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| 18 Feb 2010 | [Printable Version] |
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Assistant Professor Dave Beck, director of Clarkson University’s Digital Arts & Sciences program, has been honored in the 2009 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the journal Science, which is published by AAAS, the nonprofit international science society, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
"Jellyfish Burger," a visual treatise on the surprisingly adverse impacts of overfishing on our diet, by Beck and marine scientist Jennifer Jacquet, received honorable mention in the illustration category.
Beck’s artwork is a 3-dimensional digital composited image that suggests "edible jellyfish are clear and ambiguous," said Beck. "So if we want to communicate the future of seafood, 3D modeling is a great tool because it can convey jellyfish to the viewer in a way that a real jellyfish cannot."
The concept and words were created by Jacquet.
The image was featured in a 2009 issue of BlueSci, a popular science magazine produced by the University of Cambridge, as well as in Scientific American.
Currently in its seventh year, the international competition honors artists who use visual media to promote the understanding of scientific research. The criteria for judging the entries included visual impact, effective communication, freshness and originality.
The 19 February 2010 issue of Science will feature the winning entries, which will also be freely available with registration, at http://www.sciencemag.org/special/vis2009 and the NSF’s Web site at http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis .
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