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Elaine Moran Acoustical Society of America Melville, New York 11747

Applied Science. Miller joined the Engineers in 1998, and a Fellow of the Washington University faculty in 1970 American Institute of Medical and as assistant professor of physics. Since Biological Engineering in 2000. the early 1970s, he has led a team of In 2004, the Acoustical Society of investigators who have focused on America awarded Miller the Silver using to determine the Medal in Biomedical Ultrasound/ physics of normal and diseased hearts. Bioresponse to Vibration “for contribu- Professor Miller’s research tions to ultrasonic tissue characteriza- focuses on the physics of anisotropic, tion and quantitative echocardiogra- inherently inhomogeneous media. phy.” Among other honors, Miller was These systematic studies of the the recipient of two Industrial Research anisotropic properties of the heart have and Development IR-100 awards and led to fundamentally new insights. In served as a Sigma Xi National Lecturer. 1998 the National Institutes of Health Miller has been a mentor to 32 doctoral grant supporting this research was and post-doctoral students in ultrasonic James G. Miller awarded MERIT status, which is physics, many of whom have gone on to James G. Miller receives designed to “provide long-term, stable prominent careers. He received the Achievement Award support to investigators whose research Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award James G. Miller has been named competence and productivity are dis- from the Emerson Electric Co. in 2004. the recipient of the Achievement tinctly superior, and who are likely to In addition, over the last three decades Award of the IEEE Ultrasonics, continue to perform in an outstanding Miller has guided cardiology fellows Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control manner.” This research has provided from the Washington University School Society “for his outstanding contribu- the basis for significantly improved of Medicine through the physics under- tions to ultrasonic tissue characteriza- diagnostic images of the hearts of pinning echocardiography. Each spring, tion and echocardiography.” The patients and has been incorporated Miller teaches a widely acclaimed award was presented during the IEEE's into commercially available echocar- undergraduate course titled “Physics of International Ultrasonics Symposium, diographic imagers in widespread use the Heart,” for which he received the held October 3-6, 2006, in Vancouver, throughout the world. Current investi- Council of Students of Arts and Sciences British Columbia. gations include studies of heart and Teaching Award in 1990. The Achievement Award is the bone as well as the physics underlying highest Society-wide award presented nonlinear ultrasonic propagation and James E. West awarded honorary to a member of the IEEE Ultrasonics, the consequences on generalized dis- degree by Michigan State University Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control persion relations of requirements of James E. West, a research professor Society in special recognition of out- causality. of electrical and computer engineering standing contributions. Selection crite- Miller received a B.A. in physics at Johns Hopkins University, was ria include significant technical publi- from Saint Louis University and M.A. awarded an Honorary Doctors Degree cations in the field of ultrasonics, ferro- and Ph.D. degrees in physics from in Engineering from Michigan State electrics, or frequency control, as well Washington University in St. Louis. He University on December 9, 2006. He as contributions to these technical is the author of more than 165 manu- was cited for his invention, with fields, and service to the Society. The scripts in critically reviewed journals; Gerhard Sessler, of the electret micro- award consists of an honorarium of more than 95 chapters in books, review phone, for his creation of programs $2,000, a plaque and a certificate. articles and conference proceedings; that encourage minorities and women James G. Miller is the Albert and more than 205 abstracts of talks to consider technology careers, and for Gordon Hill Professor of Physics and presented at national and international the development of the Cooperative director of the Laboratory for meetings. Research Fellowship Program for Ultrasonics in the Department of James Miller was named a Fellow minority doctoral students at Bell Labs. Physics in Arts and Sciences. He also of the American Institute of More than 250 doctorates were award- holds joint appointments as professor Ultrasound in Medicine in 1986, a ed to underrepresented minorities of medicine in the School of Medicine Fellow of the Acoustical Society of through his program. and professor of biomedical engineer- America in 1990, a Fellow of the During his 40-year career, West ing in the School of Engineering and Institute for Electrical and Electronic has earned more than 200 U.S. and for-

44 Today, January 2007 James E. West Lily Wang Kenneth Telschow eign patents, and has written or con- very pleased with her abilities and the of Massachusetts—Amherst (1974- tributed to more than 100 technical direction she is taking them.” 1976) and was adjunct professor in papers and several books on acoustics Lily Wang is a Fellow of the physics at UCLA (1973-1974). and the science of electrets. Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Dr. Telschow’s background and West graduated from Temple and currently serves as the Chair of the interests are in the fields of acoustic University with a degree in physics. He Technical Committee on Architectural and ultrasonic properties of is a fellow of many organizations, Acoustics and Chair of the Tutorials microstructures of the solid state, con- including the Acoustical Society of Committee. She is a member of the densed matter and quantum liquids. America, the Institute of Electrical and Committee on Women in Acoustics, Dr. Telschow’s work has led to the pub- Electronics Engineers, and is a member and the Robert Bradford Newman lication of more than 100 articles in of the National Academy of Award Advisory Committee. She was journals and conference proceedings. Engineering. He was inducted into the the 1998-99 F. V. Hunt Postdoctoral National Inventors Hall of Fame in Research Fellow of the ASA and was John Ohala awarded Medal for 1999 for the invention of the electret awarded the R. Bruce Lindsay Award in Scientific Achievement microphone. 2005 “for contributions to room and John Ohala, Professor Emeritus, James West has served the .” Department of Linguistics, member of Acoustical Society of America in many ASA since 1967, ASA Fellow 1995, was roles since becoming a member in 1962 Kenneth Telschow honored for awarded the International Speech including President, ASA Cochair of patent inventions Communication Association (ISCA) the First Pan American Meeting on Kenneth Telschow, consulting sci- Medal for Scientific Achievement at its Acoustics in 2002, and as member and entist at the Idaho National Laboratory, annual meeting held this year in chair of numerous ASA committees. was one of 117 inventors recognized for Pittsburgh, PA, 17-22 October. This He was awarded the ASA’s Silver Medal receiving 61 patents at the 11th Annual medal, the 12th such awarded since in Engineering Acoustics in 1995 and Honors Banquet held by the U.S. 1988, recognizes cumulative scientific its Gold Medal in 2006. Department of Energy’s Idaho National contributions to the field of speech Laboratory on 1 December 2006. He Lily Wang receives education award was one of 4 inventors honored for Lily Wang, assistant professor of generating 10 patents and was cited architectural engineering at the “for work in characterization of materi- University of Nebraska—Lincoln als using acoustic microscopy.” (UNL), received the UNL Excellence in Dr. Telschow is a member of the Graduate Education Award in 2006. Acoustical Society of America. He Ellen Weissinger, executive associate received his Ph.D. degree in physics dean for Graduate Studies, presented the from UCLA in 1973 and has worked at award and said, “Dr. Wang’s advising and the Idaho National Laboratory from mentoring efforts and abilities are best 1984 to the present. left to student letters but words like Previously, he taught physics at ‘enthusiasm,’ ‘listens carefully to ideas,’ Southern Illinois University at ‘shares my excitement,’ ‘encourages stu- Carbondale as a tenured associate pro- dents to broaden their horizons,’ ‘intelli- fessor (1981-1984) and as an assistant gent,’ ‘talented,’ and ‘energetic’ show up professor (1976-1981). He also did repeatedly. Obviously her students are postdoctoral research at the University John Ohala

National News 45 communication. His research is cen- tered in experimental phonology and phonetics and ethological aspects of communication, including speech per- ception, sound change, phonetic and phonological universals, psychological aspects of phonology, and sound sym- bolism. Professor Hiroya Fujisaki (University of Tokyo), who introduced Ohala at the opening plenary session of ISCA’s annual meeting, “Interspeech 2006,” noted that Ohala’s “works inte- grate physical phonetics and psycholin- guistics into phonology, and also inte- grates [a] more empirically-based Carolyn Richie Tomlinson Holman phonology into applied domains such Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences eXperiment) Sound System in 1983 to as man-machine communication. from Indiana University— ensure that the soundtrack for the third What makes [Ohala] an extraordinary Bloomington. Her research interests Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, scholar is the uniqueness of his ideas include audio-visual speech percep- would be accurately reproduced in the and approaches which go far beyond tion, and the development of comput- best venues. He also developed the the conventional limits of linguistics er-based training programs to facilitate Home THX and the THX Digital and phonology.” speech recognition for adults with Mastering program leading to several Following the award presentation, hearing loss. She has recently become a widely cited U.S. patents. THX is a Professor Ohala presented a lecture member of the Acoustical Society of baseline set of standards designed to entitled “What a Study of Sound Can America Women in Acoustics dramatically improve an audience's Tell Us About Human Speech Committee. cinema experience by eliminating Perception (and Suggest About background , enhancing image Machine Recognition).” Tomlinson Holman awarded the quality and projection, improving Previous recipients of the ISCA IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer room acoustics and utilizing THX- Medal have included Gunnar Fant Electronics Award approved equipment for optimal sound (1989), Jim Flanagan (1991), Adrian The IEEE has named Tomlinson reproduction. To date, over 4,000 audi- Fourcin (1991), Ken Stevens (1995), Holman the recipient of its 2007 toriums have undergone the rigorous Mario Rossi (1997), Fred Jelinek Masaru Ibuka Award, recognizing his approval process necessary for certifi- (1999), Louis Pols (2001), Ilse Lehiste significant contribution to the develop- cation by the Lucasfilm THX division. (2002), (2003), Manfred ment of advanced audio and cinema In 2001, Holman was awarded a Schroeder (2004), and Graeme Clark multichannel playback systems, the Technical Achievement Award from (2005). current gold standard in television and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts cinema broadcasting. His work played and Sciences for his work on THX. Carolyn Richie awarded an ASHA an integral part in establishing the The author of three books, 27 referred Research Grant for New home theater product category in con- journal papers and over 140 magazine Investigators sumer electronics, enabling consumers articles, he currently serves as presi- Carolyn Richie, Assistant to experience theater-like sound in the dent and co-founder of the entertain- Professor in Communication comfort of their own homes. ment technology company TMH Disorders program at Butler University Sponsored by the Masaru Ibuka Fund, Corp., where he oversees development in Indianapolis, IN, was awarded a the award recognizes outstanding con- and design of new products in addition Research Grant for New Investigators tributions in the field of consumer to consulting and writing. Holman by the American Speech-Language- electronics technology. It was present- continues to develop systems and Hearing Association for “The ed at the IEEE's International inventions with TMH Corporation for Contribution of Visual Cues of Vowels Conference on Consumer Electronics professional and home audio, including and Consonants to Speech Recognition at the Las Vegas Convention Center MicroTheater®, and with Audyssey by Listeners with Hearing Loss.” on 13 January 2007. Laboratories in auto-equalization sys- Carolyn Richie obtained a B.A. in During his 15-year tenure as chief tems. He holds seven U.S. and 23 for- Linguistics and Psychology from the engineer of post-production and later eign patents. University of Western Ontario, M.Sc. corporate technical director for In addition to his continued con- in Speech and Language Processing Lucasfilm Ltd., Holman developed the tribution to his professional field, from the University of Edinburgh, and THX (Tomlinson Holman Holman is currently a professor at the

46 Acoustics Today, January 2007 Feri Farassat Francesco Lanza di Salea Benjamin Munson

University of Southern California's and Ivan Bartoli, student, “Built-in Distinguished McKnight University School of Cinematic Arts and Viterbi System for the Structural Health Professorship from the University of School of Engineering in Los Angeles. Monitoring of Adhesively-bonded Minnesota. The Distinguished A senior member of IEEE, he is a Components in Aerospace Structures” McKnight Professorship recognizes Fellow of the Audio Engineering has been named the recipient of the outstanding mid-career faculty mem- Society, the British Kinematograph ASNT Fellowship in 2006. ASNT bers who have recently achieved full Sound and Television Society and the Fellowship is a cash award, currently professor status for their scholarly Society of Motion Picture and up to $15,000, granted to an education- achievements; the potential for greater Television Engineers and a member of al institution accredited by ABET or its attainment in their field; the extent to the Acoustical Society of America. equivalent to fund specific research in which their achievements have The IEEE (Institute of Electrical Nondestructive Testing at the post- brought distinction to the University; and Electronics Engineers, Inc.), the graduate level (MS or PhD). the quality of their teaching and advis- world’s largest technical professional Dr. Lanza di Scalea is Associate ing; and their contributions to the society, publishes 30 percent of the Professor in the Department of wider community. Recipients hold the world's literature in the electrical and Structural Engineering, Jacobs School title Distinguished McKnight electronics engineering and computer of Engineering, University of Professor for as long as they remain at science fields, and has developed more California, San Diego. He received an the University. The award includes than 900 active industry standards. M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from three years of research support. Michigan State University and a Ph.D. Dr. Munson also received the Ferri Farassat honored by the in Mechanical Engineering, University Arthur “Red” Motley Award for American Institute of Aeronautics of Palermo, Italy. Exemplary Teaching in 2006. The pur- and Astronautics (AIAA) His awards include ASNT Faculty pose of the award is to recognize fac- Feri Farassat, NASA Langley Grant Award (2003), ASNT Research ulty who are outstanding teachers of Research Center, was elected a Fellow Fellowship Award (2002), UCSD graduate and undergraduate students of the AIAA in 2006. The distinction Hellman Faculty Fellow (2000 and in the College of Liberal Arts. Each of “Fellow” is bestowed by AIAA and 2002), Fulbright Scholar (1995), Italian award carries a stipend of $5,000; at its board of directors to members who Department of New Technology, least one award is given annually. It have made notable and valuable contri- Energy and Environment Award acknowledges tenured or tenure-track butions to the arts, sciences, or technol- (1993), COMETT European Union faculty who inspire and care, who ogy thereof in aeronautics or astronau- award (1993). He is a member of the make themselves approachable, who tics. The AIAA advances the state of Acoustical Society of America, show an interest in individual stu- aerospace science, engineering, and American Society for Nondestructive dents’ well-being and in programs for technological leadership and serves Testing (ASNT), and Society for the benefit of students generally, who over 35,000 members. Experimental Mechanics (SEM). give of themselves generously in advising, counseling, and directing Francesco Lanza di Scalea receives Benjamin Munson receives awards projects, and who create an active award from the American Society from University of Minnesota classroom atmosphere. for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Benjamin Munson, a professor in Benjamin Munson received his BA The University of California-San the Department of Speech-Language- in linguistics from SUNY at Buffalo. Diego, San Diego, California, Hearing Sciences, University of His MA in speech-language pathology Francesco Lanza di Scalea, professor, Minnesota, was awarded a and PhD in speech and hearing sci-

National News 47 ences are from Ohio State University. technical disciplines with architecture He has authored numerous articles on a to achieve imaginative and technically variety of topics related to speech pro- successful projects. He worked with duction and perception. He is a member many well known architects on numer- of the Acoustical Society of America ous large scale projects including the San and its Technical Committee on Speech Francisco Opera House Renovation, the Communication and served as Contemporary Jewish Museum, and the Associate Editor of the American Moscone Convention Center in San Speech-Language Hearing Association's Francisco, among many others. Journal of Speech, Language, and While at Penn State, Paoletti com- Hearing Research from 2004--2006. pleted advanced studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, the Donald Henderson American Institute of Architects and the British Institute of Acoustics, as Donald Henderson receives award well as the Society for Marketing from Hofstra University Professional Services. Donald Henderson, professor of communicative disorders and sciences, Peter Rona elected fellow of the State University of New York at Buffalo, American Geophysical Union was awarded the third annual Hofstra Peter A. Rona, Professor, Institute University National Research Award in of Marine and Coastal Studies, Rutgers May 2006. Dr. Henderson was recog- University, New Brunswick, NJ, was nized for distinguished contributions named a fellow of the American to the field of research on the human Geophysical Union. cochlea. Professor Rona received an A.B. The Hofstra University National Dennis Paoletti from Brown University and M.S. and Research Award is an annual prize Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. He given in a discipline related to the mis- Dennis Paoletti receives Alumni is the author of over 200 scientific sion of Hofstra’s Saltzman Community Fellow award from Penn State papers and four books. His research Services Center, a facility dedicated to Dennis Paoletti, principal of Shen interests include Seafloor hydrother- the education of students and the Milsom & Wilkie, has been selected as mal systems; ocean ridge processes; health and well being of the communi- a 2006 Alumni Fellow for his excep- geology of Atlantic continental mar- ty. In 2006 the award was designated tional contribution and personal inter- gins; genesis of seafloor mineral and for contributions to the field of speech, est in the University’s academic com- energy resources. He is a Fellow of the language and hearing. munity. The Penn State Alumni Fellow Acoustical Society of America. Donald Henderson is a member of Award is the highest form of recogni- the Acoustical Society of America. He tion offered by the Penn State Alumni received a B.A. in biology/psychology Association to the University’s alumni, from Western Washington State and the award is conferred only on a College, and a Ph.D. in sensory psy- select number graduates each year. chology from the University of Texas. Dennis Paoletti began his career in His interest in hearing loss developed at the San during a postdoctoral fellowship with Francisco office of Bolt Beranek and of the Central Institute Newman in 1967. He founded his own for the Deaf in St. Louis. He has pub- firm, Paoletti Associates Inc., in 1976 lished more than 200 research articles, and merged it with Shen Milsom & hosted a number of international con- Wilke in 2000. He works primarily on ferences and edited 13 books. His cur- high profile architectural projects such rent research focuses on oxidative as performing arts centers, museums, stress as a cause of hearing loss and the cathedrals, etc. and is committed to the development of pharmacological integration and coordination of his Peter Rona strategies to prevent hearing loss.

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