3/18/2021 Allie Arp, CSL
Three HMNTL graduate students are semifinalists for the annual Image Research Exhibition put on by the Graduate College of Illinois.
Written by Allie Arp, CSL
HMNTL’s graduate students Pankul Dhingra, Ki Yun Lee, and Jiaojiao Wang are three of the semifinalists for the annual Image of Research exhibition. The Image of Research exhibition is an annual multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of graduate student research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is organized by Scholarly Commons of the University Library, the Graduate College, and supported by a generous gift from the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics.
The semifinalist entries can be found in this online gallery. First prize, second prize, third prize, honorable mention, and the People's Choice Award will be announced on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The People's Choice Award will be determined by voting in which people can vote for the top three entries here by Monday, March 22, 2021.
Pankul's image is based on his first working semiconductor laser that he designed, grew, and fabricated at HMNTL. Pankul is an electrical and computer engineering student. See the full description of his image, “Structure of Light” here.
Lee’s image is based on the quote “Stars can’t shine without darkness” by D.H. Sidebottom. Lee is a mechanical science and engineering student. The full description of their image “A Neuron Cannot Shine Without Astrocytes” can be found here.
Developed as part of her soft robotics research, Wang’s image shows engineered tissue for a dual-ring biobot. Wang is a student in bioengineering. Her full description of her submission, “Building Machines from Living Tissues: A Maneuverable Biohybrid Walker,” can be found here.
Voting allows people to select their top three favorite images to determine the People’s Choice Award winner! Vote here by March 22. See all the submissions and learn more about the competition here.