The 2018 Student Design Competition was judged at the 175th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.  The competition is made possible by the support and efforts of the Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics and National Council of Acoustical Consultants, and awards are made possible through the Wenger Foundation’s support of the Newman Student Award Fund.  The project involved the design of a new municipal building housing a community hall and a courtroom.  Design emphasis was to be placed on room acoustics for the multi-purpose community hall and the court room.

Many thanks are extended to our judges who contributed several hours of their time and expertise to the competition.  The judging panel consisted of David Braslau (Braslau Associates), Dana Hougland (SM&W), John Culligan (The Cuningham Group), Dan Deveau (The Cuningham Group), and Shane Kanter (Threshold Acoustics).

And the winners are…

First Honors (Wenger Award $1250 prize)

• Ruoxi Jia, Wei-hsuan Wang, and Jingqiu Zhang; Yale University (Faculty Advisor: Damian Doria)

Commendations in no particular order ($700 prize):

• Hasan Busri, Deni Nur Fauzi, and Nafiah Salsabila; Sepuluh Nopember Institut of Technology (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Dhany Arifianto)
• Jonas Carlsson, Lina Zachrisson, and Lucas Heidemann; Chalmers Institute of Technology (Faculty Advisors: Profs. Wolfgang Kropp and Morten Lund)
• Jonathan Kawasaki, Chris Landschoot, and Jacob Laird; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Faculty Advisor: Todd Brooks)
• Lydia Winninge, Clara Havstrom, and Anand Kelkar; Chalmers Institute of Technology (Faculty Advisors: Profs. Wolfgang Kropp and Morten Lund)

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