How can ultrasonics enhance the value of your business?

UIA is the international business forum for users, manufacturers, and researchers of ultrasonics. Our members use acoustic vibrations to improve materials, industrial processes, and medical technology. We call this "powering sound ideas."

Let's work together to power your sound ideas. Contact a member consultant or company through our Forum and Referral Network, learn about ultrasonics with our extensive set of learning materials, or meet industry leaders at our next symposium.

The 41st Annual Symposium of the Ultrasonic Industry Association

The three-day meeting at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco was a success. Thank you to all who participated.

Partial ablation HIFU prostate therapy shown to be significantly more effective than alternatives

The UK's Telegraph reports on a recent study of partial ablation of prostate cancer in which ninety percent of treated men treated with HIFU were free of cancer and side effects, compared to a fifty percent rate with radiotherapy and surgery.

New NIH Center

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) has opened in Bethesda MD USA. Among the immediate applications of ultrasound to the Center's Initiatives are targeted drug delivery via the opening of the blood brain barrier, and plastic welding in the manufacturing of tissue-mimicking chips.

Can ultrasound play a Star Trek role?

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Qualcomm announced that it is offering a $10 million prize to the developers of a practical Star Trek tricorder. A small hand-held broadband transducer could form the core of such a device.

Therapeutic ultrasound in the popular press

Focused ultrasound surgery was named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions in its November 28, 2011 issue (subscription link), describing "multiple beams of acoustic energy [guided] into a concentrated hot spot deep inside the body to heat and melt away tumors..."

Members in the news

"Sunita Chauhan, winner of the 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Women in Engineering (WIE) Most Inspiring Engineer of the Year Award, and associate professor, division of mechatronics and design at the school of mechanical and production engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, calls her career 'very enriching and satisfying,' especially when it inspires others." Salim N. The Most Inspiring Engineer of the Year. Women in Engineering Magazine, IEEE. Dec. 2011 5(2) 5-6.

Members say...

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