The Martin Hirschorn / IAC Prize (Graduate Student Project) is  funded with the income from a $100,000 gift given in 1999 by the New York Community Trust, Martin Hirschorn IAC Fund. The prize is awarded in odd-numbered years, "...as a contribution to the education of a graduate student studying noise control engineering in the United States of America, who proposes a project related to an application of noise control engineering and/or the acoustical conditioning of architectural spaces."

The Martin Hirschorn / IAC Prize (Graduate Student Project) is awarded every other year on odd-numbered years. The Prize will next be offered in 2023.

Award Recipients

• 2023: Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska
  For his work in “Predicting noise in restaurants via hybrid simulation
• 2021: Sunit Girdhar, Michigan Technological University
  Low-frequency measurement for ASTM Impact Sound Rating (ISR) for floor-ceiling assemblies in small rooms with non-diffuse fields
• 2019: Kenton Hummel, The University of Nebraska
  Transforming Hospital Noise Fluctuation Metrics
• 2017: Dan Hemme, University of Texas at Austin
  Characterization of Sound Power Level Spectra Produced by HVAC Chillers with Double Helical Rotary Screw Compressors Under Various Operating Conditions
• 2015: Hyun Hong of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  Subjective perception of varying reflection density in room impulse responses
• 2013: Zhao (Ellen) Peng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Investigation of room effects on the comprehension of speech from English-as-a second-language (ESL) talkers and native English-speaking listeners
• 2011: Jie Duan, University of Cincinnati
  Development of a Novel Active Sound Quality Control System
• 2009: Selen Okcu, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Development of New Acoustic Metrics for Complex Hospital Sound Environments
• 2007: Brent W. Rudd, University of Cincinnati
  Noise Reduction for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Patients
• 2005: Jonathan Rathsam, University of Nebraska
  Validation and Modeling of Diffraction around Three-dimensional Surfaces using a 3D Boundary Element Method
• 2003: Ferdy Martinus, University of Kentucky
  Reconstruction of Acoustic Particle Velocity on an Open-Ended Duct
• 2001: Erica Bowden, University of Nebraska
  Investigation of Complex Background Noise Spectra in Normal and Hearing-Impaired Persons
• 1999: Hyeong-seok Kim, Department of Architecture, University of Florida
  Study of Community Noise from Cooling Towers and Condensing Units