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ME PhD student clinches 1st Runner-up and People’s Choice Award in Faculty 3MT Competition

16 Jun 2023

Student News

Congratulations to Mr Liang Zhaojian, a research student representing the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME), won the First Runner-up and People’s Choice Award in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2023 organized by the PolyU Faculty of Engineering.

3MT® celebrates the exciting research conducted by research postgraduate students. Developed by the University of Queensland, Australia, the competition cultivates students’ academic presentation and research communication skills, and supports their capacity to effectively explain their research and its significance in three minutes, in a language appropriate to non-specialist audiences. 3MT® is now a globally recognized competition that has been held in over 900 universities across more than 80 countries worldwide.

On 16 June 2023, the PolyU Faculty of Engineering held the 3MT Competition. Seven affiliated departments nominated their research students to participate in it. The participants each delivered a high-impact brief presentation within 3-minute. Most of them demonstrated good academic pitching skills. A panel of judges by representatives from the seven affiliated departments was formed and selected the best presenters.

Zhaojian is currently a PhD student in ME under the supervision of Dr Li Mengying. “Energy storage using solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) -- A story about speeds” is the title about his research project for this competition. His lively narration of academic research has won him two awards. We are very proud of his outstanding performance.

Learn more at PolyU Faculty of Engineering Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition



First Runner-up

LIANG Zhaojian

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Topic: Energy storage using solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) -- A story about speeds

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