The Institute of Acoustics (IOA) is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1974. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK

Engineering Council UK

The Engineering Council is Britain's regulatory authority for registration of Chartered and Incorporated engineers and technicians, holding a register of these and providing advice to students, engineers, employers and academic institutions on the standards for registration and procedures for...

 to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK

Engineering Council UK

The Engineering Council is Britain's regulatory authority for registration of Chartered and Incorporated engineers and technicians, holding a register of these and providing advice to students, engineers, employers and academic institutions on the standards for registration and procedures for...

's Register of professional Engineers. The Institute's address is 77A St Peters Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3BN, United Kingdom. The current president of the IOA is Professor Trevor Cox. Past presidents include John Hinton OBE, Colin English, David Weston and Tony Jones.

Specialist groups

• Building acoustics
• Electroacoustics
  Electroacoustics
  Electroacoustics may refer to:*Electroacoustic music*Electroacoustic phenomena* Acoustical engineering, the interdisciplinary branch of Acoustics, electronics and electrical engineering dealing with electronic devices...
  
  
• Environmental noise
  Environmental noise
  Environmental noise is the summary of noise from transport, industrial and recreational activities.The definition is pursuant to the directive 2002/49/EC article 10.1. This directive should give a common approach intended to avoid, prevent or reduce the harmful effects of environmental noise. The...
  
  
• Measurement and instrumentation
• Musical acoustics
  Musical acoustics
  Musical acoustics or music acoustics is the branch of acoustics concerned with researching and describing the physics of music – how sounds employed as music work...
  
  
• Noise and vibration engineering
• Physical acoustics
• Speech and hearing
  Hearing (sense)
  Hearing is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations through an organ such as the ear. It is one of the traditional five senses...
  
  
• Underwater acoustics
  Underwater acoustics
  Underwater acoustics is the study of the propagation of sound in water and the interaction of the mechanical waves that constitute sound with the water and its boundaries. The water may be in the ocean, a lake or a tank. Typical frequencies associated with underwater acoustics are between 10 Hz and...
  
  

Medals and awards

The following prizes are awarded by the Institute

• Rayleigh Medal
  Rayleigh Medal
  The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.-List of recipients:...
  
  
• Tyndall Medal
  Tyndall Medal
  The Tyndall Medal is a prize from the Institute of Acoustics awarded every two years to a citizen of the UK, preferably under the age of 40, for "achievement and services in the field of acoustics". The prize is named after John Tyndall.-List of recipients:...
  
  
• A B Wood Medal
  A B Wood Medal
  The A B Wood Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "distinguished contributions to the application of underwater acoustics". The prize, named after Albert Beaumont Wood, is presented in alternate years to European and North American scientists. Recipients of this...
  
  
• R W B Stephens Medal
  R W B Stephens Medal
  The R W B Stephens Medal is a prize from the Institute of Acoustics named after Dr Ray Stephens, the first President of the Institute of Acoustics. His main interests lay in physical acoustics but he is remembered by generations of students for his continuing work in education...
  
  
• IOA Engineering Medal
• Honorary fellowship
• Peter Barnett Memorial Award
• The Award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public
• Award for Services to the Institute
• IOA Young Persons' Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering
• IOA Prize for best diploma student
• ANC prize for the best diploma project
• ANC prize for the best paper at an IOA conference

See also

• Chartered engineer
  Chartered Engineer (UK)
  In the United Kingdom, a Chartered Engineer is an engineer registered with Engineering Council UK . Contemporary Chartered Engineers are master's degree-qualified and have gained professional competencies through training and experience...
  
  
• Incorporated engineer
• The Association of Noise Consultants