2022 3MT Competition Details
Registrations for 2022 are now closed. If you have already registered, please submit your entry (Vimeo link & PowerPoint slide) to Graduate.Research@utas.edu.au before 5pm AEST Friday 12th of August.
3MT is an annual competition that challenges Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The 3MT competition will be held virtually in 2022.
For more information about the 3MT 2022 competition, including eligibility, judging criteria and competition rules, please visit the UTAS About 3MT website.
You can also view entries from some of our previous contestants and finalists below!
2022 Winners
Winner - UTAS 3MT Final
Stan Drummen (Menzies)
More Exercise, Less Surgery
Runner Up - UTAS 3MT Final
Fergus Edwards (English)
Tom and Ludwig
People’s Choice – UTAS 3MT Final
Elga Skrastins (Sociology and Criminology)
Archival Evidence for the Emergence of Promiscuity as a Mental Disorder in Tasmania
2022 Finalists
Youyin (Alice) Yu (Accounting and Governance)
No pain, no gain! or Double the pain, halve the gain
Prashasti Singh (Ecology and Biodiversity)
Diatom sedimentary ancient DNA: Stepping into the past to save Antarctica's future
Freya Su (Architecture)
Attack of the Black Mould
Andrea Hay (Geomatic Engineering)
The SWOT satellite mission: changing how we see the world
Bibek Khatiwada (Menzies)
Childhood cataract gene hunting
2022 Competitors
Yann Herrera Fuchs (Ecology and Biodiversity)
Understanding the Role of Temperature in Shaping Global Reef Biodiversity
Dinah Amoah (Health Science)
Supporting Young Stroke Survivors Through Engaging Messaging (SYSSTEM)
Hanh Vo (Plant Science)
How Do Plants Sense Drought to Survive?
Hannah Coombe (Medicine)
Investigating the Role of Pericytes in Stroke
Mahsa Pouranayatihosseinabad (Pharmacy)
Maternal antibiotic exposure and the risk of postpartum depression
Lydia Hana (Management)
Is it food waste of could we give it another shot?
Bao Ngoc Tran (Wicking)
Is it possible to prevent bad aging?
Maria Bravo Aguilera (Psychology)
Improving Access to Meaningful Assessment of Cognition for Drug Treatment Services
Yang Dai (Plant Sciences)
Flowering Time Matters
Renny Listyono (Pharmacy)
Effect of High fat diet - induced obesity on neuropathology and functional outcomes following TBI in mice
Chenting Jiang (TIA)
Automatic Predicction of soil water retention function by using Machines learning techniques
Theunis Pieters (Health Science)
Workloads in adolescents athletes: how much is too much?
Muhandiramge Ranasinghe (Chemistry)
How much carcinogens are in wine?
Mars Buttfield-Addison (ICT)
One Eye On The Sky: Space tracking with no interruptions
Simin Salarpour (Physics)
Have you ever been to Mt Pleasant Observatory in Cambridge?
Chitra Sharma (Health Science)
Being active... easier said than done
Kaylee Rudd (Wicking)
Motor Function Changes Precede Cognitive Impairment
2021 Finalists
Yaxing Meng (Menzies)
Controlling childhood blood pressure tackles the heart disease before it tackles you
Katie Marx (English)
Antarctica: Out of Sight, Front of Mind
Kate McMaster (Pharmacy)
Memories and Muscles
Hannah Fair (Wicking)
Reaching the unengaged: Converstations about dementia and risk reduction
Xin Lin (Menzies)
Lifting up the blindfold
Tram Nguyen (Menzies)
Brain repair with magnetci brain stimulation in Multiple Sclerosis
Geethu Baby (Education)
Teacher's Perceptions of the benefits and challenges for using multimodal approached to teach ESL in Indian primary classrooms
Penelope Taylor (Sociology and Crimionlogy)
Turning the lens: Indigenous perspectives on race-relations and on building White capacity for constructive relations in Australia
Chin Chuan Lim (Mathematics)
Voice of the Sky
Noemie Friscourt (IMAS)
Know it by a whisker
Archana Gaikwad (Health Science)
IPF: A Mysterious Killer Disease
2020 Winners
First Prize - UTAS 3MT Final
Kathleen Lim (Menzies Institute for Medical Research)
Breathe Baby, Breathe
Runner Up - UTAS 3MT Final
Layla Creach (IMAS - Oceans and Cryosphere)
Muddy time machine
People's Choice Award - UTAS 3MT Final
Yaxing Meng (Menzies Institute for Medical Research)
When it comes to blood pressure, three is the magic number