From Planetary to Microscopic: Winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

From a map of Mars to the microscopic surface of a leaf that only looks like an alien landscape, the winners of this year’s NC State Research Image Contest captured the scope and beauty to be found in seeking to understand the world around us.

The contest was open to faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The program is funded by NC State’s Graduate School and Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, with support from University Communications and the College of Sciences.

The list of winners is below. You can get an in-depth description of the winning entries in each category by clicking on the category headline, or see the full list of related posts here. A slideshow of all the winning entries (except the videos) can be found on Flickr.

Graphics and Illustration

First Place, Faculty and Staff: Paul Byrne, assistant professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Second Place, Faculty and Staff: Rich Spontak, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Michael Fisher, Ph.D. student in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.

Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Dheepak Nandkishore Khatri, master’s student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Microscopy

First Place, Faculty and Staff: Rich Spontak, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Eric Land, Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Gabrielle Corradino, Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Photography

First Place, Faculty and Staff: Matt Bertone, extension associate in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.

Second Place, Faculty and Staff: Andy Stringer, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and director of NC State’s Global Health Initiative.

First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Andy Wade, Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Amber Hubbard, Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Sally Van Gorder, former graduate student in the College of Design.

Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Yixin Liu, Ph.D. student in the Department of Textile Engineering.

Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Vivek Bharambe, Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Video

First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Tyler Allen, Ph.D. student in NC State’s Comparative Biomedical Sciences program.

Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Shreyas Narsipur, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.