Laboratory receives 20 Society for Technical Communications awards

Contact: Steve Sandoval, steves@lanl.gov, (505) 665-9206 (02-015)

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 19, 2002 -- Technical publications and art produced by the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory received 20 awards in the recent Society for Technical Communication's Kachina Chapter 2001-2002 Technical Art and Technical Publications competition. Of the awards, the Laboratory received the Best of Show Award in Technical Publications for the Los Alamos Science issue on the challenges of plutonium science.

The same issue also received an Award of Distinguished Technical Communication, as did two other Los Alamos publications, said Judy Prono of Los Alamos’ Communication Arts and Services Group. The Award of Distinguished Technical Communication is the highest award the Society for Technical Communications issues, Prono said.

The Cerro Grande Fire book and the publication, “The Laboratory in a Changing World: A Los Alamos Chronology,” also received Distinguished Technical Communication awards.

The reports and technical art were produced by a number of Laboratory personnel, said Prono.

The awards were given recently in Albuquerque.

Each year the Society for Technical Communication sponsors competitions for technical publications; technical art; and online communication products, such as World Wide Web pages. This year, the Kachina Chapter of New Mexico received 87 art and publications entries from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

The three Los Alamos entries that won Distinguished Technical Communications awards have been submitted to the Society for Technical Communication's international competitions; judging for the internal competitions will take place in March and April, with winners announced at STC’s 49th annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. in May.

Los Alamos publications receiving an Award of Excellence in Technical Publications included “Out of the Ashes: A Story of Natural Recovery” and “For the Seventh Generation: A Report to our Communities, Vol. 4.”

Awards of Merit in Technical Publications were given to the Laboratory for “Employee Handbook: A Guide for Working Safely and Securely,” “The Actinide Research Quarterly” and “Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Division Technology Review: Protein Crystallography Station.”

In the technical art competition, Los Alamos received six awards of Excellence in Technical Art:

• “Out of the Ashes”

• “Los Alamos Science No. 26: Challenges in Plutonium Science”

• “Fifth LANSCE User Group Meeting” poster

• “September is National Cholesterol Month” poster

• “Real Space Pair Distribution Function Methods: Workshop CD” design

• “The Laboratory in a Changing World: A Los Alamos Chronology.”

The Laboratory also received five awards of Merit in Technical Art:

• “SMARTS Conceptual Cutaway”

• “RIA Applications Workshop” cover

• “Principles of Soft Matter” poster

• “Ninth Annual Workshop on Advanced Accelerator Concepts” poster

• “In Vitro Transformation of Phagocytized Beryllium Oxide Particles in the Murine J774A.1 Cell” poster display.

A complete list of the award winners can be found at http://int.lanl.gov/im1/stc01.shtml online.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy and works in partnership with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission.

Los Alamos enhances global security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, developing technical solutions to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health and national security concerns.

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