2025/01/01 by Murray Campbell, Arnold Myers, Joël Gilbert · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Archaeological Studies
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a group of scientists and engineers met at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City to discuss organizing a society dedicated to the field of acoustics.Plans developed rapidly, and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) held its first meeting on 10-11 May 1929 with a charter membership of about 450.Today, ASA has a worldwide membership of about 7000.The scope of this new society incorporated a broad range of technical areas that continues to be reflected in ASA's present-day endeavors.Today, ASA serves the interests of its members and the acoustics community in all branches of acoustics, both theoretical and applied.To achieve this goal, ASA h as established Technical Committees charged with keeping abreast of the developments and needs of membership in specialized fields, as well as identifying new ones as they develop.The Technical Committees include acoustical oceanography, animal bioacous-tics, architectural acoustics, biomedical acoustics, engineering acoustics, musical acoustics, noise, physical acoustics, psychological and physiological acoustics, signal processing in acoustics, speech communication, structural acoustics and vibration, and underwater acoustics.This diversity is one of the Society's unique and strongest assets since it so strongly fosters and encourages cross-disciplinary learning, collaboration, and interactions.ASA publications and meetings incorporate the diversity of these Technical Committees.In particular, publications play a major role in the Society.