Introduction to the 2014 IUS special issue on ultrasonics

The 2014 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium brought together researchers and scientists from academia and industry to present cutting-edge advances in ultrasonic research and inspire new ideas and collaborations between scholars. This symposium took place in the magnificent and worldclass city of Chicago from September 3???6, 2014. The symposium consisted of 938 contributed presentations, 24 invited talks including the plenary speaker, 12 short courses, and 18 student paper competition finalists. A total of 642 manuscripts were accepted for publication in the conference proceedings in the following major topics: ??? Medical ultrasonics; ??? Ultrasonic nondestructive testing and imaging; ??? Industrial ultrasound; ??? Physical acoustics; ??? SAW, FBAR, and MEMS; and ??? Ultrasonic sensors, transducers, and actuators.