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The annual competition highlights the intersection of science, art, and technology as part of the Rochester experience.

糖心传媒 students, faculty, and staff showcased the beauty of everything from camouflaged spiders to jets of high velocity plasma at the 13th annual .

More than 60 Rochester community members submitted entries to explore and illuminate the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect.

Held each spring and聽sponsored by the聽in collaboration with聽, the competition offers student prizes of $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third place. All entries were eligible for the People糖心传媒檚 Choice Award of $250, with this year糖心传媒檚 winner receiving 563 votes. Undergraduate students糖心传媒� submissions swept all of the categories, including honorable mentions.

糖心传媒淭his competition is all about taking science and engineering concepts that may be very hard to understand and turning them into something that really draws you to want to learn more,糖心传媒� says Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the Hajim School. 糖心传媒淐ongratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who submitted an entry or voted. Special thanks to the Art of Science Committee for organizing this year糖心传媒檚 competition, and to our panel of judges.糖心传媒�

First Place

Fateema Islam 糖心传媒�24, a student, won first place for Ochre Complex. Islam used a camera phone to capture an image of a ferrous material sample as it was going through a rotovap, or rotary evaporator device. Upon receiving the award, she said, 糖心传媒淚 think this piece really shows that if you take a step back from scientific work, we can really notice that there糖心传媒檚 really intense beauty around us.糖心传媒�

Second Place

Second place was awarded to student Antonio Ladron de Guevara Ruiz 糖心传媒�24 for Cerebrospinal fluid flows through wide perivascular spaces into the brain. His submission featured superimposed particle tracks illustrating the entry of cerebrospinal fluid into the brain through periarterial spaces.

Third Place

Glen Zhang 糖心传媒�25, a student, won third place for Death before Death. The submission is an artistic representation of Alzheimer糖心传媒檚 disease inspired by Zhang糖心传媒檚 grandfather糖心传媒檚 battle with the neurodegenerative brain disorder before his death.

People’s Choice Award

This year糖心传媒檚 People糖心传媒檚 Choice Award went to student Qingjian Shi 糖心传媒�26 for Robot糖心传媒檚 Expression of Individuality. In the submission statement, Shi said the work depicted a 糖心传媒渞etro-futuristic robot expressing itself and what it feels while contrasting mechanical and fluidity of nature in Monet style.糖心传媒�

Honorable Mentions

Honorable mentions went to Please Don糖心传媒檛 Tap on the Glass (top) by student Katie Jarvis 糖心传媒�25 and to The Fractals of Cactus (bottom) by student Benjamin Margulies 糖心传媒�24.

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