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3 Minute Thesis (3MT)

3MT is an international research communication competition founded by the University of Queensland and which has been running since 2008.

Competitors have just three minutes to present a memorable, interesting and accurate story about their thesis and its significance, using just one PowerPoint slide.

The below list contains our 3MT competitors for 2022, with one of these entrants to be selected to represent us in the Asia-Pacific Final. More information about the competition and rules for submissions can be found on the 3 Minute Thesis website.

Competitor listing 2022

  • Ronald Addo–Quaye
    School of Business and Law
    Title of Entry: Africa is doing it differently
  • Rahima Akter
    School of Business and Law
    Title of Entry: Women’s Rights are Human Rights: An Experience from the Clothing Industry in Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Jaber Alam
    School of Engineering and Technology
    Title of Entry: A Multi-Service Load Balancing Algorithm in Heterogeneous Wireless Access Medium
  • Geoffrey Augutis
    School of Education and the Arts
    Title of Entry: Getting Serious About Tech in Schools
  • Mounika Baddula
    School of Engineering and Technology
    Title of Entry: Cybersecurity Assessment to Identify and Counter User-Centric Errors in the Internet of Things (IoT) Using Machine Learning
  • Atem Biar
    School of Business and Law
    Title of Entry: Economic and Socio-cultural Factors Causing Financial Stress Among South Sudanese Immigrants
  • Holly Hosking
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: DNA Damage Repair is Rat-ical
  • Sasha Job
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: Tides of Change
  • Karen Luke
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: Unravelling the riddle of rider safety in the horse industry
  • Sai Ruthwick Madas
    School of Engineering and Technology
    Title of Entry: Enhancement of Electrical and Thermal Performance of Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) System
  • Sarah-Joy Pierce
    School of Education and the Arts
    Title of Entry: Why social performance is good news
  • Dhanushki Upeka Perera
    School of Engineering and Technology
    Title of Entry: Climate is Changing. So Why Not We?
  • Tracy Trethewy
    School of Education and the Arts
    Title of Entry: Transition Programs and Third Culture Kids

Visualise Your Thesis (VYT)

VYT is an exciting international competition hosted by the University of Melbourne. VYT challenges research higher degree candidates to present their research in a 60 second, eye-catching digital display using a pre-supplied template.

Entry is open to currently-enrolled research higher degree candidates, and the competition is suitable for all disciplines and any stage of candidature.

In 2022, our VYT winner will be nominated to represent our University as a finalist in the online International VYT competition. More information about the competition and rules for submissions can be found on the University of Melbourne website.

Competitor listing 2022

  • Holly Hosking
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: DNA Damage Repair is Rat-ical
  • Sasha Job
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: Tides of Change
  • Josiah Koh
    School of Engineering and Technology
    Title of Entry: The Impact of Automated Response Systems on Meeting Holistic Student Learning Outcomes
  • Jaba Rani Sarker
    School of Business and Law
    Title of Entry: Salinity Risk Assessment by Dry Season Rice Producers in Bangladesh
  • Georgia Tuckwell
    School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
    Title of Entry: A deep learning approach to sleep history classification during the task of driving