UT–Austin holds Texas Atomic Film Festival

May 16, 2011, 6:08AMANS Nuclear Cafe

The third annual Texas Atomic Film Festival (TAFF) was held on May 5, 2011, by the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. The 2011 TAFF featured seven films produced by students from UT-Austin as well as distance-learning students from Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. The goal of the TAFF is to allow students to communicate technical subjects to their peers by using digital movie content.

Below is the 2011 TAFF award winner for best film: Everything I Wanted to Know About Radiation But Was Too Afraid to Ask.

Dr. Steven Biegalski is the professor for the nuclear engineering courses that participate in the TAFF, and he moderates the film festival. Juan Garcia, from the Faculty Innovation Center at UT-Austin, has assisted with the organization of this project and he plays a significant role in providing the infrastructure for students to complete their projects.

The full TAFF playlist can be found on YouTube at the official Cockrell School Channel. The "Texas Atomic Film Festival" playlist is located on the right hand side of the official site. Clicking the playlist link takes you to a listing of all the films from the past three years, with the top seven films listed being the most recent. The ANS Nuclear Cafe will be featuring several winning films from the film festival in the days ahead.

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