After several weeks of 3MT heats, the 2017 3MT semi-finalists have been decided. Tomorrow, March 14, join us in the Thea Koerner Ballroom, 6173 Crescent Road, to watch our semi-finalists compete to see who will go on to the 2017 finals on Thursday.
In the order of their presentations, our semi-finalists are:
Semi-final 1, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
- Laurel Stothers, Medical Imaging for Radiation Therapy, MSc in Medical Physics with Dr. Anna Celler
- Seth Tigchelaar, Biomarkers for Spinal Cord Injury, PhD in Neuroscience with Dr Brian K. Kwon
- Anna Smith, Zinc stinks! Olfactory inhibition in juvenile coho salmon, MSc in Forestry with Dr. Scott Hinch
- Denise Wooding, Air Pollution and Lung Health: The Potential Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps, MSc in Experimental Medicine with Dr. Chris Carlsten
- Yuhao Bean Lu, Cities and Satellites, PhD in Forestry with Dr. Nicholas Coops
- Manveen Kaur, Effect of protected Vitamin B supplementation on bovine uterus, MSc in Applied Animal Biology with Dr. Ronald L.A. Cerri
- Katriona Stewart, Resisting Rationality, MA in Political Science with Professor Barbara Arneil
- Katharine Thompson, Bacteria that changed the world, PhD in Microbiology and Immunology with Dr. Sean Crowe
- Sue Peters, PAY ATTENTION!, PhD in Rehabilitation Science with Drs Lara Boyd and S. Jayne Garland
- Ahmed Elhamy Mostafa, The Internet of Things (IoT): The Internet of My New Friends, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Prof. Vincent Wong
Semi-final 2, 3:00 – 4:30
- Ryley Hill, The Brightest Galaxies in the Universe, MSc in Astronomy with Dr. Douglas Scott
- Arnab Ray, Epilepsy: Building a Model for Future Diagnosis, MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences with Dr. Tara L. Klassen
- Alice Palmer, Bankrupt or Biofuture? Strategic Change in the Pulp and Paper Industry, PhD in Forestry, Dr. David Cohen
- Taha Qaiser, Training the 6th sense! Could it help recover walking after spinal cord injury?, MSc in Kinesiology with Dr. Tania Lam
- Anupama A. Sharan, KEEP CALM AND CYCLE ON!, MASc in Chemical and Biological Engineering with Drs. Vikram Yadav and Steven Hallam
- Laura Whalin, Pair Housing of Calves in Modified Calf Hutches, MSc in the Animal Welfare Program with Dr. Marina von Keyserlingk
- Ryan Falck, The Impact of Physical Activity, Exercise and Sedentary Behaviour on Older Adult Cognitive Health, PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences with Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
- Ellen Schelew, Secure communication with Quantum Information, PhD in Physics with Dr. Jeff Young
- Raza Malik, The role of vision in learning to walk again, PhD in Kinesiology with Dr. Tania Lam
- Maryam Raiyat Aliabadi, ARTINALI: Dynamic invariant detection for Cyber-Physical System Security, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman
Four speakers from each semi-final round will progress to the 2017 3MT Finals on Thursday, March 16, at 12:30 PM, Jack Poole Halle, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre.