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Acoustics Today
A Publication of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume 2, Issue 3 July 2006
Cover: The Vision 2010 Committee, the Executive Council, the Technical Council, and invited guests attended a retreat which was held to discuss issues that are important to the Society’s future and ways that they might be addressed. The retreat was held on the University of California’s San Diego cam- pus just prior to the fall 2004 meeting of the Society.
7 The President’s Perspective: Anthony A. Atchley Articles:
9 Report of the Vision 2010 Committee
Fourteen recommendations to the Executive Council that will enable the ASA to continue and improve its ability to be the premier scientific society in acoustics.
18 A Brief History of Room Acoustic Diffusers—
Trevor J. Cox and Peter D’Antonio
Over the past 30 years, we have learned to design, opti- mize, modulate, measure, characterize and standardize the performance of sound diffusing surfaces.
26 A Spectrogram for the Twenty-First Century—
Sean A. Fulop and Kelly Fitz
The spectrogram, a classic time-frequency representa- tion of sound, can be dramatically improved by using instantaneous frequencies in place of Fourier analysis.
Departments:
34 Standards News: Measurement and Assessment of Work-Related Hand-Transmitted Vibration— Douglas D. Reynolds
ANSI S2.70 is a modern U.S. standard that provides guidance for the measurement and assessment of expo- sure to hand-transmitted vibration in the workplace.
38 The ASA Technical Committee on Noise: An Overview—Michael R. Stinson
The broad range of activities of the Technical Committee on Noise, addressing the practical and theoretical aspects of noise in all areas of acoustics.
40 ECHOES
51 National News—Elaine Moran
Acoustical news from around the country.
57 International News—Walter Mayer Acoustical news from around the world.
60 The Library—Dick Stern
New and recent publications, reports, and brochures on acoustics.
61 The Lab—Dick Stern
New and recent acoustic instrumentation and news about acoustic instrument manufacturers.
Business Directory
63 Business card advertisements 64 Index to Advertisers
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