Kate Riegle van West – Faculty of Creative Arts & Industries – Dance Studies Title: The effects of International Poi on cognitive and physical function in healthy older adults
Doctoral Runner-up
Sam Hitchman – Faculty of Science - Physics Title: Laser generated quakes: from Earth to apples
Masters Winner
Sobia Mughal – Business School - Marketing Title: Sharing economy: Why consumers become suppliers.
Masters Runner-up:
Robert Vennell – Faculty of Science – Biological Sciences Title: A Damage Function for Wild Pig Rooting in New Zealand Forests
People’s Choice Award
Our doctoral winner, Kate Riegle van West from the Faculty of Creative Arts & Industries – Dance Studies was also named the People’s Choice winner! Well done Kate!
Our 2016 winners went on to participate in further competitions:
Doctoral winner Kate Riegle van West participated in the Asia/Pacific 3MT® Competition on Friday 30 September 2016 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia.
Kate also participated in the U21 3MT® Virtual Competition.
Masters winner, Sobia Mughal participated in the 3MT® Inter-University Masters Challenge on Wednesday 21 September 2016, hosted by Massey University, Palmerston North.
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The judges. L to R: Dr Jan Cronin, Ian Randall and Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Dr Jan Cronin with Masters winner, Sobia Mughal
Robert Vennell, Masters runner-up
Keith Sutherland from Citizen Watches with the Doctoral Winner Kate Riegle van West
Sam Hitchman from Faculty of Science is the doctoral runner-up
Our 10 Finalists: FLTR: Tom Saunders, Robert Vennell, Andrew Chen, Nazish Khan, Sam Hitchman, Tepora Pukepuke, James Wenley, Kate Riegle van West, Guanyu Chen and Sobia Mughal
Finalists taking their seats before event started
Caroline Daley, Dean of Graduate Studies, is the MC of the event
Discussion among the organizers
Gifts and certificates prepared for participants
Citizen watches prepared for the winners
Dr Jan Cronin, Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies, is one of the judges
One of the judges, Ian Randall
Dr Siouxsie Wiles, one of the judges
Masters finalist: Robert Vennel, Faculty of Science
Masters finalist: Sam Hitchman, Faculty of Science
Andrew Chen
James Wenley
Nazish Khan
Sobia Mughal presenting her 3MT
Tom Saunders
Tepora Pukepuke
Guanyu Chen
Kate Riegle van West presenting her 3MT speech
Musician performing after speeches
Caroline Daley announcing the sponsors
Dr Jan Cronin making an announcement
Siouxsie Wiles making an announcement
Dr Siouxsie Wiles with Sam Hitchman, Doctoral Runner-Up
Dr Siouxsie Wiles and the Doctoral winner Kate Riegle van West
FLTR: Robert Vennell (Masters runner-up), Kate Riegle van West (Doctoral winner), Keith Sutherland (Citizen Watches (Sponsor)), Sobia Mughal (Masters winner) and Sam Hitchman (Doctoral runner-up)
Robert Vennell and Sobia Mughal, the runner-up and the winner of Masters competition
Ian Randall with Robert Vennell, Masters runner-up
