Abstract :
The Administrative Committee of the IEEE Group on Sonics and Ultrasonics takes great pleasure in announcing the selection of the Best Paper published in the 1974 IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics. The Best Paper Award of the G-SU for 1974 is awarded to Thomas L. Szabo and Andrew J. Slobodnik, Jr., authors of the paper titled "Diffraction Compensation in Periodic Apodized Acoustic Surface Wave Filters." This paper was published in the April 1974 issue. The selection was made on the basiosf its relevancy to thef ield of surface acoustic wave technology, the excellent treatment of a well-defined problem, and the good experimental results obtained using the theory. The authors of the Best Paper received a cash prize and a plaque to commemorate their achievement. These were presented at the 1975 Ultrasonics Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
