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2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Awards

Science and the National Science Foundation have announced the winners of the 2011 International Science and Engineering Visualization Awards.

Some of the winners describe their entries in this narrated slideshow.

Science news editor Colin Norman describes the International Science and Engineering Visualization awards in this narration.

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Narrated by Natasha Pinol of AAAS

[Image: Miguel A. Aragon-Calvo, Julieta Aguilera, Mark SubbaRao, PhD]

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PHOTOGRAPHY -- FIRST PLACE
Metabolomic Eye


Narrated by Bryan William Jones from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center

[Image courtesy of Bryan William Jones, The University of Utah, Moran Eye Center]

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PHOTOGRAPHY -- HONORABLE MENTION
Microscopic Image of Trichomes on the Skin of an Immature Cucumber


Narrated by Robert Rock Belliveau, a pathologist from Las Vegas, Nevada

[Image courtesy of Robert Rock Belliveau M.D.]

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PHOTOGRAPHY -- PEOPLE'S CHOICE
The Cliff of the Two-dimensional World


Narrated by Babak Anasori from Drexel University

[Image courtesy of Babak Anasori, Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum, Drexel University]

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ILLUSTRATION -- HONORABLE MENTION
Tumor Death-Cell Receptors on Breast Cancer Cell


Narrated by Emiko Paul from Echo Medical Media

[Image courtesy of Emiko Paul and Quade Paul, Echo Medical Media; Ron Gamble, UAB Insight]

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ILLUSTRATION -- HONORABLE MENTION
Variable-Diameter Carbon Nanotubes


Narrated by Joel Brehm from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

[Image courtesy of Joel Brehm, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development]

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ILLUSTRATION -- HONORABLE MENTION
Exploring Complex Functions using Domain Coloring


Narrated by Konstantin Poelke from the Free University Berlin

[Image courtesy of Konrad Polthier and Konstantin Poelke, Free University of Berlin]

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ILLUSTRATION -- PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Separation of a Cell


Narrated by Andrew Noske from the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego

[Image courtesy of Andrew Noske, Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy & Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego; Horng Ou, Clodagh O’Shea, Salk Institute]

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INFORMATIONAL POSTERS & GRAPHICS -- FIRST PLACE
The Cosmic Web


Narrated by Miguel Angel Aragon-Calvo from Johns Hopkins University

[Image courtesy of Miguel Angel Aragon Calvo, Johns Hopkins University; Julieta Aguilera and Mark SubbaRao PhD, Adler Planetarium]

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INFORMATIONAL POSTERS & GRAPHICS -- HONORABLE MENTION
The Ebola Virus


Narrated by Ivan Konstantinov from Visual Science

[Image courtesy of Ivan Konstantinov, Yury Stefanov, Alexander Kovalevsky, Anastasya Bakulina; Visual Science]

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INFORMATIONAL POSTERS & GRAPHICS -- PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Transmission Electron Microscopy: Structure, Function and 3D Reconstruction


Narrated by Fabian de Kok-Mercado from NIAID IRF

[Image courtesy of Fabian de Kok-Mercado, Victoria Wahl-Jensen, and Laura Bollinger, NIAID IRF, Frederick, MD]

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INTERACTIVE GAMES -- FIRST PLACE
Foldit


Narrated by Seth Cooper from the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington

[Image courtesy of Seth Cooper, David Baker, Zoran Popovic, Firas Khatib, Jeff Flatten, Kefan Xu, Dun-Yu Hsiao and Riley Adams, Center for Game Science at University of Washington]

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INTERACTIVE GAMES -- PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Velu the Welder


Narrated by Brandon Bryn of AAAS

[Image courtesy of Muralitharan Vengadasalam, Ganesh Venkat, Vignesh Palanimuthu, Fabian Herrera and Ashok Maharaja, Tata Consultancy Services]

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INTERACTIVE GAMES -- HONORABLE MENTION
Meta!Blast 3D Interactive Application for Cell and Metabolic Biology. Level 1: The Cell


Narrated by Eve Wurtele of Iowa State University

[Image courtesy of W. Schneller, P.J. Campell, M. Stenerson, D. Bassham, and ES Wurtele, Iowa State U]

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INTERACTIVE GAMES -- HONORABLE MENTION
Powers of Minus Ten


Narrated by Laura Lynn Gonzalez from Green-Eye Visualization

[Image courtesy of Laura Lynn Gonzalez; Green-Eye Visualization]

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INTERACTIVE GAMES -- HONORABLE MENTION
Build-a-Body


Narrated by Jeremy Friedberg from Spongelab Interactive

[Image courtesy Jeremy Friedberg (Game designer/producer), Nicole Husain (Content & Writing), Ian Wood (Programming), Genevieve Brydson (Project Management), Wensi Sheng (3D graphics, Compositing/post-production), Lorraine Trecroce (3D graphics, Project Management), Kariane St-Denis (French Translation), David Rowe (Post-production, programming, Testing), Ruby Pajares (UI Design), Arij Al Chawaf (Content & Writing), Shaun Rana (Graphics) and Nancy Reilly (Testing), Spongelab Interactive]

VIDEO -- FIRST PLACE AND PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Rapid Visual Inventory & Comparison of Complex 3D Structures


Narrated by Graham T. Johnson from The Scripps Research Institute, and grahamj.com

[Video courtesy of Graham T. Johnson, The Scripps Research Institute, and grahamj.com; Andrew Noske, National Center for Microscopy & Imaging Research; Bradley Marsh, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland]

VIDEO -- HONORABLE MENTION
High Density Energy Storage Using Self-Assembled Materials


Narrated by Christopher E. Wilmer from Northwestern University

[Video courtesy of Christopher E. Wilmer, Omar K. Farha and Patrick E. Fuller, Northwestern University]

VIDEO -- HONORABLE MENTION
There's No Such Thing as a Jellyfish


Narrated by Steven Haddock from MBARI & jellywatch.org

[Video courtesy of Steven Haddock and Susan Von Thun, MBARI & jellywatch.org]

 
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