Nano Bloom Nanocellulose fibril scaffold. Second-place winner (tied). Photo by Fioleda Prifti

Pacman Chitosan Spheres with additional “burnmarks” created with the electron beam. Photo by Philipp Hunger

Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Vertical Nanofiber Array PVDF fiber with 300nm diameter and 3um length fabricated by template assisted method. First-place winner (tied). Photo by Dajing Chen

Atlas’ Hand Debris adhered to the inner surface of a titanium tube was deposited during cutting of the tube and caused detrimental scratches. Photo by Jay Vincelli

Brainballs De-hydrated alginate spheres, imaged with the secondary electron detector in a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Photo by Philipp Hunger

Damage Features on a Metal Hip Implant Imaged at 100x using a Keyence microscope. Photo by Steven Reinitz

Freshwater Ice Under Microscope Digital photograph of thin section of polycrystalline S2 freshwater ice under cross-polarized light to illuminate its columnar-grained microstructure. Photo by Scott Snyder

Jelly Fish Calcium carbonate crystal, false colored with a blue filter. Photo by Philipp Hunger

Layer by Layer Sintered, freeze-cast hydroxyapatite scaffold with horizontal canal, templated by an alginate strut. Photo by Philipp Hunger

Microridged Scaffolds Highly aligned microridges run alongside the walls in ice-templated carboxymethylcellulose scaffolds. Photo by Margaret Wu

Nano Autumn Chitosan scaffold imaged by SEM at 100X. First-place winner (tied). Photo by Fioleda Prifti