NEWS & EVENTS
06 September 2002
Viz Center contest results
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Dr. Graham Kent introducing the competition |
The Visualization Center competition turned out to be a great success, with original presentations from 10 graduate students. The competition was close, but there was a clear winner, Kurt Schwehr, who impressed all the judges with his great dataset. Runners-up [in no particular order] were Allison Jacobs and Jeff Dingler. The lucky winners took home an Apple iPod each.
Presenting to a packed audience, there were 10 presentations in total. The IGPP competitors were Jeff Dingler, Eric Hallenborg, Alison Hindley, Allison Jacobs, Kerry Key, Vince Morton, Jose Otero, Christina Reif, Fiona Sutherland, and Kurt Schwehr.
All the judges were impressed with the quality of the presentations and the oratory skills of the speakers. The talks covered a range of interests, from the topography of Mars, to active tectonics in Lake Tahoe and from seismicity in Southern California to the topography of Baja Califonria.
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An appreciative audience |
A big thank you to all the competitors who took part in the competition, and good luck next year.
 The competiton judges. From left to right: Kitty Haak, Catherine Johnson, Peter Shearer, and Kevin Brown. |
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The winner's circle |
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Graham reluctantly giving away the iPods... |
Socializing on the deck |
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All the student competitors |
The Visualization Center competition was sponsored by the following local businesses who provided many of the great prizes, and to whom we extend a huge thank you:
Rock Bottom Brewery [http://www.rockbottom.com/html/rb74.html]
Mission Bay Aquatic Center [http://www.mbac.nu/]
Parioli in Solona Beach [http://www.sandiegorestaurants.com/restaurant.cfm?res_id=68]
Cups Cafe at Scripps
The Birch Aquarium at Scripps [http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/]
Elario's [http://www.hotellajolla.com/elarios.html]