Crude Impact is an award-winning documentary film which Chris Vernon of TheOilDrum.com called " a terrific film… the best documentary I have seen on the subject." This feature film explores the interconnection between human domination of the planet, and the discovery and use of oil.
Crude Impact has been an official selection at over thirty film festivals around the world and has won numerous awards. The film enjoyed a limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada and has been broadcast on television in many countries around the world. Crude Impact has been translated in to French, Spanish and Czech, and will soon be translated in to Turkish and Finnish.
The aim of this International Symposium on Dynamics of Vibro-Impact Systems is to provide a forum for the discussion of recent developments in the theory and industrial applications of vibro-impact ocean systems. A special effort has been made to invite active researchers from engineering, science, and applied mathematics communities.