Category: 2020
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Perylene Planet
Label Perylene Planet Artist Erica Knorr Description This is the starting material needed to make substituted perylene diimide — a molecule that has potential applications in solar cells. Type Cell Phone Camera Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Chemistry Area of Research Photon Upconversion Date 2020
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The Structural Network
Label The Structural Network Artist Brandon Buck Description We wanted to investigate the role of a structural network formed during gene activation. In green are cells that allow the network to form, and in red are cells that are prevented from forming a network. Type Microscope Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Biological Science Area of…
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Bio-cultural Symmetry
Label Bio-cultural Symmetry Artist Benjamin Stewart Description Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory and symmetrical archaeology are underlying principles and theoretical framework that looks at the arrangements of symmetrical relationships of human behaviors such as past and present, people and place, individuals and society, biology and culture in various systems. It is a way to view how…
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Polyelectrolyte Spider Web
Label Polyelectrolyte Spider Web Artist Sandrine Lteif Description The polymer was synthesized, dissolved in water and deposited on a silicon wafer. The result was an interesting pattern on the surface. This strong positively charged polymer can be used to form thin films. These multilayers have a wide range of applications ranging from electronics to biosensors…
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Watched Over By Angels
Label Watched Over By Angels Artist Bobbie Renfro Description My work broadly focuses on the effects of human activities on coral reef ecosystems. More specifically I am interested in how nutrient enrichment from mismanaged waste water and fertilizers affects the sponges that inhabit the coral reef. These grey angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) perused the reef around…
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Stellar Swirls
Label Stellar Swirls Artist Ezra Brooker Description Turbulent eddies, or swirls, in a box of white dwarf star plasma that is partially “burning” via carbon fusion. This research is part of an effort in understanding the explosion mechanism of Type Ia supernovae, the cataclysmic deaths of white dwarf star corpses. Type Simulation Artist Affiliation Graduate…