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Sound Perspectives
William J. Doebler
Address:
Graduate Program in Acoustics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA
Email:
wfd5057@psu.edu
Kali Burke
Address:
Department of Psychology University at Buffalo State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, New York 14260 USA
Email:
kaliburk@buffalo.edu
Student Council Chairs Shed Light on Student Affairs
Introductions
The chair of the Student Council is the most prestigious leadership role that a student can take on in the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). The ASA Student Council is charged with promoting the interests of student members of the Society, and the chair is an incredibly important part in achieving success on behalf of the student members of the ASA. We were able to interview both the outgoing and newly elected Student Council chairs, Trevor Jerome and Kieren Smith (Figure 1), who each have excellent insight, vision, and tips to share with current students and ASA members in general. First, some background on the two leaders.
An avid science fiction fan, Trevor remembers his first acoustically enveloping experience aboard a spacecraft command module during an overnight simulation mission with his 5th grade class at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center in Utah. He went on to earn his bachelor degree in physics with an acoustics emphasis from Brigham Young University (BYU; Provo, UT). Trevor is now wrapping up his PhD in acoustics from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU; University Park) where he researched structural vibration of fastened joints as a graduate research assistant in the PSU Applied Research Laboratory. After graduating, Trevor will start civilian employment at the US Naval Sea Systems Command-Carderock near Washington, DC.
Kieren was drawn to the field through her interest in music. As an undergraduate, she majored in audio engineering at BYU and decided to minor in physics and math after completing a musician noise-exposure project. She recently earned her master’s in architectural engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is just starting her PhD at Arizona State University (Tempe) working on augmented reality technology. Kieren’s strong and broad academic background exemplifies the interdisciplinary nature of the field of acoustics.
Both Trevor and Kieren saluted the roughly 150 Student Council members who preceded them and who established the Council as well as the Student Orien- tation, Student Socials, and Student Reception traditions that happen at every
ASA meeting.
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Tips from our Leaders
We asked Trevor and Kieren, "What tips do you have for new
and current ASA students?"
Figure 1: The Student Council chairs and the authors (left to right): Trevor Jerome, Kieren Smith, Will Doebler, and Kali Burke.
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