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 145th ASA conference in Nashville, TN, April 2003. The project involved preparing the schematic design for an education building at a college of moderate size, containing lecture halls, classrooms and assorted support spaces. There were 16 entries submitted from 9 different schools. The panel of judges included: Russ Berger (Russ Berger Design Group), David Conant (McKay Conant Brook), Brian Kubicki (Acoustical Design Group), Ed Logsdon (David L. Adams Associates), Robert Traub (Russ Berger Design Group), and Red Wetherill (Shen Milsom Wilke/Paoletti). The 2003 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: Conant, Logsdon, Wetherill, Traub, Berger and Kubicki.

First Honors ($1000 prize):
* Brandon Campbell, University of Arizona (Faculty Advisor: William Bickel)

Commendations ($500 prize):
* Bill Elliott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Faculty Advisor: Bill Hubbard)


* David Fannon, Nicole Campbell and Weifang Wang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Yasushi Shimizu and Rendell Torres)


* Robert Lee, University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Bob Coffeen)


* Geoffrey Sparks, Matthew Hall and Joshua Bonati, Johns Hopkins University (Faculty Advisor: Neil Thompson Shade).

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

The 2004 ASA/NCAC Student Design Competition will be judged at the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America which takes place in New York City from May 24-28, 2004. Information regarding the 2004 competition will be available early in the fall by e-mail and on the Newman Fund webpage. Contact Bob Coffeen, Lily Wang, or Robin Glosemeyer for more information.

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