On Friday, April 25th, 2008, the 20th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis was held at Duke University.  The competition resulted in a tie between Ludovic Chamoin (of the University of Texas, Austin) and Irina Kalashnikova (of Stanford University).   Here is a picture of the 2008 Melosh Medalists with the judges, Leo Franca and Nicolas Moes:

 From L to R: Leo Franca, Ludovic Chamoin, Irina Kalashnikova, Nicolas Moes.  

 Here is another photo of all the finalists, the judges, and organizers:

From L to R: (standing) Leo Franca, Christian Linder, Ajay Rajasekharan, Nicolas Moes, Tim Wildey, John Dolbow, Tod Laursen; (seated) Ludovic Chamoin, Irina Kalashnikova.

Please join me in congratulating all of the finalists and the two medalists!!!