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Dylla is a Past President of the AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing, one of AIP's ten Member Societies, where he was elected a Fellow in 1998 and is currently a distinguished lectur- er for the society. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is an active member in numerous local and regional technology development organizations, including appointments by the Virginia governor to two scien- tific commissions, and has served on many national advisory committees for the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation.
Outgoing CEO and Executive Director Marc Brodsky served AIP for thirteen and a half years upon his retirement. During his tenure, Brodsky oversaw dramatic changes in AIP pub- lishing and publishing services, as nearly all editorial, production, distri- bution and business processes were changed to deal with electronic pub- lishing. All the journals and magazines AIP publishes for itself and others went onto the World Wide Web, increasing access to the physics literature to more people than ever before in history. AIP outreach programs and services expanded its informational offerings for the general public to the Web and many other media outlets, including regular science news segments to over 50 million nightly viewers of local TV news programs. He also actively defended AIP’s freedom of the press rights on many fronts, including attempted government restrictions on the processing of manuscripts from certain countries and suits from some
comparisons of journal prices. Headquartered in College Park,
Maryland, the American Institute of Physics is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and dif- fusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. AIP is one of the world's largest publishers of physics journals, and provides publish- ing services for a multitude of journals of physics societies and societies in allied areas of science and engineering. It is a pioneer and leader in electronic journal publication. AIP's ten Member Societies are dedicated to diverse areas of physics and related fields. With an annual budget of approximately $75 million, AIP has a staff of 450 employ- ees in its College Park headquarters and its Melville, NY publishing center. There are over 134,000 scientists, engi- neers and educators represented by AIP through its 10 Member Societies. In addition, about 5,000 students in 700 chapters from colleges and univer- sities take part in AIP's Society of Physics Students. The AIP Corporate Associates Program promotes connec- tions between the people, ideas and resources of its 35 member companies.
Concert Hall Research Group Third Summer Institute held in Aspen, Colorado
Nearly 60 participants attended “CHRG Aspen” the Concert Hall Research Group’s Third Summer Institutive in Aspen, CO held August 14-18, 2006. Participants included fac- ulty members from the architectural, acoustical consulting, theatre consult- ing, and teaching professions, practic- ing acoustical consultants and archi- tects, university students, and accom- panying persons. The Institute was funded primarily by participants, but also with a generous contribution from the Robert Bradford Newman Student Award Fund, which allowed all 13 uni- versity students to attend the Institute free of charge. The textbook “Concert Halls and Opera Houses” by Leo Beranek was provided to participants with the help of Leo Beranek, Bill Cavanaugh, and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). The textbook “Acoustics” by Charles M. Salter
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many planning, advisory and review committees for the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Science and Engineering. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
H. Frederick Dylla to head the American Institute of Physics
H. Frederick Dylla has been select- ed to be the next Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). He replaces Marc H. Brodsky, who retired on March 31 after more than 13 years at AIP's helm. Dylla assumed the role of CEO and Executive Director on April 1, 2007.
“I'm honored to be selected to be the next AIP Executive Director,” said Dylla. “I am very optimistic for the outlook of the Institute to continue to grow in its role of supporting the value of physics for its Member Societies, the physics community and the world at large. I look forward to working with the Member Societies to continue to provide first-rate services and to col- laborate on joint activities.”
Dylla had been with the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Virginia since 1990. During this time, he concurrently held an Adjunct Professorship in Physics and Applied Science at the College of William and Mary. The author of over 190 publica- tions, he received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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