Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
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INCE UpdateCongratulationsto those whowere awardedprizes atNOISE-CON 08.INCE/USAMartin Hirschorn IAC Prize to beAwarded in 2008For 2008, the $5000 Martin Hirschorn IAC Prizewill be awarded “For the best paper on new and/or improved cost-effective noise control and/oracoustical conditioning products as published inthe two years preceding the award.” All paperspublished in <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering Journalin the years 2006-<strong>2007</strong> will automatically beconsidered for the award. Authors who publishedpapers elsewhere may also have their paperconsidered for the award. Submissions should besent to IBO@inceusa.org. The papers must be inPortable Document Format (PDF), and must bereceived by March <strong>15</strong>, 2008.Michael Yang, George Lesieutre,Stephen Hambric, and Gary Koopmanare awarded the 2006 MartinHirschorn IAC Prizebetween the four authors. The award was presentedby INCE/USA president Paul Donavan at the NOISE-CON 07 awards ceremony on October 24 in Reno,Nevada. The paper was published in <strong>Noise</strong> ControlEngineering Journal, 53, 5-13, 2005.INCE Foundation Makes anOutstanding Paper AwardThe Board of Directors of the INCE Foundationapproved an award of $2500 for an outstandingpaper published in <strong>Noise</strong> Control EngineeringJournal for the years 2004 and 2005. The timeperiod was selected to be in conformance with the2006 Martin Hirschorn IAC award. The winningpaper was “Design of a jagged-edge noise barrier:Numerical and experimental study” by PenèlopeMenounou and Jeong Ho You. The paper waspublished in <strong>Noise</strong> Control Engineering Journal,52(5) 210-224, 2005. The award was announcedduring the awards ceremony at NOISE-CON 07 onOctober 24.Five Students are Awarded prizesin the <strong>2007</strong> Student Paper PrizeCompetitionFive students from five universities were awarded$1000 prizes in the <strong>2007</strong> Student Paper PrizeCompetition. The prizes were awarded at theNOISE-CON 07 conference on October 24. Theawards were presented by Paul Donavan, INCE/USA president.Steve Hambric (right) accepts the 2006 MartinHirschorn IAC Prize on behalf of the four authors.In even-numbered years, the $5000 Martin HirschornIAC Prize is given for “The best paper on newand/or improved cost effective noise control and/oracoustical conditioning products as published in thetwo years preceding the award.”The award was given for the paper “Developmentof a design curve for Particle Impact Dampers”which was authored by Michael Y. Yang, GeorgeA. Lesieutre, Steven A. Hambric, and Gary H.Koopman. The $5000 prize will be shared equallyConnor Duke, right, Brigham Young University,for “Optimization of control source locations in afree-field active noise control application using agenetic algorithm.”<strong>15</strong>8 www.inceusa.org • www.noisenewsinternational.net • www.i-ince.org <strong>2007</strong> <strong>December</strong>