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Feri Farassat Francesco Lanza di Salea Benjamin Munson
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and Viterbi School of Engineering in Los Angeles. A senior member of IEEE, he is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and a member of the Acoustical Society of America.
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.), the world’s largest technical professional society, publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards.
Ferri Farassat honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Feri Farassat, NASA Langley Research Center, was elected a Fellow of the AIAA in 2006. The distinction of “Fellow” is bestowed by AIAA and its board of directors to members who have made notable and valuable contri- butions to the arts, sciences, or technol- ogy thereof in aeronautics or astronau- tics. The AIAA advances the state of aerospace science, engineering, and technological leadership and serves over 35,000 members.
Francesco Lanza di Scalea receives award from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
The University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, professor,
and Ivan Bartoli, student, “Built-in System for the Structural Health Monitoring of Adhesively-bonded Components in Aerospace Structures” has been named the recipient of the ASNT Fellowship in 2006. ASNT Fellowship is a cash award, currently up to $15,000, granted to an education- al institution accredited by ABET or its equivalent to fund specific research in Nondestructive Testing at the post- graduate level (MS or PhD).
Dr. Lanza di Scalea is Associate Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego. He received an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy.
His awards include ASNT Faculty Grant Award (2003), ASNT Research Fellowship Award (2002), UCSD Hellman Faculty Fellow (2000 and 2002), Fulbright Scholar (1995), Italian Department of New Technology, Energy and Environment Award (1993), COMETT European Union award (1993). He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America, American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), and Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM).
Benjamin Munson receives awards from University of Minnesota
Benjamin Munson, a professor in the Department of Speech-Language- Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, was awarded a
Distinguished McKnight University Professorship from the University of Minnesota. The Distinguished McKnight Professorship recognizes outstanding mid-career faculty mem- bers who have recently achieved full professor status for their scholarly achievements; the potential for greater attainment in their field; the extent to which their achievements have brought distinction to the University; the quality of their teaching and advis- ing; and their contributions to the wider community. Recipients hold the title Distinguished McKnight Professor for as long as they remain at the University. The award includes three years of research support.
Dr. Munson also received the Arthur “Red” Motley Award for Exemplary Teaching in 2006. The pur- pose of the award is to recognize fac- ulty who are outstanding teachers of graduate and undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts. Each award carries a stipend of $5,000; at least one award is given annually. It acknowledges tenured or tenure-track faculty who inspire and care, who make themselves approachable, who show an interest in individual stu- dents’ well-being and in programs for the benefit of students generally, who give of themselves generously in advising, counseling, and directing projects, and who create an active classroom atmosphere.
Benjamin Munson received his BA in linguistics from SUNY at Buffalo. His MA in speech-language pathology and PhD in speech and hearing sci-
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