On March 17, 2023, Carleton’s Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted its first in-person Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition since 2019.
The competition saw two semi-final rounds before the top 10 finalists took to the stage. Contest prizes consist of one first-place prize of $750, one second-place prize of $400, one third-place prize of $250, and one “people’s choice” prize of $150.
This year’s winners are:
First Place: Georgia Loewen, student in Master of Human-Computer Interaction
Georgia’s presentation is titled, Video Game Accessibility and Wearable Technology. Watch the video here.
Second Place and People’s Choice Winner: Panashe Kupakuwana, student in Master of Science in Biology
Panashe’s presentation is titled, A Guide on How to Live Without Oxygen. Watch the video here.
Third Place: Jennie Siushansian, student in Master of Arts in Communication
Jennie’s presentation is titled, I Just Can’t Stand Seeing and Hearing It: A Critical Examination of Non-Autistic Actors Portraying Autistic Characters On-Screen. Watch the video here.
Founded by the University of Queensland in Australia, 3MT celebrates graduate student research and takes place at universities around the world. Participants have to summarize their research in no more than 180 seconds.
Judges for the finals were:
Tim Tierney, City of Ottawa Councillor; Board Member and Ontario Caucus Chair, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Jessie-Lee Wallace, Senior Manager, Communications, University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation; Board Member, HelpAge Canada and Daybreak Housing
John Nelson, Acting Director of Carleton University’s Innovation Hub
The top 10 presentations can be viewed on the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs’ YouTube channel.
Congratulations to our winners and the seven other finalists that include:
- Meredith Meeker, Master of Science in Biology, Stormwater Management Ponds vs Natural Wetlands: a Question of Avian Biodiversity;
- Abo-Bakr Emara, Master of Science in Physics, Matter vs. Anti-Matter (Why we are here?);
- Julia Sterling, Master of Arts in Political Economy, The Climate Virus: Lessons from COVID-19 Towards Urgent Climate Action in Canada;
- David Luong, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Quantum Radar Signal Processing;
- Caitlin Menzies, Master of Science in Biology, Do Turtles Have Friends? Sociality in Freshwater Turtles;
- Tara Azin, PhD in Linguistics, Linked Data for Linguistic Empowerment in the Digital Age;
- Imola MacPhee, PhD in Cognitive Science, Bilingualism, Brain Structure and Cognition;
Photos by Lindsay Ralph
3MT Information on FGPA’s professional development site
Monday, March 20, 2023 in Awards of Distinction, Grad Student Research, News, Three Minute Thesis
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