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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT
Physical Acoustics Technical Committee Biosketch
Dr. Joseph Gladden is Director of the National Center for Physical Acoustics, Group Leader for the Resonant Ultra- sound Spectroscopy lab, an Associate Pro- fessor of Physics at the University of Mis- sissippi (UM), and recently added the role of Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
for UM. He holds a PhD in Physics from the Pennsylvania State University (2003) with a focus area of Experimental Condensed Matter. His current research interests are criti- cal phenomena, soft matter physics, and structural health monitoring.
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Hahn, P., Leibacher, I., Lamprecht, A., Reichert, P., and Dual, J. (2015). Ex- perimental and numerical acoustofluidics in bulk acoustic wave devices at ETH Zurich. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 137, 2223. Avail- able at http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4920101.
Huang, P., Nama, N., Mao, Z., Li, P., Rufo, J., Chen, Y. , Xie, Y., Wei, C, Wang, L., and Huang, T. (2014). A reliable and programmable acoustofluidic pump powered by oscillating sharp-edge structures. Lab Chip 14, 4319- 4323. doi: 10.1039/C4LC00806E.
Shekhter, A., Ramshaw, B. J., Liang, R., Hardy, W. N., Bonn, D. A., Bala- kirev, F., McDonald, R. D., Betts, J. B. , Riggs, S. C., and Migliori, A. (2013) Bounding the pseudogap with a line of phase transitions in YBa2Cu3O6+δ. Nature 498, 75-77.
NEWS from the Acoustical Society Foundation Fund
For over 25 years, the ASA has supported student travel to meetings with grants to help defray travel expenses, most recently through the Acoustical Society Foun- dation Fund. Student participation at the meetings is consistently around 30% of the total registration—a welcome contribution to the spirited vitality and intel- lectual rigor of the meetings. Travel grants are awarded to every student applicant who applies, although the amount varies depending on the total number of ap- plicants.
Over the last six meetings, the Foundation has dis- persed over $85,000 in 326 grants to 472 students. For example, 94 students received travel assistance grants for travel to San Francisco in 2013, 98 to Pittsburgh 2015, and 81 to the recent Jacksonville meeting.
The Student Travel Grants program is administered by ASA’s Treasurer David Feit, who says: “This is one of the most effective and appreciated programs of the Foundation because it supports the next generation of acousticians and strengthens our Society.”
The program began in 1987 spurred by a suggestion from Bob Beyer, Treasurer at the time, and modeled after a starter program from the Georgia Chapter that covered expenses for a single carload of graduate stu- dents to attend the meeting in Nashville. Now, your gift to the Foundation can continue to expand the travel grants program and allow it to grow.
Carl Rosenberg
Chair, Acoustical Society Foundation Board
Mission of the Acoustical Society Foundation Board:
To support the mission of the ASA by developing financial resources for strategic initiatives and special purposes.
ASFF For more information, contact: Carl Rosenberg at crosenberg@acentech.com
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