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Polymer Science on the Prairie

A high-school graduation. Students in black gowns line up to walk on stage. Others are still seated behind.
Leo-Stanley stands in front of a small crowd after graduation. He wears a green and black graduation gown and sports a Ph.D hat with a gold tassel. He holds his degree and smiles happily.
A smiling bald man stand next to a fantastic young researcher. They both stand in front of a green/blue banner on which "welcome to the splash district" is written.
A fire flickers in a simple fireplace set in white granet at the end of a coffee table surrounded by chairs.
A knee in blue jeans and a beer in a green bottle are seen in the foreground. A small fire burns in a fireplace. Beyond is a pile of wood on the edge of a fenced garden. On the fence hangs brown decaying vines. In the background you see some wood fences.
Photo of a chaotic garden. Foreground shows a rusty chicken wire fence, behind which are several colourful flowers. On the flowers, a vine spreads and behind everything is a wood fence. To the right of the image, tall sunflowers reach up. A monarch butterfly screeches past the flowers.
A rather cold wave breaks on a pebble shore, stirring up the red sand.
A view through a boreal forest, across a bay to a small mountain known as the sleeping giant.
A tv in a French hotel shows riders in the the Tour de France.
Many people enjoy themselves around posters. A band plays a Green Day cover in the distance.
A lightening bolt forks as it crawls along the underside of a cloud, lighting the silhouette of a tree.
A hand holding a futuristic tool resembling a 1980's car phone in the foreground. The device shines a grid of blue lasers onto a paper sheet. Behind a computer screen shows the shape of the sheet.
A view across a small bay. Foreground is a boarder of black volcanic rock. In the distance, waves speckled with surfers and small breakers. To the right a bit of rocky shore and a rainbow.
Mila Kryjevskaia in purple robes stands next to Safana Ismael, who is in NDSU green black and gold robes. Kurt Vandonselaar is next, also in NDSU robes. Finally Andrew Croll stands to the right in maroon and white robes. All wear silly hats. Background shows an exciting white brick basement wall.
A forest view in northern Minnesota. Foreground shows some trembling aspen saplings, behind which stand some pines. Sky is blue and dappled with clouds. A sandy road peeks in the bottom right corner.
A white FedEx shining box with a nice read warning label stating "Delicate Instruments, Handle with great care" shows substantial crushing has taken place during shipping. There is a macroscopic stress focus and acordian like failure along the edge of the box.
Three APS members smiling in a photo. The sun is shining and the background shows a small waterfountain yellow/brown rocks and several leafy trees.
Two children marvel at some granular physics! Some red beads between two clear acrylic sheets show jamming as a scientist slowly opens a gap below the beads. It is somewhat like a two dimensional hourglass. Other scientists look on and many other demos sit on tables.
A view of the California C ballroom in the Anaheim Hilton. Tables with poster boards and tvs stand behind them. Several scientists are setting up demos.
An elbow is up, flipping a light switch on.
Abe Simpson pointing while squinting. Text overlaying the image says"I used to be with it but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it and what's it seems weird and scary to me... it'll happen to you too"
Pain au Chocolat on a plate beside an espresso cup. Both rest on a café table. Background shows wooden barstools and a worn but attractive red patterned rug. My foot in a brown shoe dangles beside table
A first person view, looking down at feet in newer, but traditional style snowshoes. Grass peaks through the snow.
A photo of the snowy South Dakota prarie. Center shows the sun near the horizon with two rainbow-like sun dogs on either side. Turbines turn in the distance, while light polls in the right foreground slowly disappear into the distance.
A plywood box sits on a trolly, with a screwdriver on top. The address of my laboratory is written in red below the phrase "ok to stack".
A bubble sits, glistening in the sun on some snow. Several ice crystals can be seen forming in the bubble.
Tightly packed dendrites of ice are shown on a branch of a black hills spruce in the foreground. Background shows out of focus snow.
A crumpled, transparent sheet lies between two gleaming stainless steel plates in a universal test frame.
A view through a second story window of a truck and woodchipper beside the NDSU library. Several workers are wondering around looking for branches below several tall, leafless oak trees. A few bright orange pilons indicate the work for any students with hearing difficulties.
Photo of a rainbow. Foreground shows snow melting in grass and a road. Beyond the road and trees is a rainbow on dark clouds.
A view of a local hockey rink on a Friday night. Zamboni quietly cleaning ice in the distance, foreground shows lights reflecting from the water laid down by Zamboni. Sweet child of mine plays.
A happy bee sits on an orange flower. In the background, blue flowers, a dark brown deck railing which fades to suburban yard.
View of Miyajima showing the famous red tori, and hills beyond
Flowers showing a savagely bunny eaten side.
A yellow paper flower created with sticky regions, rather than folds. It sits on a similarly constructed green paper stem.
Child watching scientists blow bubbles