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On Friday, April 25th, 2008, the 20th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis was held at Duke University.&amp;nbsp; The competition resulted in a tie between Ludovic Chamoin (of the University of Texas, Austin) and Irina Kalashnikova (of Stanford University). &amp;nbsp; Here is a picture of the 2008 Melosh Medalists with the judges, Leo Franca and Nicolas Moes:
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&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;///Users/jdolbow/Desktop/MeloshWinnersAndJudges_2008.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/2446770389_416b04a28e.jpg?v=0&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;From L to R: Leo Franca, Ludovic Chamoin, Irina Kalashnikova, Nicolas Moes. &amp;nbsp;
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&amp;nbsp;Here is another photo of all the finalists, the judges, and organizers:
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From L to R: (standing) Leo Franca, Christian Linder, Ajay Rajasekharan, Nicolas Moes, Tim Wildey, John Dolbow, Tod Laursen; (seated) Ludovic Chamoin, Irina Kalashnikova.
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Please join me in congratulating all of the finalists and the two medalists!!!&amp;nbsp;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:13:51 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>John E. Dolbow</dc:creator>
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