Special Edition Newsletter released

The Newman Fund recently produced a Special Edition Newsletter, acknowledging and honoring Mary Newman (Robert Newman’s widow) who recently passed away and had been a strong supporter of the fund.  The newsletter also announces the kick-off of a 5-year fundraising campaign, aimed at ensuring the Fund’s future.  Will you please consider making an individual donation or corporate donation to the Newman Fund this year, and perhaps committing to doing so for at least the next 5 years?

You can donate through the PayPal link found on our ‘Sponsors’ page or send your contribution to the address below.  Thank you for your consideration and support!

The Robert Bradford Newman Student Award Fund
c/o Acoustical Society of America
1305 Walt Whitman Rd, Suite 300
Melville, NY 11747-4300

Davis and Huey from University of Kansas receive 2017 Newman Medals

Congratulations to Abigail Davis and Michelle Huey from the University of Kansas! They have been awarded 2017 Newman Student Award Medals.  Davis is being honored for her work on “Acoustical Performance of a Completely Renovated Recital Hall From Subjective and Objective Points-Of-View”, and Huey is being honored for her work on “Comparison of Interior Noise Levels Produced by Rain Impinging on Several Commercial Roof Constructions”.  Both students have been nominated by Prof. Robert Coffeen.

2017 Acoustical Society of America Student Design Competition Announced

The announcement for the 2017 Acoustical Society of America Student Design Competition has been released.  The competition involves the design of a multi-purpose facility with auditorium and rehearsal room at a small university located in a densely populated urban setting.  This year the competition allows posters to include a digital code (e.g. a QR code) for the inclusion of supplementary material.  Teams must register by May 1, 2017, and final entries that are not hand-delivered at the conference must be received by June 19, 2017.  More information can be found here.

Winners of the 2016 Student Design Competition announced

The results of the 2016 Student Design Competition have been announced! Congratulations to Alexandra Backstrom, Rakel Norberg, and Alexander Sandercock from Chalmers University of Technology (Faculty Advisors: Prof. Wolfgang Kropp and Prof. Morten Lund), recipients of the First Honors prize sponsored by the Wenger Foundation! Please see the corresponding webpage for a list of other commendation awardees and more details. Thanks to all who participated!