A key capability for any successful researcher is being able to communicate their research and its impact to all audiences. QUT’s Graduate Research Education & Development (GRE+D) hosts the annual Graduate Research Student Showcase in September each year.
The event is a celebration of QUT’s graduate research student talent with the QUT Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) and Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Grand Finals.
The 3MT and VYT are research communication competitions designed to assist graduate research students to communicate their research and its impact to a general audience.
The showcase is a public event highlighting the research of our finalists to students, staff, and the public.
Date
September 2024
Time
11am-1pm
2023 showcase
Watch all of our QUT Grand Final presentations for the Three Minute Thesis and Visualise Your Thesis competitions.
We support our contestants
We are invested in preparing our students through our Graduate Research Education and Development (GRE+D) framework. With specialized training and coaching in research articulation and public speaking, our students develop skills in communicating their research and its impact to broad audiences.
QUT Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international competition which cultivates graduate students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. Graduate researchers have just 3 minutes to explain their research and its significance in a compelling speech. 3MT® challenges graduate researchers to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience.
2023 3MT winner and People's Choice
Natalia Muhl Castoldi
Natalia Muhl Castoldi from the QUT Faculty of Engineering was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'BackS to the future: Understanding scoliosis by modelling growth’.
2023 3MT runner-up
Jacqueline Roots
Jacqueline Roots from the QUT Faculty of Health was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'One ultrasound to unlock independence’.
2023 finalists
Oscar Toohey
Oscar Toohey from the QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'The Writing’s On The Wall’.
John Lyons
John Lyons from the QUT Faculty of Science was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'Regime shifts in Antarctica’.
Anne Jeevana David
Anne Jeevana David from the QUT Faculty of Engineering was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'AI for Everyone’.
Jennifer Kruwinnus
Jennifer Kruwinnus from the QUT Faculty of Business and Law was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'Increasing gender balance in nonprofit CEO positions: How women make it to the top’.
Van Canh Vu
Van Canh Vu from the QUT Faculty of Business and Law was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'Social Media Influencers as a Marketing Channel: A Taxonomy ’.
Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira
Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira from the QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice was one of the 2023 QUT Three Minute Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'Adolescent girls’ experiences of digital dating abuse in Australia and Brazil’.
Visualise Your Thesis (VYT)
Visualise Your Thesis challenges graduate research students to present their research in a sixty second, eye-catching digital display. Entrants are tasked with developing a striking presentation to encapsulate their research projects in short, engaging, digital narratives.
2023 VYT winner
Andrew Pennay
Andrew Pennay from the QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'Take a sad song and make it better: Considerations for songwriting instruction'.
2023 VYT runner-up
Ashkan Yousefi Zadeh
Ashkan Yousefi Zadeh from the QUT Faculty of Health was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'A human-centric eXplainable Automated Vehicle (XAV)’.
2023 VYT People's Choice
Septinda Dewanti
Septinda Dewanti from the QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'The School Counsellor's Role in Supporting Trauma-Impacted Learners’.
2023 finalists
Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira
Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira from the QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. Her presentation was titled 'Adolescent girls’ experiences of digital dating abuse in Australia and Brazil’.
John Lyons
John Lyons from the QUT Faculty of Science was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'Regime shifts in Antarctica’.
Gaurav Vithalani
Gaurav Vithalani from the QUT Faculty of Engineering was one of the 2023 QUT Visualise Your Thesis finalists. His presentation was titled 'The Power Plant Assassin: Stress Assisted Corrosion’.
Contact us
Get in touch if you've got questions about our graduate research education program.
For enquiries about our Graduate Research Education and Development (GRE+D) program, email gred@qut.edu.au
For enquiries about graduate research industry engagement, email hdr.intern@qut.edu.au