Acoustical Society of America
To generate, disseminate, and promote the knowledge and practical applications of acoustics.
NEXT MEETING
Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America
7-11 December 2020
ASA Update on Meetings
June 23, 2020
179th Meeting Goes Virtual
ASA will hold a fully virtual fall meeting in December that will include scientific sessions and administrative meetings. The technical sessions will occur between December 7 (Monday) and December 11 (Friday), 2020 (note date changes from the original schedule). Details of the meeting entitled “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere” can be found on the Meetings page.
Online Meetings Report for Spring, 2020
Throughout the spring global shutdown, ASA’s operations have continued undaunted. The Executive and Technical Councils have been meeting via teleconference and are very grateful to staff members who are supporting activities remotely.
The original spring meeting was replaced with nearly 50 administrative and business meetings held online. (See the schedule of the meetings held starting May 11, 2020). Important decisions related to future meetings were made by the Technical Council. A total of 60 special sessions are scheduled for the December 2020 meeting, and an additional 75 for the spring 2021 meeting in Seattle. Executive Council discussed future meetings and appointed a Virtual Technology Task Force. There were 12 Open Meetings of the Technical Committees online, with voting, that were quite successful (several meetings with over 90 participants).
A missing component in May was the Plenary Session that is open to the whole society. Our Plenary honors our awardees, introduces the new Fellows, and to provide updates about the status of the Society. In the spirit of the Plenary, the leadership recorded three videos that can be seen below.
Greetings and Update
President Victor Sparrow
May 2020
Message From
Vice President
Peggy Nelson
May 2020
Planning for the Future
President-Elect Diane Kewley Port
STRATEGIC PLAN 2019 -2022
Strategic Initiative A: Identification and Promotion of Emerging Scientific/Technical Areas
Strategic Initiative B: Better Engagement of Industry and Practitioners
Strategic Initiative C: Improved Communications and Public Relations
Strategic Initiative D: Member Engagement, Outside of Meetings
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Publications
The Acoustical Society of America publishes a wide variety of material related to the knowledge and practical application of acoustics for physical scientists, life scientists, engineers, psychologists, physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists.
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Meetings
The Society holds two meetings each year, most of which are held at various locations in the U.S. and Canada. At each meeting, invited and contributed papers and poster presentations, usually number between 850 and 1100, reflect the diversity and interests of the membership. ASA Meetings page …
Membership
Any person active in acoustics, who has an academic degree in acoustics or in a closely related field or who has had the equivalent of an academic degree in scientific or professional experience in acoustics, shall be eligible for election to Membership in the Society.
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