2009 Image, Poster & Paper Competition Winners

The high number and quality of submissions in all categories surpassed our expectations, and the winning entries represent many others nearly as good.  The CRF staff thanks all participants and congratulates the winners!

— Zhorro Nikolov, Ed Basgall, Craig Johnson, Dee Breger and CRF Director Surya Kalidindi

Image Competition

Prizes

Four 1 month subscriptions or extensions of existing ones for the user group on instruments of choice (training fees added for new users).

• JESSICA SCHIFFMAN (Materials Science and Engineering, C. Schauer)
• GWEE LIANG (Chemical and Biological Engineering, Y. Elabd)
• GLEB YUSHIN (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• SIDDHARTHA PATHAK (Materials Science and Engineering, S. Kalidindi)

Five black and white micrographs chosen for 2 hour Photoshop colorizing session with Dee Breger and images displayed on the CRF website:

• ELINA VITOL (Electrical and Computer Engineering, G. Friedman)
• AARON SAKULICH (Materials Science and Engineering, M. Barsoum)
• RIJU SINGHAL (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• DAN SATKO (Materials Science and Engineering, S. Kalidindi)
• WILLIAM HESSE (Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, M. Kim)

Ten mouse pads with user provided color images/patterns to be used for CRF instruments. The winners will also be displayed on the CRF website.

• JESSICA SCHIFFMAN (Materials Science and Engineering, C. Schauer)
• GLEB YUSHIN (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• REBECCA CHEN (Materials Science and Engineering, C. Li)
• DAN SATKO (Materials Science and Engineering, S. Kalidindi)
• AMANDA LEVINSON (Materials Science and Engineering, S. Kalidindi)
• PATRICIA REDDINGTON (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• RYAN BAXTER (Biomedical Engineering, S. Kurtz)
• DIANNE PHELAN ROTHSTEIN (Materials Science and Engineering, M. Marcolongo)
• Plus two images from the colorizing sessions.

Posters Competition

Prizes

Two 1 month subscriptions or extensions of existing ones for the user group on instruments of choice (training fees added for new users) and posters displayed in the CRF lobby and on the CRF website.

• ELINA VITOL(Electrical and Computer Engineering, G. Friedman)
• MOOGEGA COOPER (Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, A. Fridman)

Four posters to be displayed in the CRF lobby and on the CRF website

• VADYM MOCHALIN (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• KEVIN MCPEAK (Chemical and Biological Engineering, J. Baxter)
• SEBASTIAN OSSWALD (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• KASHMA RAI (Electrical and Computer Engineering, A. Fontecchio)

Scientific Paper Competition

Prizes

Two 1 month subscriptions or extensions of existing ones for the user group on instruments of choice (training fees added for new users) and paper abstracts displayed on the CRF website.

• KRIS BEHLER (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)
• VADYM MOCHALIN (Materials Science and Engineering, Y. Gogotsi)