The 2005 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 149th ASA Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, in May 2005. The project involved planning and acoustic design for an urban mixed-use development containing a repertory theatre company . There were 7 entries submitted from 4 different schools. The panel of judges included: Alexis Kurtz (Arup Acoustics, New York City), Tony Hoover (Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, Boston), Michael Yantis (Michael R. Yantis Associates, Seattle), Gregory Miller (Talaske, Oak Park, Illinois), Richard Schick (Schick Shiner & Associates, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia), and Bing Thom (Bing Thom Architects, Vancouver).

The 2005 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.

First Honors ($1000 prize):
* Lauren Ronsse and Andy Miller from the University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Robert Coffeen)

Click here for a PDF version of the winning entry

Commendations in alphabetical order ($500 prize):
* Shawn Henry and Matt Gronniger from the University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Robert Coffeen)

* Ana Jaramillo, Nozomu Kamiya, and Bobby Gibbs from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Mendel Kleiner and Ning Xiang)

* Courtney McGinnes, David So, and Ken Andria from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Mendel Kleiner and Ning Xiang)

* Mark Wilcox and Doug Wilcox from University of Hartford (Faculty Advisor: Robert Celmer)

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

The 2006 ASA Student Design Competition will be judged at the 151th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America which takes place in Providence, Rhode Island in June 2006. Information regarding the 2006 competition will be available early in Fall 2005 by e-mail and on the Newman Fund webpage. Contact Bob Coffeen, Byron Harrison or Norm Phillipp for more information.

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