Newswise — SEATTLE, November 17, 2021 -- Press conferences at the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will be held Wednesday, Dec. 1, in room 505 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle. The media availabilities will focus on wide range of newsworthy sessions at the upcoming meeting from killer whales spending more time in the Arctic Ocean to knocking over Lego minifigures with time reversal focused vibration.
To register for in-person attendance, email [email protected]. To watch the livestream virtually, please visit our registration page. Videos of the press conference sessions will be available by Dec. 2 upon request.
ASA Press Conference Schedule - Wednesday, Dec. 1
12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT
- Echolocation builds prediction models of prey movement – Angeles Salles, Johns Hopkins University
Session 2aPP6 – Bats use predictive strategies to track moving auditory objects, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1:50 p.m. ET / 10:50 a.m. PT - Food Paradox Answer Shows How Ocean Life Survives – Kelly Benoit-Bird, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Session 3pAOa1 – A Sound Resolution to the Food Paradox in the Sea, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 4:05 p.m. ET / 1:05 p.m. PT - Killer Whales Lingering in Newly Melted Arctic Ocean – Brynn Kimber, University of Washington
Session 4pAB4 – Tracking killer whale movements in the Alaskan Arctic relative to a loss of sea ice, Thursday, 2, 5:35 p.m. ET / 2:35 p.m. PT - Filtering Microplastics Trash from Water with Acoustic Waves – Dhany Arifianto, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
Session 1pPA7 – Using Bulk acoustic waves for filtering microplastic on polluted water, Monday, Nov. 29, 6:10 p.m. ET / 3:10 p.m. PT
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
- Blood Bubbles Report Oxygen Levels – Shashank Sirsi, University of Texas at Dallas
Session 1aBAa2 – Hemoglobin Microbubbles for In Vivo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging: Boldly Moving Beyond MRI, Monday, Nov. 29, 11:25 a.m. ET / 8:25 a.m. PT - Sing On: Certain Facemasks Don’t Hinder Vocalists – Thomas Moore, Rollins College
Session 3aMUa3 – Aerosol propagation and acoustic effects while singing with a face mask, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 12:40 p.m. ET / 9:40 a.m. PT - During COVID-19 Lockdown, Emotional Wellbeing Declined for Adults with Vision, Hearing Loss – Peggy Nelson, University of Minnesota
Session 3pID3 – COVID-19 effects on social isolation for older persons with sensory loss, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 6:05 p.m. ET / 3:05 p.m. PT - Filtering Unwanted Sounds from Baby Monitors – J. Flynn, Johns Hopkins University
Session 4aPP8 – Open-Source Baby Monitor, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1:25 p.m. ET / 10:25 a.m. PT
4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT
- Sounding Off on Seattle Space Needle Renovation – Daniel Bruck and Jaimie Penzell, BRC Acoustics
Session 4aAA7 – The Seattle Space Needle renovation: Acoustical design considerations and challenges at 600 feet above ground level, Thursday, Dec. 2, 12:55 p.m. ET / 9:55 a.m. PT - Adding Sound to Electric Vehicles Improves Pedestrian Safety – Michael Roan, Penn State University
Session 2aEA1 – Electric Vehicle Additive Sounds: Detection results from an outdoor test for sixteen participants, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1:25 p.m. ET / 10:25 a.m. PT - LEGO Down! Focused Vibrations Knock Over Minifigures – Brian Anderson, Brigham Young University
Session 4pED3 – Knocking over LEGO minifigures with time reversal focused vibrations: Understanding the physics and developing a museum demonstration, Thursday, Dec. 2, 5:15 p.m. ET / 2:15 p.m. PT
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USEFUL LINKS Main meeting website: https://acousticalsociety.org/asa-meetings/
Technical program: https://eventpilotadmin.com/web/planner.php?id=ASAFALL21
Press Room: http://acoustics.org/world-wide-press-room/
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WORLDWIDE PRESS ROOM
In the coming weeks, ASA's Worldwide Press Room will be updated with additional tips on dozens of newsworthy stories and with lay language papers, which are 300-500 word summaries of presentations written by scientists for a general audience and accompanied by photos, audio and video. You can visit the site during the meeting at http://acoustics.org/world-wide-press-room/.
PRESS REGISTRATION
We will grant free registration to credentialed journalists and professional freelance journalists. If you are a reporter and would like to attend, contact the AIP Media Line at 301-209-3090. For urgent requests, staff at [email protected] can also help with setting up interviews and obtaining images, sound clips, or background information.
ABOUT THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is the premier international scientific society in acoustics devoted to the science and technology of sound. Its 7,000 members worldwide represent a broad spectrum of the study of acoustics. ASA publications include The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (the world's leading journal on acoustics), JASA Express Letters, Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Acoustics Today magazine, books, and standards on acoustics. The society also holds two major scientific meetings each year. See https://acousticalsociety.org/.
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