Penns Valley STEAM Night!

On Tuesday, March 26th, members of ASA participated in The Penns Valley Elementary and Intermediate school STEAM Night at the PVEI campus in Spring Mills, PA, where we made popsicle stick harmonicas with the students! This outreach idea is based on the concept of...

Building an In-Air Sonar System!

Over the past year, ASA member and Ph.D. candidate Kyle Dalton has led an ongoing project for building an in-air synthetic aperture sonar (AirSAS) system - all with consumer audio equipment! It is capable of linear and circular geometries and can mimic a variety of...

Musical Acoustics Demo!

On Wednesday, February 28th, we watched our beloved club advisor Dr. Dan Russell give us demonstrations on pre-built musical instruments! Soon after, we built our own flutes and saxophones from scratch by drilling holes into PVC pipe! Here are some photos that were...

ENVISION 2024!

Every year, Penn State University's Office of Science Outreach holds ENVISION: STEM Career Day Supporting Young Women! 100-150 middle school and high school level students from around the state (mostly girls, but some boys as well) come to Penn State for a full day of...

ASA Sydney 2023!

During the first week of December, members of ASA traveled to Sydney, Australia to attend the 185th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America at International Convention Centre Sydney, held in conjunction with the Australian Acoustical Society! There, we gave talks...

Haunted-U 2023!

On Saturday, September 30th, members of ASA participated in the Penn State Eberly College of Science’s annual Haunted-U event! For the event, we helped kids make oobleck using cornstarch, water, and food coloring, making sure it had just the right amount of...

Ask a Scientist at Grange Fair 2023!

On Friday, August 25th, members of ASA participated in the "Ask a Scientist" event at the Centre County Grange Fair. The event serves as a way for kids to talk with Penn State grad students about their areas of expertise and do fun activities to learn more about...

Discovery Space Reverberation Time Measurements!

Earlier this summer, a local non-profit in State College called Discovery Space reached out to our chapter in need of assistance with an acoustics-related project. Discovery Space is a science center that runs camps, after-school programs, and more for children of all...