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Borowski wins second prize in Acoustical Society of America's Best Student Paper competition

Graduate student's paper is part of ongoing research at Stevens' Maritime Security Lab

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Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, N.J. -- Brian Borowski, a graduate student in Stevens Institute of Technology's Computer Science department, has won second prize in the Best Student Paper Contest at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Borowski presented his paper, "Estimation of Passive Acoustic Threat Detection Distances in Estuarine Environments," at the meeting, held from June 4 to 8, 2007, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

His research is part of the ongoing work at Stevens' Maritime Security Laboratory (MSL) to utilize acoustic methods for underwater threat detection. Borowski's presentation reviewed the MSL team's measurements of the main acoustical parameters, which define detection distances of an intruder in the Hudson River estuary, and explained how the detection distance changes under various environmental conditions. The research was conducted in cooperation with MSL scientists, Drs. Heui-Seol Roh, Barry Bunin and Alexander Sutin.

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About the Acoustical Society of America

Since its organization in 1929, the society has grown steadily in membership and stature. Today, it includes nearly 7,000 men and women who work in acoustics throughout the US and abroad. A variety of fields related to sound are represented, including: physics; measurement technologies and instrumentation; nearly all engineering disciplines; robotics and computer sciences; oceanography; underwater propagation; biology; physiology; psychology; architecture; speech and hearing; music; noise and noise control; animal bioacoustics; and structural acoustics and vibration.

This diversity, along with the opportunities provided for the exchange of knowledge and points of view, has become one of the society's unique and strongest assets. From the beginning, the Acoustical Society has sought to serve the widespread interests of its members and the acoustics community in all branches of acoustics, both theoretical and applied.

The society is primarily a voluntary organization and attracts the interest, commitment, and service of a large number of professionals. Their contributions in the formation, guidance, administration and development of the ASA are largely responsible for its world-wide preeminence in the field of acoustics.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 1,850 undergraduate and 2,980 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time faculty of 140. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu. For the latest news about Stevens, please visit www.StevensNewsService.com.


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