A scientific illustration of UNL nanotechnology research earned honorable mention in the illustration category of the 2011 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, a competition sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science to recognize some of the year’s best scientific illustrations, photos and videos. Joel Brehm, graphic and Web designer for the Office of Research and Economic Development, designed the award-winning 3-D image of variable diameter carbon nanotubes to help visualize research by Yongfeng Lu, Lott University Professor of Electrical Engineering, and his team. Brehm’s illustration of the team’s discovery, invisible to the naked eye, appeared in Science. It also appeared in journal articles, proposals, websites, presentations and posters.

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