Your thesis in 3 minutes? Game on!

Five outstanding PhD candidates from Monash Engineering took to the stage this week for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, presenting years of research in just three minutes.

Developed by The University of Queensland, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition celebrates exciting research undertaken by PhD candidates. It challenges participants to explain their research in just three minutes to a non-specialist audience, strengthening their academic, presentation and research communication skills.

Representing their departments were:

Satya Sireesha (Chemical and Biological Engineering)
"Direct CO2 hydrogenation to higher carboxylic acids via liquid phase thermocatalysis"

Ortal Raikhlin (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
"Protecting Water Security. The Blue-Green Algae Epic"

Hosna Nasiriyan Rad (Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering)
"Neonatal feeding assessment using Machine Learning"

Pasindu Deshan Perera (Materials Science and Engineering)
"One Size No Longer Fits All: Re-Weaving How We Take Vitamins"

Ken Ely (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
"Performance enhanced digital image correlation for inspections"

Hosted by Ranjeet Singh, the competition was judged by Associate Professor Timothy Scott, Dr Li Lian Khaw and Jessica Fimmel.

Congratulations to Pasindu Perera, who was awarded First Prize ($300) and the People's Choice Award ($100, presented by MGA).

Congratulations also to Ortal Raikhlin who received the Second Prize ($200) and has been nominated as the Faculty's wildcard candidate.

Pasindu and Ortal will now represent the Faculty of Engineering at the Monash University 3MT wildcard round and finals on 18 August, with the opportunity to progress to the Asia-Pacific competition, including the semi-final on 21 September and virtual final on 14 October.

Well done to all five candidates for demonstrating the depth, impact and diversity of engineering research at Monash.