Special Sessions at ASA Meetings

Proposed Future Special Sessions

158th Meeting, Fall 2009 - San Antonio, TX:

• Emerging Applications of Structural Acoustics in Energy and Power Generation - Sean F. Wu
• Structural Acoustics in Biological Media
• Structural Acoustics for Poro-Elastic Materials
• Structural Acoustics and Vibrations in Nano-Materials

159th Meeting Joint with Noise-Con, Spring 2010 - Baltimore, MD:

• Damping Mechanisms
• Computer Modeling of Structural Acoustics and Vibration for Complex Structures
• Energy Partitioning in Structural Acoustics
• Noise Control in Space Station (Joint with INCE USA)
• Noise Control of Small Submersible Vehicles (Joint with INCE USA)

Special Sessions

157th Meeting, Spring 2009 - Portland, OR:

• Computational Structural Acoustics - Kuangcheng Wu
• Emerging Applications of Structural Acoustics - Sean F. Wu
• Distinguished Lecture - Sean F. Wu
• Vibro-Acoustic Diagnosis and Prognosis of Complex Structures I and II - Wen Li

156th Meeting, Fall 2008 - Miami, FL:

155th Meeting, Spring 2008 - Paris, France:

154th Meeting, Fall 2007 - New Orleans, LA:

153rd Meeting, Spring 2007 - Salt Lake City, UT:

152nd Meeting, Fall 2006 - Honolulu, HI:

151st Meeting, Spring 2006 - Providence, RI:

• Ultrasonic Waveguides for Structural Monitoring - Joel M. Garrelick

150th Meeting, Fall 2005 - Minneapolis, MN:

149th Meeting, Spring 2005 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:

148th Meeting, Fall 2004 - San Diego, CA:

147th Meeting, Spring 2004 - New York, NY:

• Urban Transit Noise - Paul L. Burge and Daniel R. Raichel

146th Meeting, Fall 2003 - Austin, TX:

145th Meeting, Spring 2003 - Nashville, TN:

144th Meeting, Fall 2002 - Cancun, Mexico:

• Reconstruction of Acoustic Radiation from Vibrating Structures - Sean Wu
• Analysis, Measurement and Control of Strutural Intensity - Sabih Hayek
• Energy Methods in Vibroacoustics Analysis and Control - Jose Arruda and Steve Hambric
• Vibration of Floors in Buildings - Eric Ungar

143rd Meeting, Spring 2002 - Pittsburgh, PA:

• Active Control of Ducted Fan Noise - Scott Sommerfeldt
• Pyro-Shock - Harry Himelblau
• Flow Induced Vibration and Noise - Yun-Fan Hwang

142nd Meeting, Fall 2001 - Fort Lauderdale, FL:

• Methods of Passive Dissipation in Structural Acoustics - Courtney Burroughs
• Numerical Methods in Structural Acoustics
• Celebration of Migual Junger's Acoustics (Joint with Engineering Acoustics, Physical, Noise, and Underwater)
• Noise in Condominiums (Joint with Noise and Architectural)

141st Meeting, Spring 2001 - Chicago, IL:

• Complexity and Random Matrix Theory - Richard Weaver (possibly Joint with Noise and Architectural)
• Memorial Session for David Crighton - Paul Barbone (Joint with Physical)
• Machine Prognostics - David Swanson (Joint with Signal Processing and Noise)

140th Meeting, Fall 2000 - Newport Beach, CA:

• Diagnostics of Vibration and Noise in Structures - Sean Wu
• Acoustic Microsensors - Vasu Varadan
• Novel Optical Methods for Measuring Surface Vibration - Jim Sabatier and Ben Bard (Joint with Physical)

139th Meeting, Spring 2000 - Atlanta, GA:

• Aeroelasticity - Ken Frampton and Sean Wu
• Combining Active and Passive Control of Vibration and Noise - Alain Berry
• Tire Vibration - Stuart Bolton

138th Meeting, Fall 1999 - Columbus, OH:

• Mid-Frequency Modeling in Structural Acoustics I and II
• Acoustic Nondestructive Evaluation: New Directions and Techniques I and II

137th Meeting, Spring 1999 - Berlin, Germany:

• International Workshop on Active Noise and Vibration Control
  • Active Control of Structural Vibrations
  • Active Control of Sound Radiation and Transmission
  • Active Noise Control in Enclosures
  • Other Applications of Active Control
  • Active Control of Aircraft Engines
  • Transducers for Active Noise and Vibration Control

136th Meeting, Fall 1998 - Norfolk, VA:

• Interior Cabin Noise I and II
• Machinery Silencing R&D at Annapolis: An Historical Perspective

135th Meeting, Spring 1998 - Seattle, WA:

• New Challenges in Structural Acoustics
• Memorial Session for Manfred Heckl

134th Meeting, Fall 1997 - San Diego, CA:

• Computational Vibroacoustics I and II

133rd Meeting, Spring 1997 - State College, PA:

• Time Domain Modeling of Plate and Shell Vibrations
• Predictions for Dynamic Systems with Evolving Damage
• Active Classification of Structures