WHOI Scientists Win a Boatload of Honors for Pioneering Research

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Ralph A. Stephen was named a Fellow of the American Acoustical Society, the premier international scientific society in acoustics. He was cited for "for contributions to seafloor elastic wave propagation."

Stephen is a senior scientist in the WHOI Geology and Geophysics Department. The ASA has nearly 7,000 members in theoretical and applied fields, ranging from physicists, engineers and oceanographers to architects, musicians, and speech and hearing researchers.

Nobumichi Shimizu was elected by peers as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Shimizu was selected for his pioneering work in the development and application of secondary ion …