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Art of STEM 2015
Show moreI created this image after studying about the Forensic Sciences. One of the areas of Forensics that we learned was about fingerprinting; what they look like and what they mean to us personally. This fingerprint is mine along with the story that goes with it. That's why it is personal to me and no one else. This entry won an honorable mention for the high school category.
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Show moreSingle image obtained by using graphical software to merge digital reproduction of a fairy figure from the artist's original acrylic painting and DiI-stained image of a rat neuron captured using a confocal microscope.
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Show moreThe intended artwork is not the submitted compiled photographs, but it is the subject of the photographs instead. The sculpture is a laptop computer made out of LEGO pieces, approximately 1,000 - 2,000 pieces. Its dimensions are a 27 centimeter width, 37.7 centimeter length, and 3.9 centimeter height. In the photograph of the top left corner, the artwork (right) is compared to its model, a Windows 7 home use laptop. I managed to create the artwork by using the model and observing some of its key features. Originally, the artwork was meant to be a replica of the model, but a lack of maroon LEGO pieces allowed for creative liberties. The artwork's labeled keyboard (bottom left and bottom right photographs) lies just beneath the artwork's main attraction: the screensaver. The "opened" artwork (top center photograph) shows off its screensaver: the logo of the laptop's Internet browser, Google Chrome, a variety of desktop applications, and the phrase "STEM Builds." The closed artwork has a generally white design with purple stripes and a couple of maroon stripes, reminiscent of its model's cover color. Just as I was able to build a laptop out of LEGO pieces, STEM allows people to create anything from buildings to home appliances. So, in tune with this fact, the artwork represents anyone's desire to create. I managed to build a laptop with STEM, so what will STEM help you build?
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Show moreWhat is shown in the image is a billet of aluminum that has been machined using modern CNC (computer numerical control) practices. It was designed using SolidWorks, a particular CAD (computer-aided design) software suite. In another piece of software, MasterCAM, this digital model was converted into a language interpretable by the Haas vertical end mill used to machine the final piece. Subsequent to machining, it was painted and buffed before inserting the tiny ball bearing and attaching the acrylic face. The opposite side actually has a maze, so the ball can travel between the two faces via the centrally located through hole.
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Show moreTransformation Robe was inspired by a Turkish, talismanic shirt painted with magic symbols and prayers to protect the Sultan from harm. In my garment, the found text from self-improvement tapes serves a similar function in transforming the wearer. I used FreeHand to manipulate text blocks to fit into an Islamic pattern and then printed the pattern on silk organza with a photo silkscreen.
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Show moreCan a computer algorithm recognize the hand of an artist? "Untitled 5" was hand drawn using Adobe Photoshop by my former graduate student Katherine Jones-Smith to investigate this very question. An article in the prestigious scientific journal 'Nature' claimed Jackson Pollock's drip paintings were fractal and had a distinctive fractal signature that could be used to authenticate Pollock's work. That claim unravelled when "Untitled 5" was found to be an authentic Pollock according to the fractal criteria. As a result "Untitled 5" has appeared in a publication in 'Nature,' in newspapers around the world and in a textbook on Chaos theory (but not yet in an art gallery). Meanwhile the answer to the question posed above: not yet.
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Show moreZnO 3D nanostructures composed of an array of 1D nanowires and 2D nanowalls were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method on c-plane GaN epilayer covered sapphire substrate. The nanowire growth followed vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism and the nanowall growth followed vapor-solid (VS) growth mechanism. The substrate was covered by 5 nm Au film deposited by thermal evaporation. High purity ZnO powder and oxygen were used as the source materials and argon as carrier gas. The growth temperature was 900 C. The nanostructures grew vertically along polar c-plane orientation. The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) show the top view of the 3D nanostructures. The image was taken at Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials (SCSAM) at CWRU.
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