 On February 9, 2008 in the Academy Scientific and Technical Award ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Fedkiw was awarded an 80th Academy Award for Technical Achievement for the development of the Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) fluid simulation system.He shared the award with Nick Rasmussen and Frank Losasso Petterson.Fedkiw does physics-based simulation that enable better water effects.