And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Nick Rasmussen, Ron Fedkiw and Frank Losasso Petterson for the development of the Industrial Light & Magic fluid simulation system. This production-proven simulation system achieves large-scale water effects within ILM’s Zeno framework. It includes integrating particle level sets, parallel computation, and tools that enable the artistic direction of the result.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Brice Criswell and Ron Fedkiw for the development of the ILM PhysBAM Destruction System. his system incorporates innovative research on many algorithms that provide accurate methods for resolving contact, collision and stacking into a mature, robust and extensible production toolset. The PhysBAM Destruction System was one of the earliest toolsets capable of depicting large-scale destruction with a high degree of design control.