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International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge

Created by the
National Science Foundation &
Science magazine

June 27–August 16

Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin's x-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition—and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is for communicating science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes.
What Lies Behind Our Nose?
What Lies behind Our Nose?
2007 First Place (tie) Photography.
Credit: Kai-hung Fung,
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.
Chas Rietveld
Modeling the Flight of a Bat.
2007 First Place Informational Graphics.
Credit: Kenneth S. Breuer, David J. Willis, Mykhaylo Kostandov, Daniel K. Riskin, Jaime Peraire,
David H. Laidlaw, Sharon M. Swartz.
An Egyptian Child Mummy
An Egyptian Child Mummy.
2006 First Place Photography.
Credit: W. Paul Brown, Robert Cheng, Rebecca Fahrig,
Stanford University; Christof Reinhart, Volume Graphics.
Still Life: Five Glass Surfaces on a Tabletop
Still Life: Five Glass Surfaces on a Tabletop.
2006 First Place Illustration.
Credit: Richard Palais, University of California-Irvine; Luc Benard.
A DaVinci Blackboard Lesson in Multi-Conceptual Anatomy
A DaVinci Blackboard Lesson in Multi-Conceptual Anatomy.
2006 Second Place Illustration.
Credit: Caryn Babaian, Bucks County Community College, Newton, Pa.
Squidsuckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast
Squidsuckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast.
2008 Honorable Mention Photography.
Credit: Jessica D. Schiffman and Caroline L. Schauer,
Drexel University.
Mad Hatter's Tea
"Mad Hatter's Tea"
From Alice's Adventures in a Microscopic Wonderland
2008 First Place Informational Graphics.
Credit: Colleen Champ and Dennis Kunkel,
Concise Image Studios.
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Judges appointed by NSF and Science select winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media and non-interactive media. Winning entries are published in a special section of Science Online and on NSF's website. Also, one of the winning entries appears on the front cover of Science.

For more information, see: http://nsf.gov/news/scivis.

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