29 August 2018: Some of the brightest researchers from the University of Canberra will present their thesis to a live audience and a panel of judges at this year’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
Competitors must explain their research and convince the audience of its significance, in strictly three minutes, for a chance to win the $2000 prize. The people’s choice award, worth $500, will also be on offer on the night.
Presentation topics this year include the relationship between families of deceased organ donors and transplant recipients, the use of raspberry leaf tea to help childbirth, and how online media is changing the interdependent relationship between advertisers, the media and the audience.
- Select competitors will be available for interview and photo/filming opportunities between 11am and 11.30am on Thursday 30 August at Café Mizzuna on campus
Sean Dicks is a part-time PhD candidate at the University and will discuss the bereavement process families of potential organ donors are likely to go through.
“I am conducting a longitudinal case study exploring the experiences of families from the time at the hospital where their relative died until about one year after the death,” Mr Dicks said.
“My interest is in how we can best deliver bereavement-related care during their time at the hospital and thereafter, regardless of their decision.”
Rebekah Bowman, a lecturer in midwifery, will discuss the use of raspberry leaf tea during pregnancy.
“Women and midwives have been using raspberry leaf to help childbirth since the 6th century,” Ms Bowman said.
“Despite this historical use that still exists today, there is no clinical evidence for its efficacy or safety. This research aims to provide women and midwives with answers to inform their decision-making.”
2018 presenters
Faculty of Arts and Design
- Elliott Hartman – How do we know write from wrong?
- Dan Andrew – The new audience economy
Faculty of Health
- Rebekah Bowman – The granddaughter of a witch they forgot to burn
- Felicity Bright – Thermophysiology of self-paced exercise
- Sean Dicks – The relationship between families of deceased organ donors and transplant recipients
- Alexandra Lascu – Talent development in female cricket
- Kathleen Miles – Sleeping to win
- Alice Wallett – Gut health, heat and exercise performance
Faculty of Science and Technology
- Michael Aberle – Soil: The Silent Witness to Major Crime
- Dua'a Ahmad – Objective measure of depression from a video
- Amanda Gruzas – When the VOCs attack…The details of history, are lost forever…
The 2018 judging panel includes:
- Rachel Stephen-Smith (Labor MLA for Kurrajong and ACT Government Minister)
- Dr Maxine Cooper (former ACT Auditor-General)
- Kate Driver (Questacon’s Deputy Director and General Manager of Operations)
- Victor Pantano (Associate Vice President of Innovation & Strategy at the University of Canberra)
WHAT: University of Canberra 2018 Three Minute Thesis Competition Final
WHEN: Thursday 30 August, 6pm – 8pm
WHERE: University of Canberra, Building 1, Theatrette (next to Café Mizzuna).
Contact the University of Canberra media team:
Tara Corcoran
0418 806 293
Tara.Corcoran@canberra.edu.au
Antony Perry
0434 795 919
Antony.Perry@canberra.edu.au