From microscopic salt crystals to aerial views of invasive ferns, the winners of the 2022 contest showcase the beauty of research – and help us understand just how strange and wonderful our world is.
The contest is a collaborative effort by NC State’s Office of Research and Innovation, the Graduate School, the NC State University Libraries, the Office of Undergraduate Research and University Communications and Marketing. Envisioning Research was open to faculty, staff, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and undergraduates.
A complete list of winners, runners-up and honorable mentions is below. You can see high-res versions of each entry, as well as captions about each image, by clicking on a winning entry’s name. You can find .
Photography
First Place, Faculty and Staff: David Suchoff, a faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for ““
Second Place, Faculty and Staff: Michelle Jewell, a staff member in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Faculty and Staff: Daniela Jones, a faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering, for “.”
First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Emily Nastase, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for “.”
Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Andrew Howell, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for ““
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Steven Chavez, a graduate student in the College of Design, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Muhammad Ali, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Taylor Pardue, a graduate student in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, for “.”
First Place, Undergraduate Students: Kenzie Cromer, an undergraduate in the College of Sciences, for “.”
Second Place, Undergraduate Students: Darius Ledbetter, an undergraduate in the College of Natural Resources, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Undergraduate Students: Courtney Smith, an undergraduate in the College of Natural Resources, for “.”
Graphics and Data Visualization
First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Ben Coleman, a graduate student in the College of Design, for “.”
Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Susmita Patil, a graduate student in the College of Design, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Margaret Lawrimore, a graduate student in the College of Natural Resources, for “.”
First Place, Undergraduate Students: Sophia Li, an undergraduate in the College of Design, for “.”
Microscopy
First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Cyrus Cao, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, for “.”
Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Lilian Okello, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Lucille Verster, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Yosra Kotb, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Sreekiran Raveendran Pillai, a postdoc in the College of Engineering, for “.”
First Place, Undergraduate Students: Sydney Andersen, an undergraduate in the College of Sciences, for “.”
Second Place, Undergraduate Students: Ian Mercer, an undergraduate in the College of Engineering, for “.”
Honorable Mention, Undergraduate Students: Courtney Smith, an undergraduate in the College of Natural Resources, for “.”
Video and Interactive
First Place, Faculty and Staff: Jennifer Landin, a faculty member in the College of Sciences, for “Worldwide Serpent Deities…or Whales?”
First Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Wen Rivero, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for “.”
Second Place, Graduate Students and Postdocs: Christopher Brewer, a graduate student in the College of Sciences, for “.”
First Place, Undergraduate Students: Sydney Andersen, an undergraduate in the College of Sciences, for “Crystallization and Melt of a Zinc Chloride Hydrate Crystal.”
