Student Activities (including Student Council)

AT Collections – Student Activities (including Student Council) Students are an integral part of the Acoustical Society of America. The items in this collection discuss the wide range of activities that the Student Council engages in. Student Activities (including...

AT Collections – Sonic Boom Noise

The lure of faster speeds and reduced travel time for commercial flights may come to fruition soon with advances in low-boom technology.  The Concorde’s last flight in 2003 ended the first era in supersonic commercial travel.  Although supersonic flight of the...

AT Collections – Human Psychoacoustics

AT Collections – Human Psychoacoustics ​ Human hearing is of great interest. The articles in this collection focus on measuring human hearing using psychoacoustical methods.  The intent is to learn about what and how humans hear. A subset of these articles focus on...

AT Collections – Science Communication

AT Collections – Science Communication​ STEM professionals are accustomed to communicating their research and activities to peers. However, the standard conference or lecture approach for communicating usually is not the best way to educate someone with little to no...

AT Collections – Computation and Acoustics

AT Collections – Computation and Acoustics​ Computational methods play a prominent role in all areas of acoustical research. They are used, for example, to model sound waves propagating in complex environments and interactions between sound waves and vibrating...

AT Collections – Noise Effect and Criteria – Acoustical Standards

AT Collections – Noise Effect and Criteria – Acoustical Standards​ Acoustics touches a wide range of our lives and the world.  Occupational and recreational noise exposure is the primary cause of hearing loss among humans.  Terrestrial and aquatic animals are affected...

AT Collections – Underwater Sound – Methods

AT Collections – Underwater Sound – Methods AT Collections – Underwater Sound – Methods read more Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea- Recording Earthquakes with Autonomous Floats – Frederik J. Simons, Joel D. Simon, and Sirawich...

AT Collections – Underwater Acoustics

AT Collections – Underwater Acoustics Underwater acoustics is the study of sound in the sea. It encompasses a huge range of topics including the physics of acoustic propagation and the effects of the oceanographic features. the rough surface, the ice canopy in polar...

AT Collections – Women in Acoustics

AT Collections – Women in Acoustics   The articles in this Collection were written by Women in Acoustics members. You can learn more about Women in Acoustics at womeninacoustics.org. Women in Acoustics read more “Listen Up! And Get Involved!” by Tracianne B....

AT Collections – Acoustics in Space

AT Collections – Acoustics in Space They say no one can hear you scream in space, but is it true? On Earth we think of sound as vibrations traveling through air or water, and the same is true of other planets, except that the ‘air’ and ‘water’ might be replaced by...

Zhang Media

https://acousticstoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Multimedia1-1.mp4 Multimedia1: Vocal fold vibration during normal phonation from a top view.  An important feature of normal phonation is that the glottis remains closed for a considerable duration within one cycle...

AT Collections – Acousticians of Note

AT Collections – Acousticians of Note Over the years, Acoustics Today has had articles that focus on the careers of ASA members and others who have made very substantial contributions to acoustics.  We look forward to adding to this list over the next few years....

AT Collections – Ask an Acoustician

AT Collections – Ask an Acoustician Ask an Acoustician is a set of interviews of ASA Members about their careers. Dr. Micheal Dent, Acoustics Today Associate Editor, conducted each of the interviews and edited the material for clarity. In these interviews, we asked...

Kent L. Gee

2021:summer:Ask an Acoustician: Kent L. Gee - interviewed by Michael L....

AT Collections – Soundscapes – Environmental Sound

AT Collections – Soundscape Environmental Sound The world around us is filled with sound. While humans and other animals are well adapted to deal with natural sounds, there is growing concern that the sounds around humans and animals are changing in a noisier world,...

AT Collections – Anthropogenic Sound & Animals

AT Collections – Anthropogenic Sound & Animals Just as human generated (anthropogenic) sound can affect the health and behavior of humans, anthropogenic sounds can affect the lives of other species from insects to mammals. The potential effects include impairment...

AT Collections – Biomedical Acoustics of Ultrasound

AT Collections – Biomedical Acoustics of Ultrasound High frequency sound is used in the diagnosis of medical conditions and in treating medical issues. Indeed, its use is increasing and many members of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) are engaged in the...

AT Collections – Acoustical Standards

AT Collections – Acoustical Standards Acoustical standards permit interoperability and compatibility, advance scientific discovery, simplify product development, and reduce unnecessary duplication of effort. They also increase productivity and lower costs while...

AT Collections – Concert Hall Acoustics

AT Collections – Concert Hall Acoustics Concert halls are complex structures that have to have excellent acoustics for a wide variety of sounds from a single instrument to a symphony orchestra to a grand opera to a solo singer.  Thus, their design requires a great...

AT Collections – ASA Administrative Committees

AT Collections – ASA Administrative Committees The Acoustical Society has a number of administrative committees that are critical for its function.  These Sound Perspectives essays describe these groups and their function. No Results Found The page you requested could...

AT Collections – Technical Committees

AT Collections – Technical Committees The thirteen technical committees of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) provide the focus for members’ technical interests. The technical committees play an important role in arranging technical sessions for the meetings...

AT Collections – Animal Bioacoustics

AT Collections – Animal Hearing and Sound Production Sound is a very important component of the lives of animals in air and in water. They show amazing diversity in their hearing capabilities, sound receiving structures, and how they use sound. They also show great...

AT Collections – Musical Instrument Design & Acoustics

AT Collections – Musical Instrument Design & Acoustics Musical instruments are very complex devices that have often gone through decades and even centuries of “evolution” to get to the modern design. Every type of instrument is different, and there are fascinating...

Volume 1 -2005

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles FROM THE EDITOR ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING OF OCEAN GYRES – Peter F. WorcesterDINNER CONVERSATION (AN OXYMORON?) – Marshall LongTHE...

Volume 2 -2006

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles INFRASOUND – Henry E. BassLOWERING THE BOOM – Victor W. SparrowNOT INVENTED HERE – Timothy L. O’BrienFINDING CONNECTIONS...

Volume 3 -2007

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles SOUNDSCAPE- AN APPROACH TO RELY ON HUMAN PERCEPTION AND EXPERTISE IN THE POST-MODERN COMMUNITY NOISE ERA – Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp...

Volume 4 -2008

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles TIME REVERSAL – Brian E. AndersonRESONANCES AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT- ULTRASONIC PROBES OF CONDENSED MATTER GO DIGITAL – Albert...

Volume 5 -2009

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles DE MOTU SONI – Rev. William DerhamATHANASIUS KIRCHER’S PHONURGIA NOVA- THE MARVELOUS WORLD OF SOUND DURING THE 17TH CENTURY –...

CampbellMultimedia

https://acousticstoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Campbell-Multimedia1.mp4 Multimedia1. Murray Campbell demonstrates that putting a sock in the horn of an early 20th century HMV horn gramophone modifies the loudness and timbre of the radiated sound, but does not...

Cover template – current issue

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor From the President Featured Articles Communicate Your Science: Engaging Public Audiences with Acoustics – Allison B. Coffin As the Wind...

Volume 17 – 2021

To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor Featured Articles Computational Methods and Techniques Across Acoustics – Grant C. EastlandUltrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial...