Announcements
Cassidy Christie: Student Representative for Biomedical Acoustics
Cassidy Christie was elected to the ASA Student Council as the student representative for the Biomedical Acoustics Technical Committee! As a member of the Student Council, Cassidy will assist with planning student events at ASA meetings, connecting students through the SONIC program, and taking...
Congrats to Alicia on defending her dissertation!
Alicia Casacchia successfully defended her dissertation, "Advances in the acoustic characterization of materials via integration of collateral techniques," on April 10th, 2025. Congratulations, Alicia! Alicia's dissertation can be read here. Alicia holds a B.S. in physics from North Central...
Philip Kaufinger: Student Representative for Computational Acoustics
Philip Kaufinger was elected to the ASA Student Council as the student representative for the Computational Acoustics Technical Committee! As a member of the Student Council, Philip will assist with planning student-centered events at ASA meetings, connecting graduate students across disciplines...
McKinney Fellows Symposium 2024
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...
Congrats to AJ on defending his dissertation!
AJ Lawrence successfully defended his dissertation, "On acoustic multiple scattering from Willis media," on July 30th, 2024. Congratulations, AJ! AJ holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to beginning his graduate studies at UT Austin, AJ was a...
ASA Ottawa Recap
Several students from the Austin ASA recently attended the 186th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which was held in Ottawa, Ontario, the capital of Canada. Our student members had a great experience, with visits to Parliament Hill and many informative presentations. Abstracts...
Congrats to our 2023-2024 Graduates!
Our student chapter is happy to announce the graduation of several members over the past academic year: Masters Graduates Dante Garcia - Fall 2023 - "In Situ Measurements of Compressional and Shear Wave Speed and Compressional Wave Attenuation using the Acoustic Coring System" Akash Nivarthi -...
ASA Girl Day 2024 Recap
Congratulations on a well-done job at Girl Day 2024! Our volunteers taught a huge number of kids about acoustics, whether by building a rubber band harmonica or explaining the audio spotlight from a parametric array. Thank you to all of our volunteers! Some photos from the event can be found below.
ASA Sydney Recap
Austin ASA students recently attended the 185th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which was held all the way down in Sydney, Australia! This was a great opportunity for several students to connect with other acousticians from around the world, in addition to exploring the many sights...
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...
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,...
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...