The 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to Saman Zavari, graduate student in chemical engineering, for the entry, "A cryo microparticle." Credit: Penn State.
Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition
April 23, 2024
Editor’s note: A version of this story originally appeared on Penn State News.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Six members of the College of Engineering are among the winners of the 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC), a scientific visual and artistic competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) and the Materials Research Institute (MRI) at Penn State. MVC celebrates the quality of research in materials at Penn State and promotes awareness of materials science through visualization.
This year, 36 images were judged by a panel of professionals in materials and the arts. Participants chose which imaging category their image would be judged in — scientific imaging or computer rendering. The judges selected winners in the following categories: best of show, visual appeal and scientific imaging or computation rendering. Cash prizes for the competition totaled $1,800, with the best in show receiving $500. Winners in all other categories received $250 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place.
The College of Engineering winners and their respective awards are:
The best of show award
- “A cryo microparticle” by Saman Zavari, graduate student in chemical engineering
Imaging: Scientific Imaging award winners
- First place: “Buckyballs for invisible cloak” by Lin Wang, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Second place: “Light’s labyrinth: the nano-sculpture garden” by Md Tarek Rahman, graduate student in electrical engineering
Imaging: Computational Rendering award winners
- Second place: “Evolution” by Malgorzata Kowalik, associate research professor of mechanical engineering
- Third place: “Unveiling the unseen: Ti safeguarding MoS2 from O2 and H2O corrosion in the quantum ballet with ReaxFF atomistic modeling” by Qian Mao, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering
The Materials Visualization Competition celebrates the quality of research in materials at Penn State and promotes awareness of materials science through visualization. Presenting the MVC16 “Best of Show” award are, from left, Susan Sinnott, department head and professor of materials science and engineering; Wesley Reinhart, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and MVC committee chair; Saman Zavari, best of show winner and graduate student in chemical engineering; and Clive Randall, director of the Material Research Institute. Credit: Heather Dehnel. All Rights Reserved.
The People’s Choice Award judging took place online by the general public, and almost 1,700 votes were cast. The winner of the 2024 People's Choice Award and $100 was the image “Microscopic forest: nasal cilia” by Irem Deniz Derman, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics.
All MVC winning entries may be viewed online. Entry is open to all current Penn State undergraduates, graduates, postdocs and faculty working on materials-related topics. Call for submissions for the MVC17 will be posted in early 2025.
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