Lab communicators capture 40 awards

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 27, 2004 -- A graphics designer who created poster panels for a Bradbury Science Museum exhibit captured Best of Show in art while his Los Alamos colleagues went home with 39 other awards at a recent competition of technical communicators from four states.

Jay Tracy of the Laboratory's Communication Arts and Services Group and other Los Alamos winners of the 2003 Southwest Regional Publications, Art, and Online Competitions received their awards at a recent banquet in Albuquerque that brought together members of the Society for Technical Communication from California, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

Ten entries in art categories and one publications entry won Distinguished Technical Communication awards, the most ever for IM-1 staff in STC competitions.

The Society's awards, in descending order, are Award of Distinguished Technical Communication, Award of Excellence and Award of Merit. All Los Alamos winners of the Distinguished Technical Communication awards go on to the Society's international competitions next month, with winners to be announced in May.

Jay Tracy's introductory panels for the current Bradbury exhibit on Los Alamos' stockpile stewardship mission were honored by the judges as Best of Show in the Technical Art Competition.

Tracy said his challenges in designing the four panels were immense.

"Not only did the panels have to capture the stockpile stewardship mission in a global context, so that the balance of the exhibit could show the programmatic content, but the characterization had to visually reach the general public, interested visitors, scientists, Lab management and VIPs," Tracy said.

"In addition, it was important the panels respond to the museum's architecture and color palette. I used rounded forms and cool colors to soften the geometry of the exhibit spaces," Tracy said.

The following lists details of all the winning Los Alamos entries by category, award level, title and individual developers:

Technical Art Competition

Best of Show
"Mission: Stockpile Stewardship" Museum Exhibit Introductory Lightbox Panels: Jay Tracy

Awards of Distinguished Technical Communication
"Mission: Stockpile Stewardship" Museum Exhibit Introductory Lightbox Panels: Jay Tracy
Applied Physics Division recruiting posters (set of five): Pam Paine
Critical Skills Development Program at LANL (brochure design): Octavio Ramos; Kathryn Ostic; Chris Brigman
Environmental & Earth Sciences Report 2001-2002 (brochure design): Richard Leishman; Donald Montoya; Ryan DeMares
Integrated Digital Information Resources (promotional materials design): Jay Tracy
Los Alamos Research Quarterly (magazine design): Chris Brigman; Los Alamos Research Quarterly team
Los Alamos Science, No. 27 (book design): Gloria Sharp; Nikki Cooper; Ileana Buican
Nuclear Weapons Journal Jan.-Feb. 2003 (cover design): Randy Summers; Alison B. Grieggs; Ed Lorusso
Supercomputing at LANL: 6 New Scientific Data Simulations (info materials design): Jay Tracy
Theory in Action (book design): Susan Carlson; E. Katherine Valdez; Theory in Action Book Team

Awards of Excellence
LANL 60th Anniversary Exhibit: Andrea Gaskey
LANL ASCI Program poster: Jay Tracy
LANSCE Neutron Scattering (winter School) poster: Sharon Mikkelson
The Seventh Generation (annual report design): Susan Carlson; Stacey Castro

Awards of Merit
A Look @ Los Alamos National Laboratory (brochure design): Donald Montoya
Center for Nonlinear Studies Conference Poster: Kelly Parker
Design and Testing of an Innovative Neutron/Photon Shield poster: Stacey Castro
Nano and Weapons Science display: Annie Loweree
Nuclear Weapons Journal (magazine design): Alison Grieggs
The Nonproliferation and International Security Center Dedication (brochure design): Donald Montoya
UCDRD 2002 report cover: Kelly Parker
UCNNM Update 2001-2002 (brochure design): Heather Edwards: Shirley Veenis
Unique Case Studies Involving Monitoring for External Dose at LANL (poster): Stacey Castro

Technical Publications Competition

Award of Distinguished Technical Communication (DTC)
Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Activity Report 2002: Grace Hollen; Sharon Mikkelson; Barbara Maes; Annie Loweree; Sue Harper

Awards of Excellence
Environmental & Earth Sciences Progress Report 2001-2002: Ryan DeMares
Los Alamos Research Quarterly (magazine): Los Alamos Research Quarterly Team
Los Alamos Science, No. 27 (book): Gloria Sharp; Nikki Cooper; Ileana Buican
Theory in Action (two-volume book): Linda Wood; Denise Sessions: Theory in Action Book Team
UCNNM Update 2001-2002 (brochure): Heather Edwards: Shirley Veenis

Awards of Merit
A Look @ Los Alamos National Laboratory (brochure): Charmian Schaller
Critical Skills Development Program at LANL (brochure): Octavio Ramos
Jump Start Your Career (promotional materials): Lisa Inkret; Richard Leishman
NMT-5 and Qual 1 brochure: Marcia Hunsberger; Mick Greenbank; Kim Gunderson
Nuclear Weapons Journal (magazine): Alison Grieggs

Online Communications Competition

Awards of Excellence
Los Alamos Research Quarterly Web site: Katherine Norskog; Michelle Gilliam; Los Alamos Research Quarterly team
Theory in Action CD: E. Katherine Valdez; Denise Sessions; Theory in Action Book Team
Weaving Our Worlds (WOW) Diversity Calendar Web site: Laurie Quon; Jan Wouters; Joan Trujillo

Awards of Merit
Earth & Environmental Sciences at LANL Web site: Valerie Stockett; Ann Rafferty; Dottie Austin
Threat Reduction at LANL Web site: Valerie Stockett; Nancy Ambrosiano; IM-1 Threat Reduction Web team.

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