“What do you do?” It’s a question many researchers will face over the course of their work. A series of UWindsor graduate students will vie in providing entertaining and informative brief presentations on their research subjects in the Three Minute Thesis competition, which opens today.

The public is invited to hear the presentations, which are geared for a non-specialist audience. The top two finishers in each heat—March 24, 25 and 26—will compete in the final round March 31 for the right to represent the University of Windsor at the provincial competition.

Each of the initial heats begins at 3 p.m. in Vanier Hall’s Katzman Lounge.

Monday, March 24

• Ravinder Saini, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering: “Workers need rest they deserve”
• Ingrid Qemo, Biological Sciences: “Generation of stem cells: a ‘speedy’ affair?”
• Samar Mazloum, Civil and Environmental Engineering: “Dyed by colour, saved by beans”
• Jenna Jones, Psychology: “Does Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) help families?”
• Amber Fields, Political Science: “The New Republic: neoliberalism and housing in New York City”
• Hisham Dokainish, Chemistry and Biochemistry: “Fighting aging! Understanding the mechanisms of antioxidant enzymes”
• Christopher DiLoreto, Physics: “Controlling atoms near nanoparticles”
• Jessica Dare, Biological Sciences: “Size Does Matter: playing around with cell division and size”
• Kush Aggarwal, Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering: “Just Print it”

Tuesday, March 25

• Nick Vukotic, Chemistry and Biochemistry: “Molecular based memory”
• Abdulrahman Seleim, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering: “New assembly line? ... No problem”
• Rusell Putnam, Physics: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are”
• Pamela Ovadje, Chemistry and Biochemistry: “The best kind of lion: A dande ‘lion’ to attack cancer”
• Soodeh Nikan, Electrical and Computer Engineering: “Human face recognition under different degradation conditions”
• Abhishek Nayyar, Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering: “An energy harvester from airflow induced vibrations”
• Marta Kadziolka, Psychology: “Mindfully attentive individuals self-regulate more effectively in response to stress”
• Martin Crozier, Biological Sciences: “The lesser of two evils: balancing minimal patient discomfort with maximal treatment impact”
• Brianne Brooker, Psychology: “When the impulse wins: personal factors influencing decision-making”
• Luv Aggarwal, Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering: “Intelligent robot control”

Wednesday, March 26

• Ishika Towfic, Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering: “Driving towards safer emergencies”
• Yasina Somani, Kinesiology: “Getting a grip on high blood pressure with a novel treatment”
• Yasir Nouri, Political Science: “Why have European countries become anti-immigrant?”
• Beth Kuhn, Social Work: “Parent perceptions and experience of their decision-making in child custody during the divorce process”
• Mohamed Kashkoush, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering: “Biologically-inspired assembly sequencing”
• Michael Holmes, Chemistry and Biochemistry: “How a hairpin could save your life”
• Rami Gherib, Chemistry and Biochemistry: “Predicting chemistry in iron-containing enzymes”
• Rosa-Maria Ferraiuolo, Biological Sciences: “A speedy therapy for breast cancer”
• Kelly An, Psychology: “Traumatic brain injury: does age matter?”

See a complete schedule of events on the graduate studies website.