The IOA annually honours people whose contributions to acoustics 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. Each year the IOA announces its prestigious award winners following the Institute’s Council meeting towards the end of March, and ahead of the annual conference.
This year, the awards were presented at a lunch held at the Oval, Kennington, in April and gave us the opportunity to catch up on all the awards we were unable to present during the pandemic
This article was published in the July-August 2023 Acoustics Bulletin for IOA members.
The IOA Young Persons Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering (sponsored by Cirrus) 2021 Dr Eric Ballestero, University of Le Mans, France
The Award for Distinguished Services to the Institute 2020 Hilary Notley, Defra 2023 Chris Barlow, KP Acoustics Research 2023 Jim Gri ths, Vanguardia 2023 Robin Woodward, Hayes McKenzie Partnership
The Award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public 2022 Dr Matt Muirhead, AECOM
The Peter Lord Award 2023 Dominic McSweeney, Brimelow McSweeney Architects Brian Scrivener, Sound Advice Nick Swainson, Cahill Design Consultants for the Dundonald Church project
The Dr Bob Peters Education Award 2022 Professor Keith Attenborough, IOA and Open University
The IOA Engineering Medal 2022 Dick Bowdler, noise consultant
The Tyndall Medal 2023 Dr Joshua Meggitt, University of Salford
The Rayleigh Medal 2022 Professor Jian Kang, University College London 2023 Professor Stephen Stansfeld, Queen Mary, University of London
The IOA Young Persons Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering (sponsored by Cirrus) The IOA Young Persons Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering 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 is also intended to increase awareness of the value of acoustic engineering and technology to the community at large. Dr Eric Ballestero has been awarded the Institute of Acoustics Young Person’s Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering 2021.
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