3MT

2024 3MT Competition

The UOW Graduate Research School and Researcher Development Unit invite you to the 2024 3MT Competition!

We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 UOW 3MT Competition will be held:

July 10, from 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm (with a social event to follow)!

Come and get behind our HDR candidates, as they share with us the amazing work they're doing and compete to represent UOW at the Asia-Pacific competition later this year. Read on for more information!

UOW Faculty Heats

They came, they presented, they blew us away...

Last week, HDR candidates from across the four faculties battled it out at the 3MT Faculty Heats. In what was a riveting display of high quality and impactful research presentations, the competition highlighted the incredible talent and dedication of our candidates.
The judges had a challenging task, but in the end, two winners from each faculty emerged, each with a unique approach to conveying their complex work in just three minutes.

We want to congratulate all candidates who participated in these faculty heats. Their ability to distil and communicate their research so effectively is not only a testament to their hard work but also an inspiration to their peers and the academic community at large.

Should you have any questions about 3MT, please don't hesitate to contact the Researcher Development Unit at researcher-development@uow.edu.au
We can't wait to celebrate the exciting research of our wonderful HDRs with you all!

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UOW 3MT Final

Join us for the University of Wollongong's prestigious 3MT Final, where eight distinguished candidates will compete to present their research within three minutes. Come and support this wonderful event that spotlights the exceptional research undertaken by our HDR candidates.

The stakes are high with the champion of the UOW 3MT Competition receiving $1,000, and the runner-up taking home $750. Plus, you have the power to crown the People's Choice awardee, who will receive $500.

The excitement doesn't end there! We invite all attendees to continue the celebration at the UOW 3MT After Party, following the event.

Register for the event in person and online

Winner

Molly Kirkpatrick

Presentation: One miniature sensor: Creating big possibilities in space

Runner Up

Cassandra Nikodijevic

Presentation: Cracking the code: will eating nuts lead to weight gain?

People’s Choice Award

Yuwei Sun

Presentation: Stop comparing apples and oranges: What is the thing called person-organisation fit in China?

Renzhe Zhang

Racism, Nationalism and the Formation of Chinese-Australian Community, 1900s-1930s

Molly Kirkpatrick

One miniature sensor: Creating big possibilities in space

Kirsten Parker

NavNurse: The new healthcare roadmap

Jun Yin

How to activate bioinert titanium alloys

Clare Rushton

Families affected by alcohol and other drug use

 

Randa Sacedon

Ocean stories for ocean governance

Sulokshanda Marks

Remotely activated, contactless electrode for biomedical applications

Jincy Joseph

Lead free dielectrics for electrical energy storage

Yuwei Sun

Stop comparing apples and oranges: What is the thing called person-organisation fit in China?

Cassandra Nikodijevic

Cracking the code: will eating nuts lead to weight gain?

  • Professor Patricia M. Davidson - Vice-Chancellor 
  • Professor David Currow - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Sustainable Futures)
  • Professor Simon Moss - Dean of Graduate Research
  • Professor Honglin Chen - Deputy Dean of Graduate Research
  • Professor Nina Reynolds - Chair of Academic Senate and Professor of Marketing
  • Alex Taylor-Bartels - representative from Hysata
  • Sarah Vogel - PhD Candidate in Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Past winners

Winner: Sarah Vogel (SMAH): Treating brain cancer with one shot
Runner-up: Michael Stapleton (EIS): Microplastic pollution from an unlikely source: The unintentional dark side of plastic recycling
People's Choice Award:  Catherine Stephen (SMAH): Improving blood pressure control in primary care

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Aaron Hodges (AIIM): Green Hydrogen vs Bubbles
Runner-up: Usman Khalil (EIS)Coastal Storage to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6
People's Choice Award:  Alice O'Keefe (EIS): Cooking cancer with magnets

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Stefania Peracchi (EIS): Moon to Mars and beyond
Runner-up: Abdul Moqeet Hai (AIIM): An electrifying solution to unnerving problems
People's Choice Award: Jiahong Zhao (EIC): Smarter ears for Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Vivien Forner (BUS): How can we stop Emergency Service volunteers from quitting?
Runner-up: Charbel Tawk (EIS): Don’t take it for granted, for some it is a dream!
People's Choice Award: Joint winners Arbab Tufail:Shining a light on wastewater  & Lingzhi Kang: Artificial skin for burn patients

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Chuhao Liu (EIS): Find the Best ‘Jeans’ for Railway Foundations
Runner-up: Samson Soulsby (LHA): Monster in the Mirror: Personhood in Contemporary Monster Fiction
People's Choice Award: Jenny Norman (SOC): Sustained Impact of Energy Dense Food Advertising on Children's Dietary Intake

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Brianna Knowles (AIIM): Antifouling coatings: Just add water
Runner-up: Yvonne Ellis (SOC): Sitting time for preschoolers at childcare: How much and how to intervene?
People's Choice Award: Dan Yuan (EIS): Lab on a chip micro device: New method to improve cancer detection

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Ika Damayanti (SOC): From Storytelling to Story Writing: A Learning Journey of English Language Learners in Indonesia
Runner-up: Chen Shen (EIS): Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing Process: The More Advanced Metal Printer
People's Choice: Thomas Simnadis (SMAH): Novel Grains for the Australian Food Supply

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Frederick Steven Wells (AIIM): Slow-mo Superconductors
Runner-up: Claire Wright (LHA): Occupying the Interdisciplinary Space
People's Choice: Fredy Munoz (EIS): A drug delivery system for capsule robots

Watch the winning presentation

Winner: Colin Cortie (SMAH): Of Mice, Pigs and Men: The fats of long life
Runner-up: Katherine Caldwell (SMAH): Flavonoids for thought: A cherry on top brings memory benefits
People's Choice: Tongfei Tan (EIS): Safer high-performance electrolyte for electric vehicle batteries

Watch the winning presentation

2013
Winner: Melinda Waterman (SMAH): BryoFight Club
Runner-up: Joel Kennedy (EIS): Distribution system protection schemes in a modern grid embedded with renewable energy resources
People's Choice: Ming Li (EIS): Lab-on-a-chip micrrodevices for manipulation and separation of microparticles

2012
Winner: Kevin Loo (EIS): Brachy View: In-body imaging for cancer treatment

2011
Winner: Jen Hawksley (Faculty of Arts): Bereft: The extremities of wartime bereavement among Australian parents
Runner-up (shared): Janine Delahunty (Faculty of Education): Learning from a distance: Getting connected...feeling connected & Jennifer Heath (School of Informatics): A secondary use of medical data model informed by consumer privacy preferences
People's Choice: Damian Kirchmajer (Faculty of Science): Gelatin for tissue engineering

2010
Winner: Mr Cameron Ferris (IPRI): Printed patches for a broken heart
Runner-up: Ms Van Tran (Faculty of Education): They are to blame, not us: the authoritative voice in quality issues of postgraduate education in Vietnam
People's Choice: Jie Yang (ICT-R): Can we help Google search?

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