Announcements

Tailgate 2023

Tailgate 2023

This past weekend, our chapter of the ASA held our 5th annual tailgate, gathering students and local acousticians and enjoying some Texas football. Thanks to everyone who attended, and those who contributed chili, barbecue, and other necessities. Hook 'em! A special shout out to one of our...

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ASA Pub Trivia – Sept 2023

ASA Pub Trivia – Sept 2023

Thanks to everyone who came to trivia with members of the ASA chapter on Monday! It was a great time, even though neither of our two teams was able to pull out a victory. Unfortunately no questions related to acoustics, but some tough ones related to music and car brands! Team 1: William Willis,...

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ASA Top Golf Social 2023

ASA Top Golf Social 2023

Thanks to everyone who came to our first ever ASA Top Golf event this past Sunday! We all had a great time, and it was a good chance for friendly competition, although there was no clear victor at the end of the day (since the last game ended in a tie). Pictured below from left to right are: Seth...

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McKinney Fellows Symposium 2023

McKinney Fellows Symposium 2023

Congratulations to the McKinney fellows who presented on their research as graduate students for the annual McKinney Fellows Symposium. The Chester M. McKinney Graduate Fellowship in Acoustics is awarded annually to one incoming student to the acoustics program, providing the opportunity to...

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Congrats Blake Simon, PhD

Congrats Blake Simon, PhD

Earlier this week, one of our members Blake Simon successfully defended his PhD Dissertation titled "Acoustic Radiation Force and Torque on a Sphere or Spheroid near a Boundary." Congratulations Blake on earning your PhD!

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Chirag Gokani – ASA Student Council BATC Rep

Chirag Gokani – ASA Student Council BATC Rep

Chirag Gokani was recently elected to the national ASA Student Council as the student representative for the Biomedical Acoustics Technical Committee (BATC). As the BATC's representative, Chirag's responsibilities will include welcoming new students, connecting graduate students across disciplines...

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Mark Hamilton – ASA Gold Medal and DTB Mentorship Award

Mark Hamilton – ASA Gold Medal and DTB Mentorship Award

Congratulations to Professor Mark Hamilton! At the 184th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America held in Chicago, IL, our very own Dr. Hamilton was awarded the Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America "for contributions to theoretical nonlinear acoustics, education, and for service to...

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Congrats Janghoon Kang, PhD

Congrats Janghoon Kang, PhD

Last week, our very own Janghoon Kang successfully defended his PhD Dissertation titled "Improved sound diffusion using spatiotemporally modulated acoustic metasurfaces." Congratulations Janghoon on earning your PhD!

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Congrats Rob Taylor, PhD

Congrats Rob Taylor, PhD

Last week, our very own Rob Taylor successfully defended his PhD Dissertation titled "Inference of the Ocean Sound Speed Profile Using Ambient Vertical Beam Noise." Congratulations Rob on earning your PhD!

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Girl Day 2023 Recap

Girl Day 2023 Recap

Congratulations on a well-done job at Girl Day 2023! Thanks to all of our volunteers who spent the day teaching kids about acoustics! Here you can see some photos of our students hard at work building rubber band harmonicas and demonstrating waves on a string.

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ASA Nashville Recap

ASA Nashville Recap

Students from the Austin ASA recently attended the 183rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Nashville, TN. In addition to eating hot chicken and enjoying live music on Broadway Street, UT students made new connections with ASA members at other universities and presented their own...

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AMA with Dr. Ted Argo

AMA with Dr. Ted Argo Friday, Dec. 2 at 3 PM in ETC 3.108 Hello everyone, Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving break! This week we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ted Argo. Dr. Argo graduated from UT Austin in 2012 and was advised by Dr. Wilson. During his time at UT, Ted worked on a wide...

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