The Institute of Acoustics (IOA) is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1974. It is licensed by the
Engineering Council UK
The Engineering Council (formerly Engineering Council UK; colloquially known as EngC) is the UK's regulatory authority for registration of Chartered and Incorporated engineers and engineering technician, holding a register of these and providin ...
to assess candidates for inclusion on
ECUK's Register of professional Engineers. The institute's address is Silbury Court, 406 Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 2AF, United Kingdom. The current president of the IOA is Alistair Somerville. Past presidents include Barry Gibbs, John Hinton OBE, Colin English, David Weston, Tony Jones,
Professor Trevor Cox, William Egan, Professor Bridget Shield, and Jo Webb.
History
In 1963 a Society of Acoustic Technology was formed in the UK for those interested in this subject: the President was
Elfyn Richards
Professor Elfyn John Richards (28 December 1914 – 7 September 1995) was a Welsh aeronautical engineer and acoustical engineer, the first professor of either of these subjects at Southampton University, where he founded the Institute of So ...
.
[R. E. D. Bishop (1967) ''J. Sound Vib.'' 5 (3), 509-514 "The British Acoustical Society - a Presidential Address"] Because of the interest in establishing a professional body, meetings were held with various societies and institutions, and in 1965 a British Acoustical Society was set up, absorbing the earlier society.
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In 1974 the British Acoustical Society amalgamated with the Acoustics Group of the ]Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.
It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...
to form the Institute of Acoustics.[www.ioa.org.uk]
About us
Specialist groups
* Building acoustics
* Electroacoustics
Acoustical engineering (also known as acoustic engineering) is the branch of engineering dealing with sound and vibration. It includes the application of acoustics, the science of sound and vibration, in technology. Acoustical engineers are typica ...
* Environmental noise
* Measurement and instrumentation
* Musical acoustics Musical acoustics or music acoustics is a multidisciplinary field that combines knowledge from physics, psychophysics, organology (classification of the instruments), physiology, music theory, ethnomusicology, signal processing and instrument build ...
* Noise and vibration engineering
* Physical acoustics
* Speech and hearing
Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by detecting vibrations as periodic changes in the pressure of a surrounding medium. The academic field concerned with hearing is audit ...
* 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. Ty ...
Medals and awards
The following prizes are awarded by the Institute
* Rayleigh Medal The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. It should not be confused with the medal of the same name awarded ...
* Tyndall Medal
* A B Wood Medal
* R W B Stephens Medal
* IOA Engineering Medal
* Honorary fellowship
* Peter Barnett Memorial Award
* The Award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public
* Award for Services to the Institute
* IOA Young Persons' Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering
* IOA Prize for best diploma student
* ANC prize for the best diploma project
* ANC prize for the best paper at an IOA conference
See also
* Chartered engineer
Regulation and licensure in engineering is established by various jurisdictions of the world to encourage life, public welfare, safety, well-being, then environment and other interests of the general public and to define the licensure process thr ...
* Incorporated engineer
An engineering technologist is a professional trained in certain aspects of development and implementation of a respective area of technology. Engineering technology education is even more applied and less theoretical than engineering education ...
* The Association of Noise Consultants The Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) is a UK-based organisation of companies that are engaged in the business of acoustics, noise and vibration consulting. It was established in 1973.
Overview
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References
External links
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1974 establishments in the United Kingdom
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ECUK Licensed Members
Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Hertfordshire
Organisations based in Milton Keynes
Science and technology in Hertfordshire
Scientific organizations established in 1974