Deforestation

2020 Best Digital Drawing/Painting – Shannon Zheng Deforestation Beyond the 2019 surge in Amazon rainforest fires, which received heavy media coverage, fires and deforestation have been mounting across South America at alarming rates – though...

Musical Tesla Coils

2020 Best Time-Based Art – Catherine Budd, Noah Kelly, Daniel Knauss, Lea Russo, and Andrew McDonald Musical Tesla Coils Our Musical Tesla Coils project focuses on creating an educational, interactive display to teach people about how Tesla Coils can be used to...

An Eulogy for Achatinella Mustinela

2020 Faculty Panel Award Winner – Ari Coester An Eulogy for Achatinella Mustinela When we think of extinction, what comes to mind are large, charismatic mammals, such as tigers, rhinos, and elephants. Rarely do we think of less charismatic species like Hawaiian...

A Key Concept

2020 Faculty Panel Award Winner – Kamryn Abraskin A Key Concept When a key is subjected to large amounts of charge, charge builds up on the perimeter of the key until there is enough motivation for it to jump across air so that it may escape through water, a...

Stoic Meditation

2020 People’s Choice Award Winner – Henry Bushell Stoic Meditation The practice of meditation is good for the mind, body, and soul. Recently, public interest in mindfulness and meditation has soared leading to a rise in legitimate scientific attention...