The 2006 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 151st ASA Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, in June 2006. The project involved the design of a new municipal building, including a court room and a community hall. There were 14 entries submitted from 7 different schools. The panel of judges included: Gregory Clark (Cerami & Associates), Felicia Doggett (Metropolitan Acoustics), John Erdreich (Ostergaard Acoustical), Dana Hougland (Shen Milsom Wilke), Bill Porter (MIT), and Carl Rosenberg (Acentech).

The 2006 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 ($1250 prize):
* Hari Savitala, Anthony McCreery, and Arthur Van der Harten from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Paul Calamia and Ning Xiang)

Commendations in alphabetical order ($700 prize):
* Matthew Boyd and Daniel Valente from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Paul Calamia and Ning Xiang)

* Cynthia Carbonneau, Yick Lam Nicholas Chan, and David Clavey from McGill University (Faculty Advisor: Pierre Jampen)

* Andrew Miller and Lauren Ronsse from the University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Robert Coffeen)

* Elizabeth Ann Olson and Tyler Waldorf from the University of Kansas (Faculty Advisor: Robert Coffeen)

* Zuhre Su, Gordon Rubin and Jarrod Whittington from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisors: Paul Calamia and Ning Xiang)

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

The 2007 ASA Student Design Competition will be judged at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America which takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in June 2007. Information regarding the 2007 competition will be available in Fall 2006 by e-mail and on the Newman Fund webpage. Contact Bob Coffeen, Byron Harrison or Norm Phillipp for more information.

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