Rishna Bogati, Dr Samantha Heath, Assoc Prof Marcus Williams, Assoc Prof Linda Kestle, David Glover, Shannon Wallis, German Hernadez, Assoc Prof Terri-Ann Berry, Caralyn Kemp, Dr Babar Mahmood
Unitec’s record-breaking Research Symposium wrapped up yesterday with the second day of presentations covering Research with Impact, as well as Early Career Research.
Unitec members of the STRATUS team, consisting of Denis Lavrov (Science Team Lead), Dila Beisembayeva (Lead Centre for Digital Innovation and Skills), Shannon Scown (Commercialisation Partner) conducting research into cybersecurity, gave the keynote address:
Cybersecurity Innovation at Unitec: Eight years on
David Glover – Executive Director, Partnerships and Student Recruitment, presented the awards. The judging panel included David Glover, Toni Vaughan and Katie Bruffy.
The annual Research Symposium attracted a record number of entries this year with more than 160 research submissions from tertiary institutes from all round the country. Director Research and Enterprise, Associate Professor Marcus Williams, said the number of entries this year was unprecedented, and the convening team made the decision to stage the Symposium over two separate days in order to accommodate more presenters.
The Research with Impact category was won by the Plastic Minimisation Construction Project team, made up of Associate Prof Linda Kestle, Associate Prof Terri-Ann Berry, German Hernandez, as well as Industry Partners Annette Day (Naylor Love) and Simon Burden (Mitre 10).
The project was praised by the judging panel, saying, “This project showed amazing industry collaboration from the get-go and as a result, presents the opportunity to have high social impact by changing both construction supply chains and on-site work practices. Let’s hope Auckland Council continues to fund further innovations like this.”
Early Career Researcher Winner (Peoples’ choice), Caralyn Kemp from our School of Environmental and Animal Sciences
Winner of the Early Career Researcher award was Caralyn Kemp from our School of Environmental and Animal Sciences for her project, Affecting Change: Donation Giving in a Zoo, which looked at the effect that that Human-Animal Interactions (HAI) had on visitors to zoos.
The results from Day 2 of the Research Symposium are:
Research with Impact Winner
Plastic Minimisation Construction Project
Associate Professor Linda Kestle, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry, German Hernandez and Industry Partners Annette Day (Naylor Love) and Simon Burden (Mitre 10)
German Hernandez, Assoc Prof Marcus Williams, Shannon Wallis, David Glover, Assoc Prof Terri-Ann Berry, Assoc Prof Linda Kestle
Research with Impact Runner-Up
Future Nursing Workforce: Student nurse intentions to work in aged care after registration
Dr Samantha Heath, Pam Williams, Ruth Jackson, Robina Mall, Gil Graham and Shobha Johnson
Early Career Researcher Winner (Peoples’ choice)
Caralyn Kemp, School of Environmental and Animal Sciences
Affecting Change: Donation Giving in a Zoo
Early Career Researcher Runner-up (Peoples’ choice)
Rishna Bogati (student)
Supervisor: Dr Babar Mahmood
Assessment of Grease Traps Used in the Food Services Sector in Auckland
Results from Day 1 of the Research Symposium, held in October were shared on the Nest.