Plattenburg and Sen Receive Leo Beranek Student Medals for Excellence

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Two Ohio State mechanical engineering students have received the prized Leo Beranek Student Medals for Excellence in the Study of Noise Control. Undergraduate student Joe Plattenburg and graduate student Osman Taha Sen have been awarded the medals by the International Noise Control Engineers (INCE).  Their medals were presented at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering's annual Spring Awards ceremony held Friday, April 20. Both students are advised by Professor Raj Singh

This special medal was established by the Board of Directors of INCE/USA to recognize excellence in the study of noise-control by undergraduate and graduate students at selected academic institutions in North America that have courses in, or related to, noise-control engineering including practical applications. Along with their medals, they have been invited to attend Noise-Con 2013. Dr. Leo Beranek, a renowned acoustical scientist, is one of the founders of BBN Technologies (inventor of the internet), and received the National Medal of Science in 2002. According to Leo Beranek: "Student contributions to the betterment of techniques for the control of noise in buildings, vehicles and outdoors, and of means for reducing noise produced by any loud source is readily sought and will now be recognized by this Student Medal. I am proud to be named for this important student award." 

Congratulations to Joe Plattenburg and Osman Taha Sen!
 
For more information about the award, visit the Institute for Noise Control Engineering web site.