NCAC Student Travel Awards & Travel Grants
To promote the acoustical consulting profession, NCAC offers qualified students financial assistants to attend industry conferences. There are two grants available:
NCAC Student Travel Award
For in-person conferences: award includes a $500 grant, 2 nights hotel reimbursement (at conference group rate or less), one-year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as a travel award recipient.
For virtual conferences: award amount equals student registration reimbursement, one-year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as a travel award recipient.
Eligibility:
- Enrolled in college or university program;
- Author of an accepted paper at a Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA), or Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference;
- Qualifying research topic (see Application Instructions for a list of qualifying topics);
- Show an interest in acoustical consulting profession;
- Completion of application packet, including faculty reference form.
Application Materials:
Application Deadlines:
- October 15th. 2024 for ASA 187th Meeting, Virtual, November 18-22, 2024. Since this is a virtual meeting, award amount equals student registration rate, one-year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as a travel award recipient. No hotel reimbursement will be offered.
Send completed forms to ncac-sta@ncac.com.
New NCAC Travel Grant for Underrepresented Students
For in-person conferences: Award includes $500 grant, one year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as travel award recipient.
For virtual conferences: award amount equals student registration reimbursement, one-year subscription to electronic NCAC newsletter, and recognition as a travel award recipient.
Eligibility:
- Enrolled in college or university program;
- Registered to attend a Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA), or Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference;
- Self-identified as a member of an underrepresented group based on ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability;
- Show an interest in acoustical consulting profession;
- Completion of application packet including faculty reference form.
Application Materials:
- Travel Grant Application
- Faculty Reference Form (to be uploaded with application)
Application Deadlines:
- October 15, 2024 for ASA 187th Meeting, Virtual, November 18-22, 2024
If you are a faculty member who would like to learn more or be notified of future application deadlines, please email ncac-sta@ncac.com.
2024 Student Travel Award Recipients
Noise-Con 2024 – New Orleans, LA
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Janith Godakawela, Michigan Technical University
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Srinivasa Rao Ippili, University of Kentucky
- Sogand Okhovatian, University of Toronto
Spring ASA Meeting – Ottawa, Canada
- Mac Geoffrey Ajaereh, University of Bath, UK
- John Case, The Pennsylvania State University
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Erick Correa Medina, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Phebe Cunningham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Hezekiah George, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Olivia Heui Young Park, The Pennsylvania State University
- Martin Mann, Baldwin Wallace University
- Robert Nelson, The Pennsylvania State University
- Sogand Okhovatian, University of Toronto, Canada
- Matthew Olmstead, The Pennsylvania State University
- Katia Padilla Bustos, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Noah Parker, The Pennsylvania State University
- Raymond Plasse, Belmont University
- Rami Rashid, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Divyamaan Sahoo, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
- Tong Wang-Yu, The Pennsylvania State University
- Jonah Warner, The Pennsylvania State University
- Gabriel Weeldreyer, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Ruth Willet, The Pennsylvania State University
DEI STA Recipient: Prajna Jandial, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2023 Student Travel Award Recipients
Spring ASA Meeting – Chicago, IL
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Gabriel Weeldreyer, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jonathan Broyles, Pennsylvania State University
- Carter Paprocki, Pennsylvania State University
- Olivia Park, Pennsylvania State University
- Lalith Pillarisetti, Pennsylvania State University
- Ruth Willet, Pennsylvania State University
- Sunit Girdhar, Michigan Technological University
- Fernanda Caldas, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Noise-Con 2023 – Grand Rapids, MI
- Ziqi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fall ASA 2023 -Sydney, Australia
- Laura Brownstead, Penn State University
- John Case, Penn State University
- Hao Di, Waseda University, Japan
- Gregory Hernandez, Duke University
- Guoseng Ji, University of Oxford, England
- William Johnston, Michigan Technical University
- Milena Jonas Bem, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rewan Toubar, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
DEI STA Recipient: Matthew Olmstead, Penn State University
2022 Student Travel Award Recipients
Spring ASA Meeting – Denver, CO
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Jack Taylor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jiahua Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Saleh Nasser, University of Florida
- Suni Girdhar, Michigan Technological University
- Steven Whitaker, Michigan Technological University
Noise-Con 2022 – Lexington, KY
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Edwin Yazbec, Michigan Technology University
Fall ASA Meeting – Nashville, TN
- Song Guochenhao, Purdue University
- Zhuang Mo, Purdue University
- Drake Hintz, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Jiahua Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute