2018 Contest

The amazing images below won top honors in the 2018 Envisioning the Invisible contest sponsored by the Duke Engineering Graduate Student Council.

Winners were announced during a reception held in the Fitzpatrick Center atrium on Jan. 19, 2018.

PhD mathematics student John Malik took first place for his image, “Phases of the Heart,” showing phase information extracted from an electrocardiogram signal using Fourier transform.

Ted Epsenschied, a PhD student in molecular genetics and microbiology, took second place with an image capturing a cross-section of the intestine of a transgenic zebrafish.

Megan Kondash, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, was awarded third prize for her image of striated human skeletal muscle myotubes.

Award ceremony attendees selected Ian Turnage-Butterbaugh's image of a placid ocean to receive the People’s Choice Award.

The images are also on display in the Fitzpatrick Center atrium.

First Prize

John Malik – "Phases of the Heart", captures the phase information extracted from an electrocardiogram signal using a Fourier transform. John is a third-year PhD student studying mathematics and this is his first year studying at Duke's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.

Second Prize

Ted Epsenschied – "The Inside Track." The image captures the cross section of the intestine from a transgenic zebrafish. Ted is a PhD student in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology in the Duke University School of Medicine.

Third Prize

Megan Kondash – Her image captures the striated human skeletal muscle myotubes. Megan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering.

People's Choice

Ian Turnage-Butterbaugh – His image, taken using a 210 -second exposure and neutral density filter, captures a placid ocean at Botany Bay Beach, S.C. Ian is a member of the Professional Master's Program staff in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering.