{"295001":{"#nid":"295001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"At the Intersection of Science and Art: Celebrating the Unseen with the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) Characterization Group\u2019s Monthly Image Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe IEN\u2019s home base in the Marcus Nanotechnology building is an enormous space full of airy galleries and brightly lit and spacious cleanrooms; however, much of the work going on in these cavernous spaces cannot be seen by the naked eye. Every day beautifully engineered structures are created by faculty, staff and student researchers that are never seen outside the labs. When these miniscule landscape are reproduced for distribution, it is often in a scientific paper that pairs the image with numerical charts and statistical data. Although the data is relevant to the image, and in fact may be the only reason the image was produced in the first place, often the pairing downplays the inherent artistic merit of the image to emphasize the its scientific significance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order to showcase and celebrate the beautiful, strange and incredibly small work occurring in the IEN cleanrooms and labs, the IEN Characterization Group will be holding a monthly image contest open to all IEN facility users. The submitted work will be used to promote IEN users\u2019 research and IEN capabilities to potential users, on campus and beyond. Three monthly winners of the contest will receive 5 free hours on the characterization tool of their choosing, and the monthly winners will be entered into a semi-annual Grand Prize selection for cash prizes of $60 for First Prize and $30 for each of the 2 Second Prize winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you would like a chance to see you small image get big representation, check out the full contest details below or, for further questions contact Walter Henderson at \u0026lt;ahref=\u0022mailto:walter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u0026gt;walter.henderson@ien.gatech.eduor Jie Xu at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jie.xu@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejie.xu@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImage Contest Submission Dates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0026nbsp;Open May 1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E \u2013 May 27\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E and the 1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E \u2013the 27\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E of each month thereafter. Monthly winners will be notified by email.\u0026nbsp; Grand prize winners will be announced at the IEN user meeting on June 26\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, and again just before the winter break in December.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContest Rules\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImages must be taken on an IEN tool\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImages should not be previously published\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPhotographer must provide details with image such as the tool, sample type, PI etc.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPhoto-enhancement \u003Cem\u003Eis\u003C\/em\u003E allowed, (e.g., coloration, added artistic touches, etc.) but the original image details should not be altered.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUp to 4 entries per user per month\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubmit images as a .bmp file to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewalter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The IEN Characterization Group will be holding a monthly image contest open to all IEN facility users"}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-05-05 10:14:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:22","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"294971":{"id":"294971","type":"image","title":"Device SEM","body":null,"created":"1449244514","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:14","changed":"1475894993","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:53","alt":"Device SEM","file":{"fid":"199366","name":"device.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/device_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/device_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":316664,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/device_0.jpg?itok=fFuVwO2P"}}},"media_ids":["294971"],"groups":[],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"84291","name":"materials characterization"},{"id":"92761","name":"photography contest"},{"id":"171201","name":"super-resolution microscopy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Henderson at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewalter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJie Xu at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jie.xu@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejie.xu@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.henderson@ien.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}