News-Gazette (Feb. 24) -- On Sunday night, A.J. Christensen, a 28-year-old computer science alumnus who works at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, was glued to the Academy Awards broadcast. When "Interstellar," won for Best Visual Effects, Christensen, who had a hand in the production of those effects, gave an acceptance speech for about 20 friends at the same time Paul Franklin was officially accepting the Oscar in Hollywood.