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􏰀 ASA Fellow Clive Dym, Professor of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College, has been awarded the Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award for “exceptional contri- butions to design education through widely-cited authorship on engineering design, through sponsorship of workshops and conference panels, and through enthusiastic mentoring of engi- neering students in the art and science of design.”
ASA Fellow Ira Hirsh has received a Life Achievement Award from the American Auditory Society. The announcement was made at the Society’s 2005 Scientific and Technology Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.
􏰀 ASA Fellow H. Vincent Poor, George Van Ness Lothrop Professor in Engineering at Princeton University, has been named the 2005 winner of the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society at Auburn University. A $2000 scholarship will be given in Dr. Poor’s name to a deserving student member of Tau Beta Pi.
􏰀 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) State Department Science Fellowship represents an opportunity for scientists to make a contribution to U.S. foreign policy. At least one Fellow annually will be chosen to spend a year working in a bureau of the State Department, providing scientific and technical expertise to the Department while becoming directly involved in the foreign policy process. Fellows are required to be U.S. citizens and members of at least one of the 10 AIP Member Societies at the time of application. Please visit http:// www.aip.org/gov/sdf.html for details. All application materials must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.
􏰀 Ralph Cicerone, the new president of the National Academy of Sciences, testified before two separate Senate panels on climate change. Cicerone, an atmospheric scientist, is characterized by colleagues as “someone who knows how to talk to politicians, peers, and the public.” He is in favor of reducing the funding gap between the life and physical sci- ences. “In the physical sciences, I think there are many dis- coveries out there waiting to happen, largely because of our new capabilities in measurement,” he told the Senate.
From the editor
A big event for the Acoustical Society of America is the launching of the new magazine Acoustics Today. Dick Stern is especially to be congratulated for creating this new magazine. ECHOES is proud to become a part of this new magazine.
Since the publication of ECHOES has been tied to ASA meetings and since the Fall meeting in Minneapolis is being held earlier than usual, it was decided to publish two slightly different versions of ECHOES. One version will be printed and mailed to members so they will receive it well in advance of the Minneapolis meeting, and it will go online, as usual. This version will be incorporated into Acoustics Today. In the future, only one version is planned.
As usual, I urge readers to submit Letters to the Editor, which are more interesting to read than letters from the editor.
Thomas Rossing
38 Acoustics Today, October 2005