From left: Richard Binning, AUGI President 2007; Michael Coffman, AUGI Top DAUG 2008; and Marie Breedlove, representing Hewlett Packard, sponsor of the Top DAUG contest.

Michael Coffman of SimplexGrinnell won the AUGI Top DAUG Challenge at AU 2007 and the right to be called AUGI Top DAUG for 2008.

AUGI Top DAUG is an annual contest sponsored by AUGI and Hewlett Packard. The two-part contest consists of a "written" test, administered via computer, and a drawing contest. The 10 participants with the highest scores on the written test advance to the Top DAUG finals, the drawing contest.

This year's top 10 finalists were:

Christine Baldwin
Shawn Caldwell
Michael Coffman
Matthew Corbin
Claude Godin
Kevin Hawkins
Steve Rabits
Mark Roach
Jim Swain
Alexander Wood

AUGI wishes to thank Dan Dolan, Don Schwartz, and the team from CADLearning for creating the AUGI Top DAUG written test and hosting the test at Autodesk University and AUGI CAD Camps throughout the year.

Congratulations to all the finalists and the new 2008 Top DAUG, Michael Coffman!