Four winners: the champion and People’s Choice Winner (Ms Lam Wing-tung, Winnie, middle), the first-runner up (Mr Lai Huang, Cheron, to the right of the champion) and two second-runner ups (Ms Chen Zhuoan, Joanna, to the left of the champion, and Ms Wong Chun-ching, Shirley, seven from the left) in a group picture with all judges and the hosts from the Graduate School and the English Language Centre.
Professor Cao Jiannong, Dean of Graduate School, encouraged students to strengthen their skillsets through development activities and research collaborations, along the meaningful 3MT competition.
Professor Christopher Chao emphasised the strategic direction of PolyU to propel research innovation and research excellence with effective communication skills.
The audience voted for the People’s Choice Award.
The Champion and People’s Choice Winner, Ms Lam Wing-tung, Winnie, was highly-commended for her demonstration of concise communications, effective storytelling, influential public speaking and interactive audience engagement.
After an intense semi-final round, eight finalists advanced to the PolyU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition on 3 July to pitch their research significance to the wide audience. This year, four winners emerged: the Champion and People’s Choice Winner (Ms Lam Wing-tung, Winnie, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences), the first-runner up (Mr Lai Huang, Cheron, Department of Biomedical Engineering) and two second-runner ups (Ms Chen Zhuoan, Joanna, Department of English and Communication and Ms Wong Chun-ching, Shirley, Department of Food Science and Nutrition). The Champion will represent PolyU to participate in the Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition hosted by the University of Queensland.
The final competition commenced with the opening speeches of the Dean of Graduate School, Professor Cao Jiannong and the Vice President (Research and Innovation), Professor Christopher Chao. Unveiling the competition, the eight finalists expressed their charisma and professionally pitched their research using only one static slide within three minutes.
“This is a value-adding experience to develop transferable skills for the infinite future, be it in academia, industry or entrepreneurship. Students are encouraged to proactively seize opportunities to strengthen their skillsets through development activities and research collaborations”, highlighting the importance of 3MT by Professor Cao Jiannong.
Professor Christopher Chao emphasised the strategic direction of PolyU to “propel research innovation and research excellence. With the highly-demanded skillsets in effective pitching and communications, grasping and communicating the main idea for support is becoming increasingly essential”.
The eight finalists came from diverse disciplines of civil and environmental engineering, building and real estate, English and communication, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation sciences, and food science and nutrition. Their research topics are testaments of the niche expertise of PolyU research postgraduate studies. The winners were highly-commended for their displayed concise communications, effective storytelling, influential public speaking and interactive audience engagement. Towards the end, all finalists were appreciated for their focused hard work, perseverance and confidence. Arranged refreshments and networking opportunity wrapped up the PolyU 3MT competition.
A special note of gratitude was sent to the judges, namely Mr Vincent Chen from Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, Dr Ho Chu-po from the School of Fashion and Textiles, Professor Li Dechao from the Faculty of Humanities, Dr K.H. Loo from the Faculty of Engineering, Dr Raymond Sze from the Faculty of Science, Dr Dan Wang from the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Dr Huaxin Wei from the School of Design, Professor Elsie Yan from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences and Dr Thomas Zhu from the Faculty of Business.
Learn more about the winners’ performances: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/3mt/hall-of-fame/2024/
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