Clemson University: Engineering and Science Education

Science as Art


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious... the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. -Albert Einstein

Sometimes, science and art meet in the middle. For example, when a visual representation of science or technology has an unexpected aesthetic appeal, it becomes a connection for scientists, artists and the general public.

In celebration of this connection, Clemson University and South Carolina high school students are being challenged to share powerful and inspiring visual images produced in laboratories and workspaces for the "Science as Art" exhibit.

Entries for Science as Art 2009 are due by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2009.

 

Congratulations to the winners of Science as Art 2009!

Category: Digital Media

1st place
"Mimicking Nature: Fiber Based Microprobe", Daria Monaenkova, Marius Chyasnavichys and Taras Andrukh

2nd place
"Giving Birth to a Droplet by Popping a Water Balloon", Daria Monaenkova, Marius Chyasnavichys, Taras Andrukh and Alexandr Tokarev

3rd place
"Silhouette", Ashley Triplett

Honorable Mention
"La Cuadrada (She Who Is Squared) ", Kevin Human, Micah Guy, Shirley Yu and Pisut Wisessing

Category: Photography

1st place
"Hamlet", Sijie Lin, Priyanka Bhattacharya, Tatsiana Ratnikova and Pu-Chun Ke

2nd place
"Liquefaction", Nadarajah Ravichandran and Brian Machmer

3rd place
"Fractal Plastic", Ian Stocks

Honorable Mention
"When Worlds Collide ", Robert Bellinger

Category: Three-Dimensional

1st place
"Stellated Truncated Icosahedron, made of Sonobe Units", Matthew King

2nd place
"Five Tone Tetrahedra", Jason Fellers

3rd place
"Origami Hyperbolic Plane", Neil Calkin

Category: Non-Photographic Two Dimensional

1st place
"Light from Light", Suellen Floyd Pometto

2nd place
"The Principle of Superposition: Abstract", Hayden Childers

Category: Informational Graphic

1st place
"Secret of the Rock-Climbing Ability in Fishes", Takashi Maie and Eric Livingston

2nd place
"Water", Craig Campbell

3rd place
"Nano Honey Florets", Ramakrishna Podila, Bevan Elliott and Apparao Rao

Honorable Mention
"Layout of an Integrated Circuit", Nishant Gupta and Githin Alapatt

High School Winners:

1st place
"The Star Studded Creation", Clay Beck, D. W. Daniel High School

2nd place
"A Drop of 18.02", Sara Burns

3rd place
"A Flight of Swans", Kelly Tsao, D. W. Daniel High School

Honorable Mention
"Opulence", Kelly Tsao, D. W. Daniel High School

 

2009 Contest

Gallery of 2009 Entries

Gallery of 2008 Entries

Gallery of 2007 Entries

Gallery of 2007 High School Entries

Gallery of 2006 Entries

NSF Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge

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