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MEDALS AND AWARDS
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Institute of Acoustics annually honours people whose contributions
to acoustics or to the Institute have been particularly noteworthy.
The medals and awards programme has evolved over the years
and is now quite wide ranging in its acknowledgment of academic
achievement, practical engineering applications and innovations,
student achievement and contributions to the Institute and
to the world of science and technology.
The medals and awards programme is overseen on behalf of
Council by the Medals and Awards Committee, which is chaired
by the President. Nominations may be made at any time either
on standard forms available through the Institute's office
or by writing direct to the President.
| RAYLEIGH MEDAL |
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The Rayleigh Medal is the premier award, awarded without
regard to age to persons of undoubted renown for outstanding
contributions to acoustics. It is normally presented
to a UK acoustician in even numbered years and an overseas
acoustician in odd numbered years. The medal is named
after John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919),
a very versatile physicist who conducted both experimental
and theoretical research in virtually every branch of
the subject. A graduate, fellow and eventually Chancellor
of Cambridge University, he was a fellow and president
of the Royal Society. His book The Theory of Sound remains
a landmark text in the development of acoustics.
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| TYNDALL MEDAL |
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The Tyndall Medal is awarded bi-annually to a citizen
of the UK, preferably under the age of 40, for achievement
and services in the field of acoustics. John Tyndall
(1820-1893) preceded Rayleigh as the Professor of Natural
Philosophy at the Royal Institute. He investigated the
acoustic properties of the atmosphere and though a distinguished
experimental physicist, he is remembered primarily as
one of the world's most brilliant scientific lecturers.
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| A B WOOD MEDAL |
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The A B Wood medal and attendant prize
is awarded in alternate years to acousticians domiciled
in the UK or Europe and in the USA or Canada. It is
aimed at younger researchers, preferably under the age
of 35 in the year of the Award, whose work is associated
with the sea. Following his graduation from Manchester
University in 1912, Albert Beaumont Wood became one
of the first two research scientists at the Admiralty
to work on antisubmarine defence. He designed the first
directional hydrophone and was well known for the many
contributions he made to the science of underwater acoustics
and for the help he gave to younger colleagues. The
medal was instituted after his death by his many friends
on both sides of the Atlantic and was administered by
the Institute of Physics
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| R W B STEPHENS MEDAL |
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The R W B Stephens Medal was named
after Dr Ray Stephens, the first President of the Institute.
His main interests lay in physical acoustics but he
is remembered by generations of students for his continuing
work in education. The medal is awarded in odd numbered
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| IOA ENGINEERING MEDAL |
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The Institute of Acoustics Engineering Medal is awarded
on a bi-annual basis to registered engineers at Chartered,
Incorporated or Engineering Technician grade in recognition
of their outstanding contribution in the field of acoustical
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HONORARY FELLOWSHIP
Honorary Fellowships are awarded to distinguished persons
whom the Institute wishes to honour for exceptionally important
services to acoustics, or a related science, or whom the Institute
may wish to honour for service to the Institute. The total
number of Honorary Fellowships shall not exceed two percent
of the corporate members of the Institute.
Click
here to download a Nomination Form for the award of Honorary
Fellowship
PETER BARNETT MEMORIAL AWARD
Inaugurated in 2001 by the Electro-acoustics Group, The
Peter Barnett Memorial Award honours Peter Barnett who died
the previous year. This award recognises advancements and
technical excellence in the fields of electro-acoustics, speech
intelligibility, and education in acoustics & electro-acoustics
and is awarded annually. Peter had a wide range of interests
in acoustics but primarily in the fields of electro-acoustics
and speech intelligibility. A stalwart of the Reproduced Sound
series of conferences, he was known for his mathematical approach
to problems. The award is a silver miniature "Head and
Torso Simulator" or binaural head. Periodically an additional
award is made to students working in the field of electro-acoustics.
Click
here to download a Nomination Form for the Peter Barnett Memorial
Award
THE AWARD FOR PROMOTING ACOUSTICS TO THE PUBLIC
The Award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public has been created
to encourage activity that generates greater awareness of
the importance of acoustics outside the acoustics' fraternity,
that is to people without acoustical expertise. The award
may recognise either a single piece of outstanding work or
sustained long-term activity.
Examples of work would include: Writing articles for the
non-acoustic press; Authoring web pages; Demonstrations and
lectures; Work with schools to promote acoustics; Media work
on TV or radio; Exhibitions. The Institute would particularly
welcome applications which demonstrate a pro-active engagement
with the public; instances where the applicants have initiated
and developed new activities, rather than simply responding
to opportunities provided by others. Innovative and ground-breaking
engagements are particularly welcome. Nominations can be for
individuals, charitable organisations or companies. In the
case of nominations for companies, it is necessary to show
that the public engagement has gone above and beyond what
might be expected to be the usual activities of a company.
The closing date for submissions is 31 May annually, but
an award will only be made in any given year to a worthy recipient.
Nominations may be made by third parties or by the individual
concerned, in either case with documented evidence of the
work involved. The award itself is an engraved glass trophy,
which together with a written citation will normally be presented
at an Institute conference.
Click
here to download a Nomination Form for The Award for Promoting
Acoustics to the Public
AWARD FOR SERVICES TO THE INSTITUTE
The Award for Services to the Institute was introduced
so that the Institute could publicly acknowledge the debt
owed to individual members who have provided sustained assistance
over the years in some way with the running of the Institute.
The award is a simple memento with a written citation and
is preferably to be presented at a conference. There is no
time scale or limit on the numbers of this award.
Click
here to download a Nomination Form for the Award for services
to the Institute
IOA YOUNG PERSONS' AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN ACOUSTICAL
ENGINEERING
The IOA Young Persons' Award for Innovation in Acoustical
Engineering is awarded in conjunction with IAC Ltd, one of
our longstanding sponsors. It is designed to recognise excellence
and achievement in acoustical engineering among those who
are aged under 35 or early on in their careers in industry.
It departs from the usual format in that it is also intended
to increase awareness of the value of acoustic engineering
and technology to the community at large. This is a biennial
award.
The winner will receive a luxury weekend break for two in
Barcelona along with a cheque for £500, theatre tickets
of their choice, and either lunch with Dr Higini Arau, Spain’s
leading performance space acoustician and Master of Barcelona
University or a visit to IDIADA, one of Spain’s state-of-the-art
acoustic testing laboratories. The first runner up will receive
a cheque for £200 plus a Commendation Goblet. The second
runner up will receive a Commendation Goblet.
The nomination form for the 2009 Award will be available
in October 2008
IOA PRIZE FOR BEST DIPLOMA STUDENT
ANC PRIZE FOR THE BEST DIPLOMA PROJECT
ANC PRIZE FOR THE BEST PAPER AT AN IOA CONFERENCE
A number of prizes are awarded to encourage students who
have performed well in their studies. Each year the Institute
awards a prize to the Best Diploma Student. In addition, the
Association of Noise Consultants supports two prizes, one
is for the Best Diploma Project in the year and the other
is for the Best Paper by a young person at an Institute Conference.
PROF DOUGLAS ROBINSON PRIZE
The Professor D W Robinson Prize is made jointly with
the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in memory of
the late Douglas Robinson and it is presented annually to
the writer of the best ISVR MSc dissertation on a topic in
the human aspects of sound or audiology.
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