Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography

The Acoustical Society of America announces the availability of a prize to honor continuing research accomplishments of young and mid- career scientists in Acoustical Oceanography.

Consideration will be given to individuals whose work demonstrates the candidate's effective use of sound in the discovery and understanding of physical and biological parameters and processes in the sea.

For the purposes of this Prize, research based solely on computer models will not be accepted as a substitute for ocean experiments or effective, small-scale laboratory models and experiments.

The applicant or nominee need not be a member of the Acoustical Society of America.

 Medwin Prize Recipients: 

Dr. Brian Dushaw
University of Washington, Applied Physical Laboratory, Seattle.

The 2007 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography was awarded to Brian Dushaw of the University of Washington, Applied Physical Laboratory, Seattle, for his research on acoustic tomography to measure temperature change in the ocean. Dr. Dushaw presented the AO Prize Lecture (Salt Lake City Meeting) entitled, “The recent history of our understanding of low-mode internal tides in the ocean.””

Dr. John Horne
University of the Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, Seattle.

The 2006 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography was awarded to John Horne of the University of the Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, Seattle, “for research on the acoustic identification of fish species and applications to fisheries resource management.” Dr. Horne presented a highly entertaining Medwin Prize Lecture (Providence Meeting) entitled “Acoustic species identification: When biology collides with physics.”

Dr. Svein Vagle
Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria, Canada.

Dr. Vagle was selected as the as the recipient of the 2005 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography from the Acoustical Society of America. He received the Prize for “development of experimental techniques to probe the upper ocean boundary layer.” His Medwin Prize Lecture (Vancouver Meeting) was titled “Acoustic explorations of the upper ocean boundary layer.”

Dr. Stan Dosso
University of Victoria, Canada.

Dr. Dosso was selected as the recipient of the 2004 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography from the Acoustical Society of America. He received the Prize for “the development of non-linear methods for geoacoustic inversion and acoustic localization.” His Medwin Prize Lecture (New York Meeting) was titled “Ocean acoustic inversion for seabed geoacoustic properties.”

Dr. Jeffrey A. Nystuen
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington.

Dr. Nystuen was selected as the recipient of the 2003 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography from the Acoustical Society of America. He received the Prize for the development and effective use of measurements of underwater sound generated by rain to determine rainfall rate and type at sea. He received the Prize and gave the Medwin Prize lecture at the spring 2003 ASA meeting in Nashville. The title of the Medwin Prize lecture was "The sound of Rainfall at Sea."

Dr. Bruce Cornuelle
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego.

Dr. Cornuelle was selected as the recipient of the 2002 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography from the Acoustical Society of America. He received the Prize and gave the Medwin Prize lecture at the spring 2002 ASA meeting in Pittsburgh. His citation reads: "for the effective use of sound in the discovery and understanding of physical processes in the sea, using inverse methods to interpret long-range acoustic propagation data."

Timothy G. Leighton
Institute of sound and Vibration Research, Southampton University, UK.

Dr. Leighton received the first Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography at the 2001 meeting held in Ft. Lauderdale. He was awarded the prize "for the effective use of sound in the discovery and understanding of physical processes and parameters in the sea, particularly ocean bubbles."

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