10 December 2012

Chemical & Biological Engineering Photography Competition 2012

This year the department ran its first photography competition, searching for pictures that showcase our research and facilities. We were on the look out for some fantastic images that represent our research; to showcase the diversity of research that is undertaken in the department. The competition was open to postgraduate students and all staff; we had 22 submissions from seven entrants we were very impressed by the number and quality of the images submitted, as you can see below.

The winners were presented with their Amazon vouchers on Friday 7th at the postgraduate Festive Get Together, and their images will be displayed around the department building along with other outstanding entries.

Thanks to all those who entered.

sem

1st place: SEM

by Michal Rusin

SEM image (magnification 3000x) showing the more stable polymorph of L-glutamic acid growing at the expense of the metastable form during the polymorphic transformation process.

algalglowb

Runner up: Algal Glow B

by Joseph Longworth

Top view of my Chlamydomonas reinhardtii culture growing in a bioreactor under 2% CO₂. Part of my PhD research into the effect of carbon source this model alga. Picture was taken using a green highlight effect to allow the algal culture to stand out.

wondersofapolymerverse

Runner up: Wonders of a Polymer-verse

by Daniel Toolan

The image is of a micron sized droplet of a phase separated polymer, deposited accidentally during spin-coating.

Other entries

Microscope

by Michal Rusin

Microscopic image (magnification 100x) of beta-L-glutamic acid showing different colours in cross-polarised light due to anisotropy of the crystals.

Laserbeam 1

by Michal Rusin

Measurements of the number of single protons scattered at right angle to the direction of the laser beam in orderto determine the nucleation time of L-glutamic acid.

Laserbeam 2

by Michal Rusin

Measurements of the number of single photons scattered at right angle to the direction of the laser beam in order to determine the nucleation time of L-glutamic acid.

Algal Glow A

by Joseph Longworth

Side view of my Chlamydomonas reinhardtii culture growing in a bioreactor under 2% CO₂. Part of my PhD research into the effect of carbon source this model alga. Picture was taken using a green highlight effect to allow the algal culture to stand out.

155 Laser 1

by Richard Hodgkinson

The laser tube of a Spectra-Physics model 155 laser from different angles.

155 Laser 2

by Richard Hodgkinson

The laser tube of a Spectra-Physics model 155 laser from different angles.

155 Laser 3

by Richard Hodgkinson

The laser tube of a Spectra-Physics model 155 laser from different angles.

Pink Elephants

by Tom Smart

The image shows a highly ordered phase separated morphology.

Comet

by Tom Smart

The image shows "comet" formed when relatively large solid particles impede the normal flow patterns of the solution during spin-coating of a polymer.

Meteor

by Tom Smart

The image shows a series of comet's, which formed when relatively large solid particles impede the normal flow patterns of the solution during the spin-coating of a polymer solution.

Blunt Edge

by Tom Smart

The structures in the image were formed through a combination radial shear and high viscosity.

Like spinning plates

by Tom Smart

This image illustrates a spinning sample captured during rotation at 1500rpm using the "Optostrobometer", a custom built microscope that is allowing us to see the processes involved in phase separation in more detail than ever before.

Aztec Striations

by Daniel Toolan

The image shows a phase separated morphology formed from viscous solution. The research aims to understand how such morphologies develop.

Kaleidoscope

by Daniel Toolan

The image shows a morphology obtained from the phase separation of polymer materials which have applications in both LEDs and organic photovoltaics devices.

PH3T Nanowires

by Adam Hobson

Aligned P3HT nanowires via AFM.

PH3T Andy Warhol

by Adam Hobson

Aligned P3HT nanowires via AFM.

Liquid Culture

by Greg Fowler

Scanning Electron Microscopy images of an electrogenic bacterium, Arcobacter butzleri ED-1: from liquid culture.

Biofilm

by Greg Fowler

Scanning Electron Microscopy images of an electrogenic bacterium, Arcobacter butzleri ED-1: biofilm growing on the anode of an electricity generating microbial half-cell.

Interconnecting threads

by Greg Fowler

Scanning Electron Microscopy images of an electrogenic bacterium, Arcobacter butzleri ED-1: another view of the anodic biofilm within a microbial half-cell showing “nodes” where threads interconnect.