Summer Gold Competition 2015 winners
Congratulations to the Science students who took away prizes in the Summer Gold Poster Competition for 2015.
Congratulations to the Science students who took away prizes in the Summer Gold Poster Competition for 2015.
This competition aims to acknowledge the research achievements of the students who participated in the Summer Scholars Scheme during the past summer. The students were required to design a poster about their research, in collaboration with their supervisor.
Best Overall Video:
Geophysics student Ben Higgs ($2,000) with his video “Quantitative analysis of EM302 water-column acoustic backscatter data”.
Most Engaging Demonstration of Research:
Psychology student Lauren Bell ($500) with her video “The Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in the Inhibition of Emotional Distractors”, supervised by Dr Gina Grimshaw.
Humanities and Psychology Winner:
Psychology student Angus Chapman ($500) with his poster pdf842KB“Gone in a Flash”, supervised by Dr Gina Grimshaw.
Biology Winner:
Ecology and Biodiversity student Asher Cook ($500) with his poster pdf288KB“How effective is 1080 at controlling rats and possums following a mast year?”,supervised by Dr Stephen Hartley.
Maths, Chemical and Physical Sciences Winner:
Chemistry student Emma Wrigglesworth ($500) with her poster pdf1.1MB“Nanotechnology in the Production of Luxury Gold-Wool Textiles”, supervised by Professor Jim Johnston.
Earth Sciences Winner:
Geography student Heather Campbell ($500) with her poster pdf1MB“Exploring Travel Patterns within the Wellington Region”, supervised by Dr Mairead de Roiste and Dr Toby Daglish.