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Princeton University. She has held teaching positions at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1992–93), Iowa State University (1994–95), and the University of Pennsylvania (1995–2002). Thompson was also a vis- iting scholar (2003-04) in the Program in Science, Technology and Society and a senior fellow (2002–03) at the Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She became an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego, in 2005.
Emily Thompson was awarded the ASA’s 2002 Science Writing Award in Acoustics for Journalists for her book The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933.
American Speech Language Hearing Association 2005 Awards and Fellowships
Members of the Acoustical Society of America were the recipients of Awards and Fellowships of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2005.
Christy Ludlow, National Institutes of Health, Laryngeal & Speech Section, Bethesda, MD, was awarded The Honors of the Association which rec- ognizes distinguished contribution to the field of speech, language, and hear- ing and is the highest honor the Association can give. Recipients are individuals who are well known throughout the nation and the world for a lifetime of innovative clinical practice, insightful and rigorous research, creative administration, effec- tive legislative activity, outstanding teaching, or other distinguished profes- sional contribution.
Robert F. Burkard, University at Buffalo, Robert C. Fifer, University of Miami-Mailman Center for Child Development, John P. Preece, University of Rhode Island, and Jerry L. Punch, Michigan State University, were elected Fellows of ASHA. The status of Fellow is one of the highest honors ASHA can bestow. It recognizes profes- sional or scientific achievement and is given to an ASHA member who has shown outstanding contribution to the professions.
Michael L. Chial, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, received the Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Higher Education that recognizes distin- guished achievement and/or contribu- tions (within the last five years) in one or more of the following areas: univer- sity and college classroom teaching; clinical teaching; student mentoring, or development of new and innovative educational techniques and technolo- gies in the fields of audiology, speech- language pathology, or speech, lan- guage and hearing science.
Benjamin Munson, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences, was the recipient of an ASHA The Early Career Contributions in Research Award which recognizes scientific accomplishments by individuals in the early stages of their careers.
Frederic L. Lizzi
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine honors the late Frederic L. Lizzi
The Memorial Hall of Fame of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) that was established in 1981, serves as a posthumous tribute to a creative and devoted physician, research scientist, or other individual who has been an active member of the AIUM and contributed to the field of ultrasound in medicine. A plaque hon- oring each member of the Hall of Fame is displayed in a designated place in the Executive Office of the AIUM, and another is presented to the family of the honoree during the annual meeting.
Frederic Lizzi was a fellow of the AIUM and was very active in that
organization. He served on the Board of Governors of the AIUM from 1985–1988 and received the William J. Fry Memorial Award in 1986, the Presidential Recognition Award in 1988 and 1996, the Pioneer Award in 1988, and the Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Award in 1994.
Frederic L. Lizzi was a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He joined the Riverside Research Institute in 1967 and was Research Director in the Biomedical Engineering Laboratories at the time of his death in January 2005. His obituary appears in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118, 580 (2005).
Joshua Roper
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. announces promotion of ASA member
Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. (CSA) announced the promotion of ASA member Joshua Roper to Principal Consultant. Mr. Roper, based in CSA’s San Jose office, consults in the areas of environmental acoustics, single and multi-family housing, mixed-use projects, libraries, offices and schools. Mr. Roper is an affiliate of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. He received is Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Patricia Davies named Vice President of Technical Activities for INCE/USA
The INCE/USA Board of Directors named Patricia Davies as Vice President of Technical Activities for
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