This year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition

3 Minute Thesis winner Kate Martin (first left) and runner-up Carl Salas (centre front in white t-shirt) are pictured with all the competition participants

Last week our 3 Minute Thesis competition took place with a great turnout of contestants, supporters and staff. Hosted by Tūāpapa Rangahau – Partnering Research & Enterprise, the competition showcased the work of our Masters students, providing them with an opportunity to gain more presenting experience and for us to learn about their research studies.

Competition winners

3 Minute Thesis Competition winner:
Kate Martin
Attitudes of First Year Health Students in New Zealand Regarding Immunisation
Master of Osteopathy

3 Minute Thesis Competition runner-up:
Carl Salas
Living with the Dead
Master of Architecture Professional

Congratulations to Kate and Carl, and everyone who took the time to enter and share their presentation (all competitors are outlined below)! There were cash prizes of $600 for our winner Kate and $400 for runner-up Carl.

Thank you also to our MC, Marcus Williams, Director – Research & Enterprise, and our judging panel; David Glover, Executive Director – Partnerships & Student Recruitment, Mary Johnston, Executive Director – People & Infrastructure, and Duaa Alshadli, Lecturer – School of Engineering and Applied Technology.

Competitors

Jacqueline Topless
Welcome Home: Return, Rehabilitation and Reconnection; Architecture as a Kaitiaki for Taonga Māori
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Rahele Jahanbani
Optimising the Cycling Networks in Auckland
Master of Computing

Carl Salas
Living with the Dead
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Steeven Mou Sang
Tahiti: Between Myth and Reality
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Qi Yang
How can green infrastructure treat urban storm water in a waterfront site in estuary of Ahuriri in Napier
Master of Landscape Architecture

Zahra Baradaran
Applying a Life Cycle Approach in Designing Flexible Housing
Master of Architecture

Reza Rouhani
Analysis and Evaluation of Quantum
Master of Computing

Joseph McAuley
Groundwater-Architecture
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Kieran Hogan
Seeing is Deceiving
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Kate Martin
Attitudes of First Year Health Students in New Zealand Regarding Immunisation
Master of Osteopathy

Te Kerekere Roycroft
Pūtahi a Whenua: voices flowing as one
Master of Landscape Architecture

Fauzia Mortuza
Eudaimonia
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Kai Fan
Towards the flourishing of Chinese Protestantism: an architecture enquiry, Sahnghai
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Jaspreet Kaur
Making Place
Master of Architecture (Professional)

Jacob Bowden
Plasti-city
Master of Architecture

Josh Adams
Post Prison Occupancy: A facility for former inmates to re-engage in with a support network and independent living
Master of Architecture (Professional)