Congratulations to Graham Shaw from London South Bank University! He has been awarded a 2012 Newman Student Award Medal, for his work on studying the Schultz Equation, as nominated by Dr. Stephen Dance.
Blinn from Roger Williams University receives 2012 Newman Medal
Congratulations to Nathan Blinn from Roger Williams University School of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation! He has been awarded a 2012 Newman Student Award Medal, for his work on producing acoustical models of the Roger Williams Performing Arts Center, as nominated by Professor Jeffrey L. Staats.
2013 Student Design Competition Announcement
The announcement of the 2013 ASA Student Design Competition (last modified January 17, 2012), co-sponsored by the Newman Student Award Fund, has been released! The 2013 design competition involves the design of a college performance hall and related facilities primarily for the school’s strong opera program. Students intending to enter the competition must register by sending an email to Norman Philipp (nphilipp@pittstate.edu) on or before April 8, 2013. More information may be found in the full announcement.
Om and Nava from University of Oklahoma receive 2012 Newman Medals
To take advantage of our new website’s blogging ability, we will begin posting news of students who receive the Newman Medals, as that is announced throughout the year.
Other students have received the Newman Medals in 2012 already, but the newest recipients are Lisa Om and Ana Ruiz Nava from the University of Oklahoma, as nominated by faculty member Daniel Butko, for their project “Acoustical Research and Design in Mixed-Use Urban Environments”. Congratulations, Ana and Lisa!
Nava and Om with Prof. Daniel Butko
Schultz Grant deliverables posted
The Newman Fund is pleased to offer PDF versions of two previous Schultz Grant projects: the 2000 Architectural Acoustics Workbook by David Egan, and the 2011 Electronic Sound System Design by Neil Thompson Shade. We are working on obtaining electronic versions of all Schultz Grant projects, so that they may be made available through this website. Stay tuned!
2011 Newman Student Awards Listed
The list of recipients who have received Newman Student Awards has been updated with the 2011 awardees! We encourage all schools that teach architectural acoustics to consider nominating recipients for the 2012 awards.
2012 Student Design Competition Results
Results of the 2012 Student Design Competition are now posted on our website!
2011 Newman Fund Newsletter now available
The 2011 Newman Fund Newsletter is now available on our website!
2012 Student Design Competition Announcement
The 2012 Student Design Competition involves the acoustic design of a mixed use building planned for the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, to include offices on the lower floors, luxury hotel rooms in the middle floors, and a nightclub on the top floor. Entries will be judged at the upcoming Acoustical Society of America conference in Hong Kong, May 13-18, 2012. Student teams interested in participating should register by sending an email to the competition organizers by April 19, 2012. Please click here to download the full announcement.
25th Anniversary of the Newman Fund Special Session
At the ASA meeting last spring in Seattle, a special session in honor of the Newman Fund’s 25th Anniversary was held. The article from the ASA’s Echoes newsletter covering this event has been uploaded under the ‘About Us’ tab.