The 2004 Student Design Competition, sponsored by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics (TCAA) and the Newman Student Award Fund, was judged at the 147th ASA Meeting in New York City, New York in May 2004. The project involved preparing the schematic design for a music pavilion to serve as a city orchestra's summer home and assorted support spaces. There were 16 entries submitted from 7 different schools. The panel of judges included: Joshua Dachs (Fisher Dachs Associates), Byron Harrison (The Talaske Group), Tony Hoover (Cavanaugh Tocci Associates), Dana Hougland (Shen Milsom Wilke), Joseph Myers (Kirkegaard Associates), and Mark Reber (Jaffe Holden Acoustics).

The 2004 Awards have been funded 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.

Photos of some of the judges at work... (from left: Harrison, Hoover and Myers)

First Honors ($1000 prize):
* Molly K. Norris, Julie Byrne and Rebecca Simkins; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisor: Rendell Torres)

Commendations in alphabetical order ($500 prize):
* Michael Bono and Michael Colburn; University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Bob Coffeen)


* Erica Bowden and David Bradley; University of Nebraska (Faculty Advisor: Lily Wang)


* Kevin Krudwig, Sebastian Otero and Evelyn Way; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisor: Rendell Torres)


* Jacob Mueller, Jonah Sacks and Andrew Eckel; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Rendell Torres and Mendel Kleiner)

* Michelle Vigeant, University of Nebraska (Faculty Advisor: Lily Wang)

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

The 2005 ASA Student Design Competition will be judged at the 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America which takes place in Vancouver, Canada in May 16-20, 2005. Information regarding the 2004 competition will be available early in the fall by e-mail and on the Newman Fund webpage. Contact Bob Coffeen, Robin Glosemeyer or Byron Harrison for more information.

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