2025 Research Image Award Winners

The Alabama Materials Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Research Image Award.

Grand Award: Zach Feller: Molten Falls – Nanocrystalline niobium particle sectioned via a plasma focused ion beam. False color added to exemplify an igneous waterfall. (Advisor: Prof. Gregory Thompson)

Orange and red streaks on a blue background.

Runner Up: Himangshu Mondal: The “Noble Grass” – The ‘Noble’ Grass; Oriented ZIF-L MOF Crystals Grown on a Polymer Support (Advisor: Prof. Milad Esfahani)

A microscope scan that shows smalls spiky crystals aligned in the middle of the frame.

Honorable Mention: Algene Fryer: – Bismuth Dendrites (Advisor: Prof. Qiang Huang)

A black and white scan from a microscope that shows long threads of crystals.