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its recent Spring Conference on Building Acoustics. The award recog- nizes the more than 50 years of Heinrich Kuttruff’s exceptional contribution to acoustics and, in particular, to the devel- opment of understanding of the behav- ior of sound in enclosed spaces and its interaction with reflecting, scattering, and diffusing bodies and surfaces. This was achieved by means of a substantial and systematic program of theoretical modeling and analysis supported by experimental measurement.
Heinrich Kuttruff has also made important contributions in the field of ultrasonics, both by research and through his book Ultrasonics, and he is the author of many other reputed publi- cations, including his book Room Acoustics. The Rayleigh Medal is the Institute of Acoustics’ premier award, awarded without regard to age to per- sons of undoubted renown for out- standing contributions to acoustics. It is normally presented to a UK acoustician in even numbered years and an overseas acoustician in odd numbered years. The medal is named after John William
Dr. Michael Vorländer (on right) receives the R W B Stephens Medal from Dr. Tony Jones, President of the Institute of Acoustics. (Photo courtesy of the Institute of Acoustics)
Philip Nelson
Philip Nelson appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton
Professor Philip Nelson, Director of the University of Southampton’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University. A world expert in engineering acoustics, Professor Nelson has been the Director of the internationally renowned Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at Southampton since 2001. He began his five-year term as Deputy Vice- Chancellor on 1 September 2005 and will lead the University’s efforts in research, enterprise, and human resources.
Heinrich Kuttruff awarded Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics
Heinrich Kuttruff, Professor Emeritus of Technical Acoustics at the RWT Hochschule in Aachen in Germany, has joined a long line of prominent acousticians by receiving the Rayleigh Medal, the Institute of Acoustics’ premier award.
The medal was presented to Professor Kuttruff by Dr. Tony Jones, President of the Institute of Acoustics, at
Dr. Heinrich Kuttruff (on right) receives the Rayleigh Medal from Dr. Tony Jones, President of the Institute of Acoustics. (Photo courtesy of the Institute of Acoustics)
Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842- 1919), a very versatile physicist who conducted both experimental and theo- retical research in virtually every branch of the subject. A graduate, Fellow, and eventually Chancellor of Cambridge University, he was a Fellow and President of the Royal Society. His book The Theory of Sound remains a landmark text in the development of acoustics.
Michael Vorländer receives R W B Stephens Medal
Professor Michael Vorländer, head of the Institute of Technical Acoustics at the RWTH Aachen University, is the 2005 winner of the Institute of Acoustics’ prestigious R W B Stephens Medal.
The medal was presented to Professor Vorländer by Dr. Tony Jones, President of the Institute of Acoustics, at its recent Spring Conference on Building Acoustics. The award recog- nizes his outstanding contributions to teaching and research, as well as his leadership in acoustics.
Professor Vorländer’s contributions include detailed investigations into room acoustical ray tracing models, maximum-length sequence reciprocity calibration of microphones in reverber- ation chambers, and the definition and
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