Volume 4, Number 1, March, 1996 - Noise News International

PeopleGold Medal KamerlinghOnnes Award Goes toRaymond Cohen and the RayW. Herrick LaboratoriesIn August, at the InternationalInstitute ofRefrigeration Congressin dan Haag,Netherlands, the DutchAssociation of Refrigeration(NVvK)awarded the GoldenRaymond Cohen Kamerlingh OnnesAward to The Ray W.Herrick Laboratories of Purdue University,West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, recognizingas a prominent contributor,Professor Raymond Cohen. ProfessorCohen served as the president ofINCElUSA in 1990. The award was presented...in consideration of the scientificcontributions in connection with compressortechnology and specifically of theachievements in improving intemationalexchange of information by establishingand extending the Purdue compressortechnology/engineering conferences.This is the thirteenth award of the Kamerlinghgold medal in the 45 years since itsinception and the fourth time it has beenawarded to a recipient from the UnitedStates.In the presentation speech, Dr. SimonTauber cited the work done at the HerrickLabs to simulate compression processesin reciprocating and rotary compressors.He referred to the Labs as "an internationallyrecognized nucleus of knowledge inthe field of reciprocating and rotatingcompressors."Professor Cohen accepted the awardon behalf of his colleagues. The framedcertificate which accompanied the awardis now hanging in the Hudelson conferenceroom at the Herrick Labs.Greg Moebs Receives FirstINCE UndergraduateEducation Award.INCEIUSA has developed an [NeE UndergraduateAward program in which allmembers of INCE who are teaching inPictured left to right are Professor Robert J.Bernhard, Greg Moebs, and ProfessorStuart Bolton ofthe Ray W HerrickLaboratories ofthe School ofMechanicalEngineering at Purdue University.universities can participate. The award isa local award; that is, it can be given at auniversity to an engineering student whohas done well in a particular course relatedto noise control, written an outstandingpaper, or who has doneexemplary work on a special project. Theaward consists of a special plaque with anengraved plate and a three-year studentassociateship in INCEIUSA. Any memberof INCEIUSA who is teaching in auniversity may give up to three awardsper year, with a maximum of six awardsper year at anyone institution.In 1995, Greg Moebs of Purdue Universityreceived the first award. Duringhis undergraduate studies, he tookcoursework in noise control, engineeringacoustics, mechanical vibration, and aspecial topics class on signal processing.He is currently engaged in graduatestudy on the acoustical imaging of noisesources with Professors Stuart Bolton andPatricia Davis.Berry Joins StaH atCavanaugh Tocci AssociatesGregory Tocci, President of CavanaughTocci Associates, Inc. CTA), of Sudbury,Massachusetts, USA announced that LincolnBerry has joined the eTA staff as afull-time consultant. Line holds a Bachelorof Science in Interior Architecture andBachelor of Fine Arts degrees from theRhode Island School of Design (RISD) inProvidence, RI. As a RISD senior, Linewas awarded the Robert Bradford NewmanStudent Medal for excellence in thestudy of architectural acoustics. Line hasbeen teaching acoustics and lighting atthe Boston Architectural Center Schoolof architecture and interior design since1992, during which time he has assistedCTA on a part-time basis.Line brings a diverse, multidisciplinarybackground in architectural technologiesto the CTA consulting staff anda long-time enthusiasm for architecturalacoustics and electro-acoustic systems.Seven Medals Awarded toStudents During 1995In 1995, the tenth year of the RobertBradford Newman Student Award Medalprogram, seven students were selected toreceive the medal "For Merit in ArchitecturalAcoustics." One of this year'srecipientsattends the University of Cambridge,United Kingdom, an architectural schoolnot previously represented on the awardslist. The following is a list of the recipientsof medals and their projects:Steven B. Afrin, Clemson University,Guidelines for Use of Variable AcousticsFeatures in a Performing Center Auditorium.Charles Douglas Chervek, Iowa StateUniversity, Acoustical Analysis and Recommendationsof the First United MethodistChurch, Urbandale, Iowa.Brian G. Harmon, University of Kansas,Sound Advice for the Prediction andReduction of Restroom Fan Noise.Bruce Dean Horgan, Oklahoma StateUniversity, Stillwater High School PerformingArts Center.Jian Kang, University of Cambridge,England, Acoustics in Long Enclosures.John Scott Kidwell, University ofFlorida, Subjective and Objective Comparisonof Acoustical Modeling and FullSize Rooms.Mitchell Eric Spolan, University ofFlorida, Design of Program for Computer-controlled,Acoustical Modeling ofa Variable Acoustics Chamber.46NoiselNews International1996 March