listed as the first author of the paper
- present the paper at the meeting
- submit copies of the presentation materials or a written text to the
paper copying service at the meeting
Selection of the award winner will be based on the quality of the
presented paper, comprising both the content and its delivery. The
award winner will be chosen by a subcommittee of the Musical
Acoustics Technical Committee.
All those desiring to participate in the competition for this award should
indicate their intention by putting the following statement at the bottom of
each copy of the abstract submitted for the meeting:
For Musical Acoustics Best Student Paper Award
BEST STUDENT PAPER IN SPEECH COMMUNICATION
One award of $250 will be given to a student for the best presentation in
either poster or lecture format at a session organized by the Technical
Committee on Speech Communication.
To qualify for this award, a paper author must:
- be a student enrolled at least half time
- be primarily responsible for the reported research
- prepare the entire poster or lecture presentation
- be listed as the first author of the paper
- present the paper at the meeting
Selection of the award winner will be based on the following criteria:
understanding the field, clarity, handling questions, effectiveness of
figures/visual aids, and overall effectiveness of the presentation. The award
winner will be chosen by a panel of judges formed by the Technical
Committee on Speech Communication and will be announced at the evening
meeting of the Technical Committee following the sessions at which the
papers are presented.
Additional information can be obtained from Terrance M. Nearey, Dept. of
Linguistics, University of Alberta, 4-32 Assiniboia Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G
2E7, Canada, Tel.: 403-492-5240 or 403-492-5699.
All those desiring to participate in the competition for this award must
indicate their intention by putting the following statement at the bottom of
each copy of the abstract submitted for the meeting:
For Speech Communication Student Award
OUTSTANDING PAPER BY A YOUNG PRESENTER IN NOISE
Note that you need not be student to qualify for this award.
Up to three awards of up to $250 each will be given for outstanding papers
presented in sessions organized by the Technical Committee on Noise.
To qualify for an award, the paper author must:
- be under 30 years of age as of 1 January 1997
- be listed as the first author of the paper and actually present the paper
- submit copies of the presentation materials, or a written text, to the ASA
paper copying service at the meeting
Selection of the award winners will be based on the quality of the presented
paper, comprising both the content and its delivery. The award winners will
be chosen by a subcommittee of the Technical Committee on Noise and will
be announced after the close of the meeting. Formal presentation of the
awards will be at the following meeting of the Technical Committee in San
Diego, California.
Additional information can be obtained from Joseph Pope, P.O. Box 236,
Newton Centre, MA 02159; Tel.: 617-969-2606.
The Award Subcommittee would like to consider papers by all authors who
meet the eligibility criteria. Neither membership in the Acoustical Society,
nor previous experience in the ASA, is required. Because the committee has
no other way to identify eligible authors, however, it is essential that
eligible authors identify themselves by putting the following statement at
the bottom of each copy of the abstract submitted for the meeting:
Submitted For Noise "Young Presenter" Paper Award
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SECTION 28 - TUTORIAL LECTURE AND/OR SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION FORM
PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE: 2 June 1997
1. Complete registration form and return with payment to:
Acoustical Society of America, 500 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury,
NY 11797; FAX: 516-576-2377
2. Payment may be made by check or money order in U.S. funds
drawn on a U.S. bank or by Visa, MasterCard or American Express
credit card.
Please enter my registration as follows:
Tutorial Lecture:
[ ] $15--Preregistration by 2 June
[ ] $25--Registration after 2 June
[ ] Students--$7.50 preregistration by 2 June
[ ] Students--$12.50 registration after 2 June
Short Course on Smart Structures and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
[ ] $250--Preregistration by 2 June
(Deduct $50 for pregistration by 2 May)
Short Course on Design of Acoustic Materials
[ ] $250--Preregistration by 2 June
(Deduct $50 for preregistration by 2 May)
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Country: _____________________________________________
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