Two-Minute Thesis Winners!
Following our contest (which closed on August 20), our panel of judges selected 11 winners to join Grand Prize Winner Nahom M. Beyene in having their thesis projects animated! Each month, we'll air another Two-Minute Thesis from among the winners. Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest - we have been so impressed by the turnout and the caliber of the entries!
Here are your winners (in no particular order):
- Nahom M. Beyene (Grand Prize Winner!)
The Synthesis of NAViSection
University of Pittsburgh - Rehabilitation Sciences
Watch!
- Baillie Redfern
Engineering the Perfect Perfume
University of British Columbia - Genome Science and Technology
Listen!
- Sam Kennerly
Drunk Qubits
Drexel University - Physics
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- Matan Shelomi
Surprise in Six Legs
University of California, Davis - Entomology
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- Sara Ciesielski
Language and Culture Learning in Sherpa
University of Melbourne - Linguistics
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- Jack Tseng
Hyenas, Dogs, and Bones, Oh My!
University of Southern California - Integrative and Evolutionary Biology
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- Adam Crymble
Distant Reading in a Jumble of Data
King's College London - History and Digital Humanities
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- Miya Warrington
Discovering the Hidden Meaning in Bird Calls
Macquarie University - Animal Behavior
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- Or Graur
The Nature of Type la Supernovae
Tel Aviv University/American Museum of Natural History - Astrophysics
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- Elvira de Lange
About Plants, Attacks, and Bodyguards
University of Neuchbtel - Chemical Ecology
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- Aysegul Ergin
No More Finger Pricking with an Eyeglass Glucometer
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering
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- Gino Putrino
Building an Artificial Nose
University of Western Australia - Electronic Engineering
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