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University of Waterloo 2020 3MT champions
2020 First place ($1000)
Jasdeep Multani, MArch Candidate, School of Architecture
Supervisor: Jonathan Enns
Presentation title: Designing Classrooms of the Future: Incorporating Sensory Cognizant Design Strategies
Jasdeep will represent University of Waterloo at the Ontario Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Provincial Competition to be hosted by University of Windsor!
2020 Second place ($500)
Yara Mohiar, MSc Candidate, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Supervisor: Elizabeth Irving
Presentation title: The Pressures of Space Exploration
2020 Third place ($250)
Robert Bennett, MASc Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Supervisor: Youngki Yoon
Presentation title: Simulating the Technology of Tomorrow
2020 People's Choice winner ($250)
Sarena Daljeet, MA Candidate, Psychology
Supervisor: Jonathan Oakman
Presentation title: How Do You Feel About That?
University of Waterloo's 3MT past champions
| Year | Name | Department/School | Faculty | Presentation title & video | UWaterloo result | Provincial/National result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jasdeep Multani | School of Architecture | Engineering | Designing Classrooms of the Future: Incorporating Sensory Cognizant Design Strategies | Winner | |
| 2020 | Yara Mohiar | School of Optometry and Vision Science | Science | The Pressures of Space Exploration | Second place | |
| 2020 | Robert Bennett | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Simulating the Technology of Tomorrow | Third place | |
| 2020 | Sarena Daljeet | Psychology | Arts | How Do You Feel About That? | People's Choice winner | |
| 2019 | Haya Almutairi | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | Self-healing asphalt pavements | Winner & People's Choice winner | 5th place in Ontario Provincial Competition, hosted by McMaster University. |
| 2019 | Nilanth Yogadasan | Biology | Science | Understanding Rubisco regulation and its importance in improving photosynthetic efficiency | Runner-Up | |
| 2018 | Gregory Lui | Chemical Engineering | Engineering | Photocatalysts: Using today's waste to power the future (YouTube) | Winner | 5th place in Ontario Provincial Competition, hosted by York University. |
| 2018 | Tina Chan | School of Public Health and Health Systems | Applied Health Sciences | Improving peer-to-peer support with gamification techniques (YouTube) | Runner-up | |
| 2018 | Percy Korsah | Geography | Environment | Effect of linear disturbances (roads) on Peatland function (YouTube) | People's Choice Winner | |
| 2017 | Emmanuel Alabi | School of Optometry and Vision Science | Science | Objective Measurement of Pain | Winner & People's Choice winner | |
| 2017 | Andria Bianchi | Philosophy | Arts | Sex, Dementia and Consent (YouTube) | Runner-up | |
| 2016 | Gah-Jone Won | Vision Science and Biology | Science | The Development of an Antibody-Drug Conjugate to Specifically Target and Soften the Crystalline Lens in vivo (YouTube) | Winner | 1st place in Ontario Provincial Competition, hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University. Canadian National 3MT Champion. |
| 2016 | Cheryl Chan | Environment and Resource Studies | Environment | Fish for Our Future: A Community-Based Approach to Marine Conservation (YouTube) | Runner-up | |
| 2016 | Arun Das | Mechnical and Mechatronics Engineering | Engineering | Enhancing the Eyes of Self Driving Cars (YouTube) | People's Choice Award | |
| 2015 | Julie DeWolf | Environment and Resource Studies | Environment | Linking Human Rights and the Environment in the Canadian Legal System (YouTube) | Winner | |
| 2015 | Elahe Jabari | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | Engineering | Micro-scale 3D Printing of Graphene (YouTube) | Runner-up | |
| 2015 | Joseph Buscemi | History | Arts | Protect and Survive?: The Recently Declassified History of Britain's Cold War Nuclear Survival Plans (YouTube) | People's Choice Award | |
| 2014 | Matthew Vonk | Kinesiology | Applied Health Sciences | The Effects of a Single Session Of Weight Training on Mental Health (YouTube) | Winner | |
| 2014 | Mihaela Vlasea | Mechanical and Mechatronics | Engineering | Bionic bones - we have the technology (YouTube) | Runner-Up | |
| 2014 | Matthew Vonk | Kinesiology | Applied Health Sciences | The Effects of a Single Session Of Weight Training on Mental Health (YouTube) | People's Choice Award Winner | |
| 2013 | Chau-Minh Phan | Optometry and Vision Science | Science | Treatment of Fungal Eye Infections using Contact Lenses and Nanoparticles (YouTube) | Winner | 3rd place in Ontario Provincial Competition, hosted by Queen's University. |
| 2013 | Matt Hunt | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | The Effects of Anti-Icing Solution on Reinforcing Steel (YouTube) | Runner- Up | |
| 2013 | Chau-Minh Phan | Optometry and Vision Science | Science | Treatment of Fungal Eye Infections using Contact Lenses and Nanoparticles (YouTube) | People's Choice Award Winner | |