The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics (TCAA) and National Council of Acoustical Consultants (NCAC) hosted a student design competition, judged at the 143rd ASA conference in Pittsburgh, June 2002. There were 10 posters submitted from 5 different schools. This year's panel of judges included: Felicia Doggett (Metropolitan Acoustics), Ron Freiheit (Wenger Corporation), Jim Johnson (Wrightson Johnson Haddon and Williams), Jim Pappas (Tasso Katselas Associates), and Carl Rosenberg (Acentech). The 2002 Awards have been funded entirely by a grant from the Wenger Foundation through the ASA's Newman Student Award Fund. Wenger has generously agreed to fund the awards annually in memory of the firm's founder, Harry Wenger, who was a long-time friend of education in music and in architectural acoustics.

The judges in this year's competition... from left: Freiheit, Rosenberg, Pappas, Johnson, and Doggett

First Honors ($1000 prize):
* William Chu and Dana Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Chris Jaffe, Yasushi Shimizu, and Rendell Torres)

Pictured from left: Torres, Shimizu, Jaffe, Chu, and competition organizers Bob Coffeen and Robin Glosemeyer

Commendations ($500 prize):
* Bridget Bednarczyk, University of Florida - Gainesville (Faculty Advisor: Gary Siebein)


* Phyllis Henderson, University of Florida - Gainesville (Faculty Advisor: Gary Siebein)


* Kevin Kane and Iraklis Lampropoulos, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Chris Jaffe, Yasushi Shimizu, and Rendell Torres)


* Rob Lee and Mike Oliva, University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Bob Coffeen)

Congratulations to the winners! And thanks to all those who participated in this year's competition!

The 2003 ASA/NCAC Student Design Competition will be judged at the 145th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America which takes place in Nashville, Tennessee from April 28 through May 2, 2003. Information regarding the 2003 competition will be available early in fall 2002 by e-mail. Contact Bob Coffeen or Lily Wang.

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