Mathematical Research Data Initiative, Issue 15

This illustration is for the 15th edition of MaRDI’s quarterly newsletter. For this one I was asked to take the drift-diffusion formula and show a few of its applications: solar cells, batteries in an electric car, a circuit board, a microscope with biological cells being observed, the seeds of a dandelion flower being blown, and someone solving the equation. The client suggested I turn the formula into a person performing all of those actions. However, when I examined all the potential ways I could turn the formula into a human, the form of a man and a woman together stood out to me more and more and seemed more interesting, so I went with that.