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Student Awards

  1. Best Student Paper Award in Noise Control
    J. Dodson, D.R. Dowling, and K. Grosh, "Design and effectiveness of in-line tuning cables for quieting hydraulic power units," 131st Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Indianapolis, IN, (1996).
  2. Best Student Paper Award in Engineering Acoustics
    S.H Yonak and D.R. Dowling, "Photoacoustic signals from small gas leaks," 133rd Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., State College, PA, (1997).
  3. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    S.R. Khosla and D.R. Dowling, "Retrofocusing of a time-reversing array in noisy environments,” 136th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Norfolk, VA, (1998)
  4. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    M.R. Dungan and D.R. Dowling, "Computed time-reversing array retrofocus azimuth size in a dynamic bottom-varying shallow-water sound channel," 138th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Columbus, OH (1999)
  5. Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    K. G. Sabra and D.R. Dowling, "Broadband performance of a time reversing array in shallow water," 140th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Newport Beach, CA (2000).
  6. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    K. G. Sabra and D.R. Dowling, "Shallow water performance of a time reversing-array with a moving source," 141th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Chicago, IL (2001).
  7. Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    K. G. Sabra and D.R. Dowling, "Shallow water performance of a moving time reversing-array," 142nd Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2001).
  8. Outstanding Paper Award for a Young Investigator in Noise
    W. Sanders, C. Judge, E. Winkel, S.L. Ceccio, D.R. Dowling, and M. Perlin “Turbulent Boundary Layer Pressure Fluctuations at Large Scales and High Reynolds Number,” 143rd Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Pittsburgh, PA (2002).
  9. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    James, K.R. and Dowling, D.R. “Approximating acoustic field uncertainty in underwater sound channels,” 151st Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Providence, Rhode Island (2006).
  10. William Mirsky Award for Outstanding Masters-Degree Research
    Amy Siwek, “Suspension system study of a horizontal axis washing machine for use in validating ADAMS simulations,” Univ. of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Master’s Degree Thesis, December 2008.
  11. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    Abadi, S. and Dowling, D.R. “Blind deconvolution of remote source signals from acoustic array recordings in multipath environments,” presented at the 158th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., San Antonio, TX (2009).
  12. Robert Caddell Memorial Faculty/Student Achievement Award 2010
    T.J. Bress “The influence of processing and fluid parameters on injection molding flow.” Univ. of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, 2009.
  13. Best Student Paper Award in Animal Bioacoustics
    Abadi, S.H., Thode, A.M., and Dowling D.R. “Comparison of remote ranging techniques for bowhead whale calls in a dispersive underwater sound channel,” presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., San Francisco, CA (2013).
  14. Student Paper Award in Acoustical Oceanography
    Mookerjee, A., and Dowling, D.R. “Comparison of near-field acoustic coherent backscattering simulations with optics theory and experiments,” presented at the 167th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Providence, RI (2014).
  15. Best Poster (tie) in Signal and Information Processing
    Worthmann, B., and Dowling, D.R. “Frequency difference matched field processing,” presented at the Engineering Graduate Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2014).
  16. Best Student Paper Award (tie) in Underwater Acoustics
    Worthmann, B. and Dowling D.R. "Analytic interpretations of the frequency difference autoproduct in multipath environments," presented at the 170th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Jacksonville, FL (2015).
  17. Student Paper Award in Signal Processing in Acoustics
    Douglass, A., and Dowling D.R., "Frequency-difference beamforming in inhomgeneous media," presented at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Boston, MA (2017).
  18. Best Entry in the Gallery of Acoustics
    Worthmann, B. "Kaleidosone," displayed at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Boston, MA (2017).
  19. Best Paper
    Lipa, J. "Measurement of the Theorized Frequency-Difference Autoproduct Field", Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Symposium, University of Michigan, April 2017.
  20. Best Poster in Signal and Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Communication
    Flynn, T.J., and Dowling, D.R. "Acoustics localization of distributed coherent sources using SEMWAN with subarray smoothing," presented at the Engineering Graduate Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2017).
  21. Best Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    Patterson, B. and Dowling, D.R. "Estimation of the probability density function of transmission loss in the ocean using area statistics," presented at the 174th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., New Orleans, LA (2017).
  22. Best Student Paper Award in Signal Processing in Acoustics
    Worthmann, B. and Dowling, D.R. "Cross-term analysis in frequency-difference-based source localization methods," presented at the 175th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Minneapolis, MN (2018).
  23. Best Student Paper Award in Structural Acoustics and Vibration
    Flynn, T.J. and Dowling, D.R. "Remote Acoustic Detection of Localized Delamination in Vibrating Composite Layered Plates," 175th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Minneapolis, MN (2018).
  24. Best Basic Science Poster, Category: Advanced Research Track
    Flynn, T.J. and Dowling, D.R. "2D high-resolution acoustic localization for structural health monitoring," College of Engineering Graduate Symposium, University of Michigan (2018).
  25. Student Paper Award in Underwater Acoustics
    Douglass, A.S., Abadi, S.H., and Dowling, D.R. "Out-of-band beamforming in shallow water with horizontal arrays," 176th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Victoria, BC, Canada (2018).
  26. Best Student Paper Award in Signal Processing in Acoustics
    Flynn, T.J., and Dowling, D.R. "Two-Dimensional high-resolution acoustic localization of distributed coherent sources for structural health monitoring," 176th Meeting of the Acoust. Soc. Am., Victoria, BC, Canada (2018).
  27. Honorable Mention Poster Award
    Daniel Yuan, Estelle Feider-Blazer, and Maria Roma “Signal processing for the detection, localization, and classification of transient sounds and material properties,” University of Michigan, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2019).