Vitae 3MT semi-finalists 2019

Congratulations to all our 2019 semi-finalists! Each is the winner of their institution’s Three Minute Thesis competition. Presentations were reviewed, scored and discussed by our semi-final judging panel.

Alice Bowman, Abertay University, Companionship Games: A design framework for emotionally engaging and empathetic interactive characters


Nashid Alam, Aberystwyth University, Breast Cancer: the best protection is early detection


Kiran Kandade, Aston University, Reaching Across Family Boundaries: A Qualitative Study on the Role of Relationships Between Family Successors and Nonfamily Managers in Family Businesses and their Impact on a Successful Succession


Gabriella McGrogan, Birkbeck, University of London, Against our Community Standards: "Outsider" witnessing of atrocity and social media censorship


Saqlain Suleman, Brunel University, Curing a Broken Heart


Pietroni Spenst, Canterbury Christ Church University, Hidden Gifts


Luke Kidwell, Cardiff University, Cleaning up the world with my magic sponge


Felix Batsch, Coventry University, Have a nap! Let your car drive!


Roberto Gonzalez Caballero, Cranfield University, Aerodynamic performance analysis of SKYLON hypersonic speed vehicle at subsonic speeds


Leon Reichle, De Montfort University, Housing relationships: the disruption and emergence of tenants' relations in the process of displacement


Anitha Karthi, Edinburgh Napier University, People worry about wind and are hit by surge water


Edward Averell, Glasgow Caledonian University, A Rhythm-Based Game for Stroke Rehabilitation


Vasiliki Voulgaridou, Heriot-Watt University, Ultrasound responce to tumour induced angiogenesis


Yaar Gagan, Keele University, It feels like playing a video game': Lethal Drones and Dehumanisation in the 'Holy Land' of Israel and Palestine


Christian Hurry, King's College London, Can we use maths and theoretical physics to find a cure for cancer?


Matthias Pilz, Kingston University, Game-Theoretic Approaches for Smart Prosumer Communities: Storage Scheduling and Energy Sharing


Rebecca Shepherd, Lancaster University, Can fat cells be used to improve bone health?


Gemma Griffiths, Liverpool John Moores University,  Punk Feminism in the 1990s: Foregrounding Riot Grrrl as an Artistic Movement


Vera Unwin, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, A simple genetic test for the detecting insecticide resistance in mosquitoes


Muriel Lisson, London South Bank University, Non-Executive Directors and Corporate Strategy: Theory and Exploratory Empirical Insights from FTSE 350 Companies


Jennifer Glover, Loughborough University, Turning Jet Engine Noise Down to 2020


Nicola Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University, Understanding Cardiovascular Disease in Lupus: A "Risky" Business


Elizabeth Schlappa, Newcastle University, Going solo: masturbating women in the 18th century


Lucie Malard, Northumbria University, Microbial biogeography and colonization in the Arctic Region


Rosemary Cowen, Queen's University Belfast, Notes on a G-string


Tigan Daspan, Robert Gordon University, Entrepreneurial process in a resource constrained environment: Evidence from Nigerian rural farmers


Gayathri Balasubramanian, Staffordshire University, Assessing the risks of diabetic foot using vascular, neurological and biomechanical parameters


Darren Scott, Swansea University, Finding Greater Success in Fitness Technologies


Meredith Martyn, University College London, It's just a Phase: Inefficiency in cancer clinical trials


Katya Dimitrova Petrova, University of Aberdeen, Water: victim and driver of change


Cai Lyons, University of Birmingham, If I had been born Henry instead of Mary, my life would have been very different: Modern art and Mary Swanzy (1882-1978)


Alexander Kolliari-Turner, University of Brighton, Muscle memory and anabolic steroids - are the performance enhancing benefits long lasting?


Rebecca Shaw, University of Bristol, The Augustan Marriage Plot: A Narratological Study of the leges Iuliae


Neil Cook, University of Central Lancashire, (Re) presentation of cancer awareness messages in UK newspapers


Kate Miller, University of Chester, Police Interviews with Homicide Suspects: Investigation into The Effect of Suspect Veracity on Interviewer Style and Strategies


Charitos Zapitis, University of Derby, Freshwater mussels as biological filters in polluted waters


Veronika Dzetkulicova, University of Dundee, When fingerprints get under your skin


Mariyah Mathai, University of East Anglia, Emotion regulation in leader-follower relationships: A cultural perspective


Megan Whitehorn, University of East London, That Syncing Feeling: The Role of Eye Gaze in Parent-Child Brainwave Synchrony


Frankie Greenwood, University of Edinburgh, How can I know you when there are no words


Paul Galbally, University of Essex, It's a Family Affair


Jennifer Finlay, University of Exeter, Optimising production and welfare standards of lumpfish


Vilius Savickas, University of Greenwich, Funny Heart Beats and Thirty Life-saving Seconds


Chinyere Sam-Okerenta, University of Huddersfield, The Exploration of UK Black Cancer Experiences of Support and Care Continuity


Will Mason, University of Kent, Is the podocyte skeleton the key to a healthy kidney?


Salah Sharief, University of Leeds, Drone Warfare and the Dehumanisation of War


Gaurav Gulsin, University of Leicester, Thinning or Spinning: the Key to Preventing Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes


Ehsan Ahmadian, University of Lincoln, Energy and Urban Built Form


Ismaeel Ramzan, University of Manchester, Cheaper Science Using Machine Learning


Dyedra Morrissey, University of Oxford, Late Again?! The Psychology of The Planning Fallacy


Paula Boeira, University of Plymouth, Gut Bacteria Products: Liver enemies?


Debbie Parker Kinch, University of Portsmouth, Bessie Parkes Belloc: the forgotten feminist pioneer


Matthew Greenwell, University of Reading, How to measure what we can't see - a conservation conundrum


John Nuttall, University of Salford, Cellular Senescence: Tackling a root cause of age-related disease


Rebecca Peters, University of South Wales, Big Data Analytics for Predictive Maintenance with Tata Steel


Gabriela Sitinova, University of Southampton, Closing molecules inside carbon cage


Bryony Hockin, University of St Andrews, Making Chemical Reactions Happen with Sun light


Momchil Vasilev, University of Strathclyde, Robotic Inspectors - Answering Our Industry's Needs


Mayokun Ajeigbe, University of Sunderland, Microcin?


Gavrielle Untracht, University of Surrey, Size Matters: New tools for multi-scale imaging of tumours


Noora Nevala, University of Sussex, The fish view of the world


Guillermo Bardera, University of the West of Scotland,  What's on the menu? Understanding the feeding behaviour of the pacific white shrimp


Nathalie Mezza Garcia, University of Warwick, The Complexities of Offshore Properties


Megan Sharkey, University of Westminster, It's just not good enough