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the ocean. For oceanographers, the ben- efits of this revolution are just emerging.” Dr. Kuperman is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1986-93), Chair of the Technical Committee on Underwater Acoustics (1982-85), Chair of the Fall 2004 meeting in San Diego, Member of the ASA Executive Council, (1982-85),
and the Society’s President (2004-05). The Oceanography Society was founded in 1988 to disseminate knowl- edge of oceanography and its applica- tion through research and education, to promote communication among oceanographers, and to provide a con- stituency for consensus-building across
all the disciplines of the field.
ASA Awards presented at International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) was again privileged to present awards to six high school students dur- ing the 2011 Intel ISEF, held this year in Los Angeles, CA. The fair has been held since 1950 to simulate interest in scien- tific and engineering careers among high school students. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2011 by winning top prize at local, regional, state or national science fairs. This year’s fair featured more than 1500 entrants from 66 nations, including the United States, exhibiting projects cover- ing 14 technical disciplines.
Science project “Note to Self: A Transcriptional Study of Audio Files Using Fourier Transformation and New Applications.”
In addition Mr. Feldman was also awarded a Tuition Scholarship Award of $4,000 for original research in an important Naval-relevant scientific area and a trip to attend the London International Youth Forum from the Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps as well as a Distinguished Achievement Award and a trip to the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting from Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Ms. Gordge also received an Award of three $1000 US Savings Bonds, a certificate of achievement, and a gold medallion from the United States Army, the First Award of $1500 from the International Council on Systems Engineering as well as an award of $100 from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance/The Lemelson Foundation.
At the Grand Awards ceremony, Mr. Feldman received a Second Award of $1,500 in the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering division, and Mr. Slavnov and Mr. Shoshin received a Fourth Award of $500 in the Computer Science Division.
The ASA judging team included Dr. Steven A. Martin of Wyle Research and Consulting in El Segundo, CA, Dr. Roman Vinokur of ResMed Motor Technologies in Chatsworth CA, and the author of this report, who presented the ASA First and Second Awards at the Special Awards ceremony. The judges were impressed by the broad areas of research presented in finalists’ projects, by the mix of nations represented by the finalists and judges, and the high level of enthusiasm throughout the fair. The technical expertise demonstrated by the students in their projects was impressive.
The ISEF will be held in Pittsburgh in 2012 and in Phoenix in 2013 before returning to Los Angeles in 2014. Echoing the sentiment from Dr. A. B. Broderson, the ASA team leader from last year’s fair, we recommend that any ASA member asked to judge future fairs accept the invitation with enthusiasm.
Neil A. Shaw, Menlo Scientific Acoustics, Inc., Topanga, California
Grand Awards judges awarded prizes from $5000 to $500 to first through fourth place finishers in each of the 14 disciplines and Special Awards judges made awards on behalf of each of nearly 70 professional associations, including the ASA. In addition, scholar- ship awards are awarded by Intel and other organizations. ASA presents a First Award of $1,000 with the student’s school awarded $500 and the student’s mentor awarded $250; a Second Award of $500 with the student’s school award- ed $200 and the student’s mentor award- ed $100; and three non-cash Honorable Mention certificates. Each ASA award winner also received a free one-year membership to the Society. A complete listing of the finalist abstracts can be viewed at https://apps.societyforscience. org/abstracts/.
The First Award went to Andrew Beekman Feldman, 16, of Manalapan High School in Englishtown, NJ, for his Electrical and Mechanical Engineering project “Acoustic Imaging Using Optimized Beamforming Techniques.”
The Second Award went to Kelles Diane Gordge, 16, of Great Mills High School in Great Mills, MD, for her Engineering Materials and Bioengin- eering project “Critical Point of View: A System for in vivo Monitoring of Lung Sounds in Critical Care Patients.”
First Honorable Mention went to Constantin Slavnov, 17, and Ilya S. Shoshin, 18, of the Lyceum of Information Technologies in Moscow, Russia, for their Computer Science proj- ect “Sound Wave Prop-agation: 3D
Premises Model.” Second Honorable
Mention went to Alexander Nathan Finney, 16, of Covenant Christian Academy in Huntsville, A L f o r h i s Electrical and Mechanical Engin- eering project “Precision Location of Acoustic Sources.”
Third Honorable Mention went to Ryan Kyong-Doc Chung, 14, of Terre Haute South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, IN, for his Computer
Photo caption: Andrew Feldman (l), Neil Shaw (c), Kelles Gordge (r)
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