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Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha | 茄子视频app官网 (UC) Doctoral and Master鈥檚 research students took on the challenge to communicate their research to a general audience across three competitions: 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) and Exhibit Your Thesis (EYT). 听

Tumu Tuarua Rangahau | Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation Professor Lucy Johnston opened the evening.

"The showcase highlights the talent and passion of our postgraduate students, and the difference they are already making as emerging leaders in research,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 am continually inspired by the energy and ideas our students bring to shaping a better future.鈥� 听

Whak膩turanga Rangahau |听Research Student Showcase also connects UC鈥檚 research to the wider community and region.

Keynote speaker, ChristchurchNZ Chief Executive Ali Adams, reinforced the importance of events like this to the city and region, highlighting how research and innovation drive 艑tautahi Christchurch and Waitaha Canterbury鈥檚 growth, talent development and global connections.

The live 3MT finals saw the winners of each faculty heat compete for the $3,000 first prize and a place in the Asia-Pacific final, hosted by the University of Queensland. The competition challenges students to sum up their thesis in three minutes in front of a judging panel.听

First place was awarded to Lauren Hitt from the School of Biological Sciences for their research, 鈥楾he Diary of K艒aro, a Native Fish.鈥�

鈥淚 was nervous,鈥� Hitt said following her win, 鈥渂ut I was mostly excited to see what everyone else was doing.

鈥淚 had so much fun checking out the posters, getting to see the VYT entries, and then getting to hear the other contestant speeches. So many students have put in so much hard mahi for these projects and these competitions and getting to celebrate everyone's accomplishments tonight was the real win.鈥�

The runner up was Jess Love with 鈥楳y Voice Matters鈥櫶齛nd the People鈥檚 Choice went to Muhammad Luqman听for 鈥楾urning Dairy Waste into Fertilizer: The Magic of Purple Bacteria鈥�, which also won third place.

The VYT competition, now in its fifth year, challenged students to create a 1-minute audio-visual presentation summarising their thesis.听Lizzy Skelton took first place with 鈥楳apping the Sub-Ice Platelet Layer in Antarctica鈥�, winning $1,000 and entry to the international competition. Second place went to Zixi Chen for 鈥楻e-envision Japanese Tea Ceremony: A Cross-Cultural Study on the Chinese Elements in Chanoyu鈥�, third to Lauren Hitt for 鈥楻esponses of a Native Fish to Introduced Species in Aotearoa Lakes鈥�, and the People鈥檚 Choice to听Thejani Wickrama Hewage听for 鈥楾he Hidden Logic of Letting Go: Uncovering the In-Depth Reasoning Behind Disposal Decisions.鈥�

The EYT competition invited students to create posters that made their research clear and engaging for the public. Jess Love was awarded the top prize of $750 for her research 鈥楳y Voice Matters! Did School Set Me Up for Success?鈥�. This was followed by David Pedley for 鈥楪reen Vs Growth: The effect of housing intensification on urban trees鈥�, and Sanduni Geeganage for ' Waste to Fragrance: Clean, Green and Cyanide- Free!鈥�. The People鈥檚 Choice Award went to Shallu Verma for 鈥楳aking Drug Testing Smarter: Can Benchtop NMR Support Forensic Labs?鈥�.

The Research Student Showcase celebrated student achievement and also highlighted UC鈥檚 contribution to the region through research that engages the community and nurtures the next generation of innovators.