Queen's Competition

Participants and Results

Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to compete in the Queen's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition held each year. Our Postdoctoral Fellows, although not part of the competition, are being given a chance to see how they can explain their research in three minutes too. Participants have been posted in no particular order, highlighting their program and their research.

Want to see the presentations for yourself? Check out last years here!

Overall Results:

1st Place: Julia Tropak (Chemistry)

Runner-Up: Aryaman Sharma (Translational Medicine) & Ujjwal Sangwan (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences)

People's Choice: Aryaman Sharma (Translational Medicine)

From Heat 1:

William Bonin

Program/Degree: Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MASc)

Supervisor: Dr. Qingguo Li

Presentation: Enhancing Surgical Safety: Monitoring Musculoskeletal Posture in Orthopedic Procedures with IMU's

Sumaiya Karim

Program/Degree: Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Laura Wells

Presentation: Shaping a Clearer Future with Dynamic Materials

Claude Bock

Program/Degree: Art History (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Norman Vorano

Presentation: Indigenous representations in Canadian comic books and graphic novels

Samantha Shang

Program/Degree: Psychology (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Li-Jun Ji

Presentation: We don't talk anymore - But some cultures prefer it this way.

From Heat 2:

Julia Tropak

Program/Degree: Chemistry (MSc)

Supervisor: Dr. Avena Ross

Presentation: Bacteria: Friend or Foe?

Sara Stickley

Program/Degree: Biomedical & Molecular Sciences (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Qingling Duan

Presentation: Trust your gut...microbiota: It may be the key to uncovering childhood asthma risk

Ariel Lacombe

Program/Degree: Art History (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Una D'Elia

Presentation: Miraculous Madonnas of the South: A cross-cultural study on sacred practices in Molise, Italy

Sandra McKay

Program/Degree: Global Development Studies (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Hall

Presentation: Behind the scenes: Supplying the energy transition with (il)legal copper

From Heat 3:

Aryaman Sharma

Program/Degree: Translational Medicine (MSc)

Supervisor: Drs. Teresa & Jamie Purzner

Presentation: The Sleeping Giant: Tackling Recurrence in Pediatric Brain Cancer

Amr Zaki

Program/Degree: Computing (PhD)

Supervisor: Dr. Hossam Hassanein

Presentation: Driving Smarter Together

Jiale Xie

Program/Degree: Translational Medicine (MSc)

Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Boyd

Presentation: Precision resuscitation to preserve cognitive function in ICU survivors

Ujjwal Sangwan

Program/Degree: Biomedical & Molecular Sciences (MSc)

Supervisor: Dr. Che Colpitts

Presentation: Unleashing Cyclosporine A: A game-Changer in the Battle against Dengue Virus?

Results (and moving on to the finals are):

1st place - Samantha Chang (Psychology)

2nd place - William Bonin (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)

3rd place - Sumaiya Karim (Biomedical Engineering)

People's Choice - Samantha Chang (Psychology)

4th place (as People's Choice is the same as one of the top 3) - Claude Bock (Art History)

Victoria McCutcheon

Program/Degree: Urban & Regional Planning (MPL)

Supervisor: Dr. Maxwell Hartt

Presentation: Thinking Small - Planning for Immigration in Moncton, New Brunswick

Abigail Gordon

Program/Degree: Art History (MA)

Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Reeve

Presentation: The Marian Breast