SPILL RESPONSEGrooved Drum Skimmer Award-Winning Grooved Disc SkimmerIn 2005, at the University of California’s Bren School On April 20, 2010, a violent explosion occurred in the of Environmental Science and Management in Santa Bar- Gulf of Mexico approximately 42 nautical miles offshore bara, a graduate student with an interest in oil spill recov- from Southeast Pass, Louisiana. The