Sprott PhD candidate wins second place in Three Minute Thesis Competition

Masters and doctoral students battled for top honours in Carleton’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) on Wednesday, March 27.

PhD in Management candidate Vinita Ambwani won second place for her thesis summary about “Untying the Ribbons: Exploring Gift-giving Motives and their Relationship to Human Values”. She took home a cash prize of $500 and advances to the provincial championships taking place at Queen’s University on April 18.

“In three minutes or less, each of the 20 grad students who participated wowed the crowd with their concise and compelling explanations of their research and how it impacts our lives,” said Wallace Clement, dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. “This is not an easy feat considering the depth and complexity of research conducted at the graduate level.”

Tessa Innocent-Bernard from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering won first place and $1000 cash for her presentation on “Evaporation in Oil Sand Thickened Tailings: The Path to Reclamation”. Third place and $250 cash went to Brian Cosland from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering who spoke about “Cleaner Air from Fire and Lasers”.

The event was co-sponsored by the Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs and the Graduate Students’ Association.