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The School of Graduate Studies and UNB Libraries' Harriet Irving Library Research Commons announce the winners of this year's Images of Research and Models of Research Challenge.

The 2023 editions of the Images of Research and Models of Research challenges invited UNB graduate students to submit either an image or 3D model they believe encapsulates their research and to explain in 200 words or less its association to their research.  Each challenge was adjudicated by a separate cross-disciplinary panel of UNB faculty, and the winners were announced March 23rd, 2023 at the Graduate Student Research Conference, held in the Wu Centre on the UNB Fredericton Campus.

Winners for Images of Research 2023 are:

First Place:

To look upon a star by Tim Blackmore
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science

Second Place:

Glooscap by Percy Sacobie
Faculty of Education

Third Place:

Out of office! by Ella Middleton
Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Applied Science and Engineering

Honourable Mentions:

The Mud of Vimy Ridge Archived Forever by Bradley Shoebottom
Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Duck's Eye View by Kiirsti Owen
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

Winners for Models of Research 2023 are:

First Place:

Development of sustainable low-carbon bionics-based lightweight panels by Elena Vladimirova
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

Second Place:

Wind Power by Muhammad Usman Ghani
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Third Place:

Local correlations in bio molecular systems by Mostafa Javaheri Moghadam
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Honourable Mention:

Rodeska Robotics by Dhruv Patel
J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Engineering

Creative Writing Workshop with Mike Thorn

Wednesday, March 29, 3:00 pm
Innovation Hub, Research Commons, Harriet Irving Library

This one-hour workshop will address the concept of the Anthropocene, and the fraught relationships between human and nonhuman animals therein. It will also explore the difficulties and possibilities of creative writing within the climate emergency, with some references to the genre-coded opportunities endemic to horror fiction.

Participants will be invited to "free-write" reflections on life within this contemporary, ecologically tenuous moment.

Introduction to Podcasting and Audio Projects Workshop with Marc Bragdon

Thursday March 9th from 1 to 4pm

Digital Scholarship Hub, Room 320A (in person only)

Harriet Irving Library Research Commons

In 3 hours or less - with generous breaks - we will cover the basics of:

• Microphones
  what they are and how to choose and use them in various recording environments
• Software for recording and editing
  we will use Audacity since it is freely available for Mac and PC but also talk about more advanced options and why you would consider them
• Principals of audio story telling
  i.e., how sound shapes a narrative and how to write and edit for an audience of ears 
• Sound design
  adding music and special effects that serve your story rather than distract from them - and where to find these

All you need is a laptop or tablet and by the end of our time you'll have your first - albeit very short - podcast along with many ideas and tips for going further.

A collaboration between the School of Graduate Studies and the Harriet Irving Library Research Commons

Do you ever find it difficult to explain your research to family & friends?

Show them instead! Capture your work in a single image or 3D printed model and let it tell your story.
You could WIN prizes up to $500!

Submissions are accepted between January 31st and March 1st, 2023

For more information, visit https://lib.unb.ca/researchcommons/ior or contact Marc Bragdon