Each year, at the corresponding NOISE-CON conference or North American INTER-NOISE congress, a special session is held during which students have an opportunity to present a review of a classic or seminal paper in Noise Control Engineering. Each presentation is judged based on the student’s ability to understand and communicate the significance of the original paper, its effect on subsequent developments in the field and, if applicable, presentation of the student’s own work in this area.

Awardees

• 2024: Janith Godakawela, Michigan Technological University
  Overview of Ingard, K. Uno, and George C. Maling Jr. ’s 1974 paper on Physical Principles of Noise Reduction: Energy Considerations, Noise Reducing Elements, and Sound Absorbing Materials”
• 2023: Anthony Ciletti, Wichita State University
  Overview of Maurice A. Biot’s 1956 paper on “Theory of propagation of elastic waves in a fluid-saturated porous solid I. Low-frequency Range”
• 2022: Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  Overview of Paul Sabine’s 1931 paper on “A Critical Study of the Precision of Measurement of Absorption Coefficients by Reverberation Methods”
• 2021: Jonathan Broyles, The Pennsylvania State University
  An overview of Leo Beranek's paper on "The Forty-fifth Thomas Hawksley Lecture: The Transmission and Raditaion of Acoustics Waves by Structures" and its influence on architectural acoustic research
• 2020: Yongjie Zhuang, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University
  Overview of Challa, V.R., Prasad, M.G., Shi, Y., and Fisher, F.T.'s 2008 paper on A Vibration Energy Harvesting Device with Bidirectional Resonance Frequency Tenability
• 2019: Sean Collier, The Pennsylvania State University
  Overview of H. Fletcher and W. A. Munson’s 1933 paper on “Loudness, Its Definition, Measurement and Calculation
• 2018: Weonchan Sung?, Purdue University
  An Overview of Broner’s 1978 paper on: The effect of low frequency noise on people and more recent research on the effects of low frequency noise
• 2017: Yutong Xue, Purdue University
  Overview of J.B. Moreland’s 1976 paper on Controlling Industrial Noise by means of Room Boundary Absorption
• 2016: Daniel Carr, Purdue University
  Revisiting Applegate and Croker’s 1976 NCEJ paper: Reducing the Noise of a Rotary Lawn Mower Blade
• 2015: Yangfan Liu, Purdue University
  Overview of Paul E. Sabine’s 1931 Paper: A Critical Study of the Precision of Measurement of Absorption Coefficients by Reverberation Method
• 2014: Daniel Woods, Purdue University
  Overview of L. L. Beranek's 2006 paper on "Analysis of Sabine and Eyring equations and their application to concert hall audience and chair absorption"
• 2013: Guohua Sun, University of Cincinnati
  Overview of Olson H. and May E.’s 1953 paper on “Electronic Sound Absorber”
• 2012: Ryan Schultz, Purdue University
  Overview of Beranek & Work’s 1949 Paper: “Sound Transmission through Multiple Structures Containing Flexible Blankets”
• 2012: Michael Hayward, Purdue University
  Overview of Hunt, Beranek and Maa’s 1939 paper: “Analysis of Sound Decay in Rectangular Rooms”