Thanks to all the students who submitted an amazing array of images to the 2019 Art of STEM Competition. Submissions came from a number of areas, including ecology, forestry and veterinary medicine. Cortney Bunch in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources received an Award of Excellence for her “Side-Scan Sonar.” Cortney describes her submission, pictured above:
Side-scan sonar is a tool that lets us view the bottom of water bodies like rivers. It uses sound waves to define rocks, trees, sand and fish underneath the water surface, even in muddy waters. The side-scan imagery is easily overlaid onto Google Earth imagery to produce the picture you see here. Sonar is very important because we can learn where large endangered fish species (like Atlantic Sturgeon) are when they reproduce. We can learn dates of use and specific characteristics of habitats the fish use, which inforst essentioal managment actions that help lead to recover of these species. Collaboration with the UGA Sturgeon Lab.
Special Merit Award winners include:
- “Diversity of Roots” by Isabel Wargowsky, Odum School of Ecology
- “Channeling Andy Warhol for Bat Conservation” by Kristen Lear, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Integrative Conservation
- “Lovely Leukocytes” by Alisha Muscatwala, Veterinary Pathology
- “The Beauty and Precision of Sports Analytics” by Rui Li, College of Engineering School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- “Polylactide Moon” by Sydney Nuckles, College of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
All of the entries are pictured below:
