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2014-2015 Technical Communication Competition Winners

Winners of the 2014-2015 Distinguished Technical Communication Award and the 2014-2015 Excellence Award in the local chapter may go on to the International Summit Awards Competition. Distinguished winning entries in that competition are displayed at the annual STC Technical Communication Summit in June.

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International Winners

A marks the entries that won awards in the International Competition.

One of our winners in the chapter's competition won a Best of Show in the International Summit Awards Competition. Congratulations to all our winners!

List of Washington, DC – Baltimore (WDCB) Chapter Winners

We are pleased to present the winners for our chapter competition.

Winning Entries

Table contents

The first column shows the entry title, the second column shows the contributors to the entry, and the third column shows the name of their company.

Entry title	Contributors	Company
Best of Show—Online
Best of Show candidates exhibit the ideal for their category. They are not judged against each other; they are judged solely against established standards for their respective documentation type. Of the Distinguished entries nominated for Best of Show, the entry that comes closest to the ideal for its category is the Best of Show.
Category Management: Shopper Mind and Behavior	Adam Crutchfield, Tammy Montero, Kathy Sawyer, Celeste Murray, Alison Burwinkel	Bright Line Learning Marietta, GA
Distinguished Technical Communication
An entry that wins an award of Distinguished Technical Communication is clearly superior in all areas. The entry contains no major flaws and few, if any, minor flaws. It applies the principles of technical communication in an outstanding way, particularly the way that it anticipates and fulfills the needs of its audience.
American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic	Bonnie S. Driggers; Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE); Karen Ringstrand; Countess Clarissa Bonde, BAEE Board Member; Nancy Christmus, Nativescapes Horticultural Consulting; Dr. Marc Epstein, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture; Cynthia Lockley; Lydia Inglett, Ltd Book Publishing; Jean Morra; Dr Douglas Tallamy, Prof. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, U of Delaware; Keith Tomlinson, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens; Kyle Wallick, Botanist at the USBG	Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE) McLean VA
Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE) website	Cynthia A Lockley; Bonnie S. Driggers; Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE)	Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE) McLean, VA
Category Management: Shopper Mind and Behavior	Adam Crutchfield, Tammy Montero, Kathy Sawyer, Celeste Murray, Alison Burwinkel	Bright Line Learning Marietta, GA
CA VM: Backup for z/VM HiDRO Component – 2.8	Jeffrey Rubinoff; Steven "J.R." Imler, Senior Software Engineer	CA Technologies Prague, Czech Republic & Herndon, VA
Plastics and Polymer Composites Technology Roadmap for Automotive Markets	Ross Brindle; Lindsay Pack; Gina Oliver, American Chemistry Council; Sarah Lichtner; Barb Robertson, American Chemistry Council	Nexight Group Silver Spring, MD
SIMATIC ET 200AL – Distributed I/O system	Beate Siebenhaar, Siemens AG; Sabine Schmidt, DocWerk GmbH; Gunter Forster, Siemens AG	Siemens AG Amberg, Germany
Beyond the Classroom: Tips and Tools for the Successful Westat Data Collector	John Kalter, Gary Mosteller, Barbara Dingwall	Westat Rockville, MD
Excellence
An entry that wins an award of Excellence consistently meets high standards in all areas. The entry might contain a single major flaw or a few minor flaws. The entry demonstrates an exceptional understanding of technical communication principles.
U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center: Recent Achievements	Namrata Patodia Rastogi, Energetics; Julie Chappell, Energetics; Matt Antes, Energetics; Paget Donnelly, Energetics; Valerie Riedel, Energetics; Tommy Finamore, Energetics; Victoria Brun, Energetics; Robert Marlay, US DOE; Alexander McLean, US DOE	Energetics Incorporated Columbia, MD
How to Put a Price on Power Loss	Lindsay Kishter	Nexight Group Silver Spring, MD
Research for Sustainable Energy: Linking Genomic and Ecosystem Sciences; Workshop Report	Kris Christen, Judy Wyrick, Biological and Environmental Research Information System at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Holly Haun, Marissa Mills, Betty Mansfield, Sheryl Martin; Brett Hopwood; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN
U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers	Holly Haun, Judy Wyrick, Biological and Environmental Research Information System at Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN
TCI6638K2K Multicore DSP + ARM KeyStone II System-on-Chip (SoC) Data Manual	David A. Murphy, Leigh Ellert	Texas Instruments, Inc. New Market, MD
ECE Focus on Research 2014	Eileen Baumann, Kara Baumann, Laura Purcell, Sara Gundersen, David Franusich	Uncork-it, Inc. Blacksburg, VA
The Future of Unmanned Vehicle Systems in Virginia	Kara Baumann, Eileen Baumann, David Franusich	Uncork-it, Inc. Blacksburg, VA
Carlo Gavazzi EM111 Installation and use instructions	Vilma Zamboli, Irene Mazzi, Cristian Gallina, Mauro De Toffol, Roberto Bresciani	Writec Desenzano del Garda (BS), Italy
Merit
An entry that wins a Merit award consistently meets high standards in most areas. The entry might contain a small number of major or minor flaws, but it still applies technical communication principles in a highly proficient manner.
CA Top Secret for z/VM 12.1 Wiki	Kris Horgen	CA Technologies Lisle, IL
Cellulose Nanomaterials–A Path Towards Commercialization Workshop Report	World Nieh, U.S. Forest Service; Theodore Wegner, U.S. Forest Service; Fred Hansen, Energetics Inc.	Energetics Incorporated Columbia, MD
Wide Bandgap Semiconductors	Paget Donnelly, Energetics; Ridah Sabouni, Energetics; Tommy Finamore, Energetics; Melissa Eichner, Energetics; Amy Manheim, U.S. DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing	Energetics Incorporated Columbia, MD
QuickRef> Cards for GetWellNetwork Executive Dashboard	Timothy Rahn	GetWellNetwork,Inc. Bethesda, MD
A Comparative Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Propane and Competing Energy Options	Jared Kosters, Ross Brindle, Lindsay Pack; Matt Antes, Energetics, Inc; Beth Zotter, Energetics Inc.; C. W. Gillespie, Energetics Inc.; Greg Kerr, Propane Education and Research Council	Nexight Group Silver Spring, MD
Cooking for Life: Roadmap to a Billion	Ross Brindle; Michael Kelly, World LP Gas Association; Lindsay Pack	Nexight Group Silver Spring, MD
Teknos	Kinsey Moser, Matthew Park, Jessica Kim, Teknos Staff	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA
Cancer Systems Biology Website	Eileen Quirk Baumann, Kara Baumann, David Franusich	Uncork-it, Inc. Blacksburg, VA
NHCS Emergency Department Fact Sheet	Jennifer Butler, Daniela Hlucha, Monelle Williams	Westat Rockville, MD
OESE Performance Improvement Toolkit	Yael Tamir, Jennifer Butler, Barbara Dingwall	Westat Rockville, MD
Scenario Processing and Organization Tool (SPOT) v 2.0 User Guide	Marylyn G. King	Independent Damascus, MD

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