PSU ASA Sound Walk 2020!
by Zane | March 6, 2020 | Chapter Activity | 0 Comments
Penn State ASA did their own Sound Walk in the spirit of the International Year of Sound! A whole sound scavenger hunt was devised, challenging participants to find exceptionally quiet and loud sound fields, as well as examples of sounds in different frequency ranges...
PSU ASA tours Martin Guitar Factory!
by Zane | March 6, 2020 | Chapter Activity | 0 Comments
Inspired by recent articles highlighting collaborations between Penn State acousticians and Martin Guitars (read more here), the student chapter reached out to Martin Guitars for a tour in January. The drive to Nazareth, PA to see the Factory was definitely worth it!...
Celebrating Female Acousticians on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020
by Zane | February 11, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Did you know? - today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! PSU ASA knows a lot of female acousticians to celebrate today! There are lots of great acoustics students here in the Graduate Program in Acoustics, including our Outreach Coordinator Molly...
PSU ASA back in the International Year of Sound
by Zane | January 23, 2020 | Chapter Activity, Upcoming Events | 0 Comments
Happy New Year! The Penn State ASA is back and excited to make the most out of the International Year of Sound 2020 - an initiative which matches our organization's mission to disseminate a knowledge and appreciation of acoustics. We already have big plans for this...
Penn State Acoustics gears up for ASA San Diego!
by Zane | November 25, 2019 | Chapter Activity, Upcoming Events | 0 Comments
The student chapter hosted practice presentations for Penn State students who will be presenting at the San Diego conference! The following current Graduate Program in Acoustics students are presenting: Zhendong Huang - 1pNS5: Predicting the statistical occurrence of...
Haunted U 2019
by Zane | October 14, 2019 | Chapter Activity | 0 Comments
We did Haunted U again this year - this time, with a Jurassic Park theme! Haunted U is another Eberly College of Science outreach event that the Penn State ASA has had fun with in the past. This year, we brought back the chaldni plates, to talk about vibration in 2...
Acoustics Jeopardy at our first Fall 2019 General Meeting!
by Zane | September 30, 2019 | Chapter Activity | 0 Comments
For our first General Meeting of the Fall 2019 semester, we cooked up an Acoustics Jeopardy! The categories were Famous Acousticians, Fundamentals, We Are [Penn State], Faculty, and Fun Facts. Team Lemon won the competition, but it was very close - it came down to a...
Think Outside the Beaker 2019
by Zane | September 24, 2019 | Chapter Activity | 0 Comments
On September 16th 2019, the PSU ASA did another outreach event in partnership with the Eberly College of Science - this time, Think Outside the Beaker! We were able to talk and present about acoustics with 9 local middle school students. The volunteering grad students...