From volcanic eruptions to microscopic polymers, the 2024 Envisioning Research contest captures the spectacular landscape of research being conducted at NC State.
The contest is a collaborative effort involving 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. The Envisioning Research contest 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 winning entry, as well as captions about each image, by clicking on the entry’s name. You can find . And beginning August 30, images from the Envisioning Research contest will be exhibited on the Art Wall in the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus.
Photography
First place, undergraduate students: Nicolás Galvez for “.”
Second place, undergraduate students: Emily Boldor for “.”
First place, graduate students and postdocs: Anukram Adhikary for “.”
Second place, graduate students and postdocs: Hector Fajardo for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Micki Recchuiti for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Ana Sapp for “.”
First place, faculty and staff: Erin McKenney for “.”
Second place, faculty and staff: Nasir Shalizi for “.”
Microscopy
First place, undergraduate students: Zachary Benfield for “.”
Second place, undergraduate students: Lia Hunt for “.”
Honorable mention, undergraduate students: Christian Shaw for “.”
First place, graduate students and postdocs: Abhirup Basu for “.”
Second place, graduate students and postdocs: Victoria Himelstein for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Mohammad Javad Zarei for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Akanksha Pragya for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Sai Karthik Gade for “.”
First place, faculty and staff: Scott LaGreca for “.”
Second place, faculty and staff: Nathan Asquith for “.”
Graphics and Data Visualization
First place, graduate students and postdocs: Sergei Rigin for “.”
Second place, graduate students and postdocs: Skylar Penney for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Daoru Wang for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Ariana Farquharson for “.”
Video
First place, graduate students and postdocs: Sergei Rigin for “.”
Second place, graduate students and postdocs: Lily Kile for “.”
Honorable mention, graduate students and postdocs: Nidhi Diwakar for “.”
