TREND Media Projects | The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Each TREND participant develops a media piece whose goal is to explain their research to a broad audience. Check out below previous media projects.

Each year, a panel of professional science communicators and high school students picks the best media project.

2021: Ivan Jane
2020: Chelsea Russell
2019: Nolan Coble and Joy Hamlin
2018: José Ortiz Tavárez and Ben Ruben
2017: Rebeckah Fussell and Alex Wikner
2016: Savannah Gowen

2021

Daniel Alex

Comic on stellarators

Daniel Alex comic

Paul Argyle

Comic on masers

Paul Argyle comic

Leela Cañuelas

Comic on robot fish control

Leela Cañuelas comic

Darrell Fischer

Comic on gut dynamics

Darrell Fischer comic

Esther Gallmeier

Comic on optoelectronics

Esther Gallmeier comic

Shriya Haravu

Comic on quantum transport

Shriya Haravu comic

Zahra Heussen

Comic on the research process

Zahra Heussen comic

Ivan Jane

Comic on plasma reconnection

Ivan Jane comic

William Matava

Comic on linear accelerators

William Matava comic

Kendra Rivers

Comic on 2D gas sensors

Kendra Rivers comic

2020

Gavin Blair

Infographic on lasers

John Blue

Website on pendulum dynamics

Diagram of a pendulum

Emma Brann

Video on epidemiology modeling

Growth curve of coronavirus cases in Colombia, 2020

Gavin Courtright

Video on 2D materials

Gavin Courtright explaining 2D materials using paper and lemons as props

Joseph Harvey

Poster on reservoir computing

Poster on reservoir computing

Mary Flor Jacobo

Fluid vortex art project

Animation of two plumes colliding

Melissa Kissling

Poster on focal adhesions

Poster about focal adhesions

Ari Riggins

Poster on complex applied statistics

Poster on complex applied statistics

Ambar Rodríguez Alicea

Website on AI for particle accelerators

Photo of UMER (UMD electron ring)

Chelsea Russel

Podcast on reservoir computing

Abstract photo of a network in a city

2019

Sarah Chang

Website about convection

Sarah Chang media project

Nolan Coble and Joy Hamlin

Interactive diagram on reservoir computers

Nolan Coble and Joy Hamlin media project preview

Laramy Head

Prezi on electricity-guided cell movement

Laramy Head media project preview

David Jin and Juan Pablo Speer

Interactive diagram on optoelectronic oscillators

David Jin and Juan Pablo Speer media project preview

Kush Maheshwari

Poster on whistler waves

Kush Maheshwari media project preview

Rachel Slover

Animated diagram on bio-inspired robots

Rachel Slover media project

Daniel Van Beveren

Interactive diagram on vortices

Daniel van Beveren media project preview

2018

Viktor Belay

Video on cell motility studies

Viktor Belay media project

Daniel Belkin and Kyle Ritchie

Animated diagram on pendulums

Daniel Belkin and Kyle Ritchie media project

Jessica Christian

Poster on light polarization

Jessica Christian media project

Tatiana Davidson Bajandas

Video on reservoir computing

Tatiana Davidson Bajandas media project

William Fines-Kested

Diagram on reservoir computing

William Fines-Kested media project

Kathleen Hamilton

Interactive diagram on electron rings

Kathleen Hamilton media project

José Ortiz Tavárez and Ben Ruben

Website about oscillators

José Ortiz Tavárez and Ben Ruben media project

Shyline Santana

Animated poster on underwater robots

Shyline Santana media project

Ethan van Woerkom

Blog on synchronization in chaotic networks

Helena Yoest

Video on electrical discharges

Helena Yoest media project

2017

Joseph Betz

Diagram on standard model of particle physics

Joseph Betz media project

Skylar Eiskowitz

Animated poster on the Hall effect

Skylar Eiskowitz media project

Rebeckah Fussell and Alex Wikner

Video on neural networks

Rebeckah Fussell and Alex Wikner media project

Rebbeca Melkerson

Interactive diagram on magnetic reconnection

Rebbeca Melkerson media project

Charlotte Slaughter and Dara Storer

Animated poster on the Brazil nut effect

Charlotte Slaughter and Dara Storer media project

Eileen Stauffer

Animated poster on the photoelectric effect

Eileen Stauffer media project

Nathan Super

Video on avalanches and granular flow

Nathan Super media project

Emma Thackray

Video on ocean flows

Emma Thackray media project

Hana Warner

Diagram on time lensing

Hana Warner media project

2016

Kimberly Crain and David Hathcock

Website about neuronal network modeling

Kimberly Crain and David Hathcock media project

Kevin Fei

Website about noise and chaos

Kevin Fei media project

Savannah Gowen

Animated poster on acoustic waves

Savannah Gowen media project

Ben Gruey

Fiction work on particle swarm optimization

Ben Gruey media project

Treacy Hanley

Animated poster on mathematical topology

Treacy Hanley media project

Thomas Hartke

Interactive PDF on magnetic reconnection

Thomas Hartke media project

Landry Horimbere

Animated poster on plasmas

Landry Horimbere media project

Molly Mosher

Animated diagram on cell migration

Molly Mosher media project

Claudia Richoux

Website about particle accelerators

Claudia Richoux media project

2015

Alisa Babcock

Video on quantum optics

Alisa Babcock media project

Remi Boros

Video on quantum vortices

Remi Boros media project

Eric Cooper and Dylan Powers

Video on granular dynamics

Eric Cooper and Dylan Powers media project

Amy Davis

Video on the circle problem for underwater robotics

Amy Davis media project

Christopher Fritz

Article on synchronization

Christopher Fritz media project

Nick McGreivy

Video on solar flares

Nick McGreivy media project

Michael Tripepi

Video on photocathodes

Michael Tripepi media project

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