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Acoustical News
Elaine Moran
Acoustical Society of America Melville, New York 11747
Whiting School at Johns Hopkins. In 2009, she received a National Science Foundation early CAREER award. Dr. Elhilali is a member of the Acoustical Society of America
Office of Naval Research young investigators are college and university faculty who have attained tenure-track positions in the past five years. The purpose of the awards is to fund early- career academic researchers whose sci- entific pursuits show exceptional promise for supporting the Navy and Marine Corps while also promoting their professional development. The program began in 1985 and has grown steadily to include a total of 579 recipi- ents who represent 120 institutions of higher education.
Eric Wood named President of INCE/USA
Eric J. W. Wood, director of Acentech’s Noise and Vibration Group, has been named president of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE/USA). Mr. Wood has served INCE/USA as a vice presi- dent and board member. He also serves as president of the INCE Foundation
At Acentech, Mr. Wood directs and provides technical contributions to
engineering and environmental projects related primarily to the measurement, evaluation, and control of noise and vibration during the design, construc- tion, and operation of major energy sys- tems and transportation and industrial facilities. Acentech Inc. is a multi-disci- plinary acoustics, audiovisual systems design, and vibration consulting firm providing a wide range of services. The company serves a diverse group of clients from its offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Trevose, Pennsylvania; and Westlake Village, California.
Eric Wood received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hartford, with additional study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Northeastern University. He is widely published in the noise and vibration control field and has presented at numerous confer- ences and seminars. He is co-author of the recent book Sound Ideas: Acoustical Consulting at BBN and Acentech.
In addition to his involvement with INCE/USA, Mr. Wood is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and a member of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.
The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE/USA) is a non-profit professional organiza- tion with the mission to promote engi- neering solutions to environmental, product, machinery, industrial and other noise problems. The Institute publishes the Noise Control Engineering Journal (NCEJ) and spon- sors the NOISE-CON series of national conferences. INCE/USA is a member society of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), an international consortium of organi- zations with interests in acoustics and noise control. INCE/USA together with I-INCE publish Noise/News International for practicing noise and vibration control engineers worldwide.
Johns Hopkins engineer wins U.S. Navy’s 2012 Young Investigator Research Award
Mounya Elhilali, assistant profes- sor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, was among 26 scholars nationwide selected to share in $13.7 million in research funding through the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program. The award will fund Elhilali’s project, “Active Listening: Closing the loop between sensation, perception and behavior,” research poised to tackle one of the major unsolved problems in neu- roscience: how our brains are able to effortlessly recognize sounds.
Dr. Elhilali earned her bachelor’s degree in software engineering from Al Akhawayn University in Morocco in 1998. She went on to receive her mas- ter’s degree and doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, in 2003 and 2004 respectively. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland from 2005 to 2007. In 2008, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the
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