by Matthew Olmstead | Mar 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Matthew Olmstead | Mar 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Matthew Olmstead | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Matthew Olmstead | Feb 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Matthew Olmstead | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Matthew Olmstead | Oct 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
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