The Institute of Acoustics (IOA, ) of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

(CAS) was established in 1964 by the Chinese government in the context of China's national defense needs for acoustic research, under the auspices of Marshall

Nie Rongzhen Nie Rongzhen (; December 29, 1899 – May 14, 1992) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and one of ten Marshals in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was the last surviving PLA officer with the rank of Marshal. Biography ...

. By the end of 2017, the IOA counts more than 700 researchers focusing on the study of basic and applied acoustics, in the following fields: #

Underwater acoustics Underwater acoustics is the study of the propagation of sound in water and the interaction of the mechanical waves that constitute sound with the water, its contents and its boundaries. The water may be in the ocean, a lake, a river or a tank. Typ ...

and underwater acoustical detection; # Environmental acoustics and noise control technologies; #

Ultrasonics Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is not different from "normal" (audible) sound in its physical properties, except that humans cannot hear it. This limit varies fr ...

and acoustical micro-electromechanical system technologies; # Communication acoustics, language/speech information processing; Integration of acoustics with digital systems, and network new media technologies. Seven academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been elected from the IOA, they were/are :

Wang Dezhao Wang Dezhao or Ouang Te-Tchao (; December 20, 1905 – December 28, 1998) was a Chinese physicist who was known for his research in atmospheric electricity and underwater acoustics. Under the direction of Paul Langevin, he helped the French impro ...

Ma Dayou Ma Dayou or Dah-You Maa (; March 1, 1915 – July 17, 2012) was a Chinese acoustical physicist, specializing in various aspects of acoustics, especially sound generation, transmission and absorption. Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (C ...

Ying Chongfu Ying Chongfu or C. F. Ying (; June 15, 1918 – June 30, 2011) was a Chinese acoustical physicist who was the founder and pioneer of ultrasonics research in China., specializing in dispersion of ultrasonics in solids, ultrasonic piezoelectric t ...

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Hou Chaohuan Hou or HOU may refer to: * -hou, a place-name element * Hou (surname) * Hou (currency) (Chinese: ), a unit of currency in Greater China * Hou (Odder Municipality), a town in Denmark * Hou (title) (Chinese: ), a title in ancient China * Denglong (m ...

Li Qihu Li, li, or LI may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects * Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political tec ...

Wang Chenghao Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thail ...

. IOA is the de facto sponsor of Acoustical Society of China (ASC), a nongovernmental organization officially affiliated to

China Association for Science and Technology The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST; ) is a mass organization of Chinese scientists and engineers, which is composed of multiple national professional societies and hundreds of branches at various local and international level ...

. In 2012, the ASC co-hosted with the

Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary orga ...

a joint meeting in Hong Kong. In 2014, the IOA hosted the International Congress on Sound and Vibration in Beijing. In 2015, the IOA co-hosted with The French Acoustics Society The 9th International Conference Auditorium Acoustics in Paris. And according to the IOA official web site, it will co-host with the ASC an International Congress on Ultrasonics in 2021. The IOA publishes 7 academic journals, among others, Acta Acustica (incl. English version) and Applied Acoustics.

References

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