Images of Research Competition 2018

2018-01-01

Funston, Gregory

This image is a thin-section of a fossilized dinosaur shin bone. The bone belongs to a feathered theropod dinosaur called a caenagnathid, which would have looked like a colourful ostrich or emu with a long tail and a crest on its head. Thin-sections are one of the best ways of understanding the...

2018-01-01

Kafara, Rylan

My research examines who now belongs in Edmonton’s gentrifying downtown. In September 2016, the publicly financed $613 million new arena and entertainment district opened for business. Located in the urban core, the “Ice District” was already home to the majority of Edmonton’s homeless...

2018-01-01

Xu, Kun

It was taken in mid November 2017 at Banff National Park. As the changing climate continues posing threats to human and nature, severe weather becomes more frequent in the world than last century. My research focuses on the relationship between climate change and forest ecosystem. And one major...

2018-01-01

Wigglesworth, Ron

Rapid development of digital technology is inevitable and will call for continued changes in education. If kinaesthetic drawing amplifies a student’s sensibility and sensitivity to what is being observed, then might we benefit by utilizing our haptic senses more broadly in our...

2018-01-01

Meadus, William

Our lungs are incredible organs, but their complex sponge like structure can be somewhat fragile. Particularly, an increase in pressure or change of permeability to our capillaries quickly leads to excess fluid leakage. This is known as pulmonary edema, or elevated lung water, and is a common...

2018-01-01

Jean, Francesca

This image is a fertilized zebrafish embryo that has undergone a single cell-division - a critical first step to become a fully developed fish. Zebrafish embryos must be self-sufficient since the mother lays these embryos before they even become fertilized. After fertilization, the embryo relies...

2018-01-01

Zeller, Jennifer

“Politicizing Social Media” portrays everyday social media users and some of their political opinions. If inappropriately phrased or posted in an unfitting format, these perspectives tend to be disregarded and considered irrelevant or unpolitical by academics. This has resulted in unbalanced, if...

2018-01-01

Malhotra, Darpan

Imagine a life with unexpected deterioration of vision leading to complete blindness. Surprisingly, 1 in 20 people in North America lose their ability to see clearly around 40 years of age due to a genetic blinding disease called Fuchs’ dystrophy. The disease affects the outermost layer of the...

2018-01-01

Northlich, William

Sans Escher is a graphic musical score. The aesthetic and design vision behind Sans Escher is musical indeterminacy, conveyed by abstract of conventional music notation. Such a graphic score may be observed as an independent piece of artwork, or as a musical score that may be performed by any...

2018-01-01

Martin, Caroline

Urban-industrial sprawl has been increasing in Canada and is associated with infrastructure development, such as highways and transmission lines. In particular, transmission line developments have been increasing globally at a rate of 5% per year, with over 230 000 km of lines existing in Canada....