November PINS and Public Review Opportunities
November PINS and Public Review Opportunities A draft of ASA/BSR S3/SC1.7, Standard for Acoustic Metadata for Passive Acoustic Monitoring is open for public review and comment! Interested in participating? Follow the steps below! Email ASA Standards (standards@acousticalsociety.org) to request the draft and official comment form. ASA Standards will send the draft, the comment form, and instructions. Provide feedback using the provided comment form. Return completed comment form before the close of the public review period. Public comments must be submitted by December 1, 2025! ANSI Standards Action Listing Contact Standards Office Published by: ASA Standards Published Date: November 3, 2025
This Week’s Newly Reaffirmed Standards
We’re delighted to announce this week’s set of newly reaffirmed ASA Standards (ready for purchase in our ASA Standards storefront): S1 Committee (Acoustics): ASA/ANSI S1.1-2013 (R2024) Acoustical Terminology Abstract: This standard provides definitions for a wide variety of terms, abbreviations, and letter symbols used in acoustics and electroacoustics. Terms of general use in all branches of acoustics are defined, as well as many terms of special use for architectural acoustics, acoustical instruments, mechanical vibration and shock, physiological and psychological acoustics, underwater sound, sonics and ultrasonics, and music. S3 Committee (Bioacoustics): ASA/ANSI S3.5-1997 (R2024) Methods for Calculation of the Speech Intelligibility Index Abstract: This Standard defines a method for computing a […]
Michigan Technological University Joins As New ASA Standards Member
We’re thrilled to announce Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) has joined ASA Standards as a new organizational Member. Chad M. Walber, Ph.D., Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics with Michigan Tech, will serve as ASA Standards primary voting representative. Dr. Walber’s areas of interest include: Sensors and Instrumentation; Digital Signal Processing; Metrology; and Piezoelectrics. His research interests include Dynamic Systems Testing, Sound and Vibration, Additive Manufacturing. With ASA Standards, the Michigan Tech team will serve on our Accredited Standards Committee S1 (Acoustics), on which Dr. Walber currently serves as Vice Chair, and on ISO/TAG TC 108 (Mechanical Vibration and Shock) and IEC/TAG TC 29 (Electroacoustics). Michigan Tech faculty and students […]