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Joseph Cuschieri
to publish the current conference pro- ceedings on CDs. Courtney will serve as Technical Program Chair of Noise- Con 2010 in April.
Joseph Cuschieri, INCE/USA Executive Director, was cited for his handling of the transition to the new INCE Business Office, for updating the INCE/USA website, for setting up on- line conference registration, and for continued implementation of much of the INCE website editing and confer- ence website co-ordination. Joe Cuschieri has also run several national and international INCE conferences and served as president of INCE.
George Maling and Norah Maling
An incorporator and founding member of INCE/USA, George Maling has for 39 years tirelessly devoted an enormous amount of his own time to INCE/USA. He and Norah ran the organization as volunteers for many years. George has contributed to INCE/USA in editing Noise/News and continues to edit Noise News
International, attends INCE Board of Directors meetings, and also helps put together the CDs for the conference proceedings. George actually led the effort to place early issues of NCEJ and past issues of NOISE Control/Sound onto CDs. George also helped to form the INCE Foundation and has served as the president. His tireless efforts leading the NAE panel on Technology for a Quieter America are another example of his selfless dedication to the Noise Control Community. Throughout this, Norah has been at his side, both directly helping INCE and indirectly through her support of George which enables him to dedicate long hours to INCE and the noise con- trol community.
ASA Regional Chapters hold Royster Award Poster Session Competitions
The Royster Student Scholarship Award Program was established through a generous grant from Larry and Julia Royster. This is a chapter-run poster competition held once a year for a total of $5000 in scholarships. Full- time graduate students enrolled in a program involving acoustics, or senior undergraduate students expecting to enroll in such a program, are eligible to submit entries. Submitted posters should cover a hearing conservation or noise control topic.
The Florida Chapter held its Poster Session at the University of South
Florida on December 17. The following six entries were submitted: “Does speech presented in noise prime the semantic and phonological processing of printed target words? Preliminary ERP evidence,” by Kristen Doyle, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders University of South Florida; “Noise Prevention Program Effects on Knowledge and Attitudes towards Noise in Adolescents,” by Shawna Dell, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida; “A higher-order spectro-temporal integration model for predicting signal audibility,” by Qing Yang, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida; “Exploring Natural Soundscapes,” by Lucky Tsaih, School of Architecture, University of Florida; “An acoustic–perceptual study of voice tremor" by Supraja Anand, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida; and “Automatic quantifica- tion of ‘roughness’ in speech using amplitude modulation cues,” by Savyasachi Singh, Dept. of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida.
The winning entry was judged to be “A higher-order spectro-temporal integration model for predicting signal audibility,” by Qing Yang, a Ph.D. stu- dent at the University of Florida. She will receive a Royster Award in the amount of $2500 in support of her ongoing graduate studies. Associate Professor Catherine L. Rogers of the
Qing Yang
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