BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final of the competition "My Thesis in 180 seconds" DTSTART:20240321T174500 DTEND:20240321T194500 DTSTAMP:20260429T114805Z UID:4a2423eeb8d8c559a409141baed327007de9cf9dfca3df5325d09500 CATEGORIES:Public Science Events DESCRIPTION:MT180 Finalists\nThe 14 PhD Students finalists of the competit ion My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180) will present their research in simp le\, straightforward terms in 3 minutes exactly\, in English or in French\ , using humour\, metaphores and examples.\nA jury made up of people from t he scientific community and the broader science world\, the business world and the media will decide between the doctoral candidates and award a pri ze to the three best candidates. The prizes are CHF 1000\, CHF 700 and CHF 400 for the 1st\, 2nd and 3rd places.\n\nA special audience prize of CHF 400 will also be awarded by the public on site (no online voting): come t o learn more about EPFL research and vote for your favorite candidate !\n\ nThe 8th Edition of the EPFL Final My Thesis in 180 seconds is free and o pen to the public !\n\n 17h30: Opening of the doors\, free entrance\, reg istration\n 18h00: Beginning of the Final\n\nMT180 EPFL Finalists Running Order:\n\n\n Marian Lumongsod-Thompson\, « Effect of environmental trans ients on the corrosion of aged iron in inert porous media » (Dr Stefano Mischler)\, English\n Stella Laperrousaz\, « Development of soft electro nic and optoelectronic fibers via the thermal drawing process » (Prof. F abien Sorin)\, Français\n Luc Bondaz\, « An holistic approach for incor porating pores in single-layer graphene for gas separation application » (Prof. Kumar Varoon Agrawal)\, English\n Maria Marcinek\, « Plant-benef icial bacteria as vectors for the active delivery of nanoagrochemicals » (Prof. Harm-Anton Klok)\, English\n Arthur Barakat\, « The neurometabol ism of motivation » (Prof. Carmen Sandi)\, English\n Eduardo Gutierrez-P rieto\, « Harnessing mechanical instabilities of rotating structures tow ards the development of versatile centrifugal microfluidics devices » (P rof. Pedro M. Reis)\, English\n Sahar Rezapour\, « Role of complex airfo il kinematics on dynamic stall » (Prof. Karen Mulleners)\, English\n Art hur Verdeyme\, « Community detection and link prediction in networks » (Prof. Sofia Olhede)\, Français\n Calixe Bénier\, « Tribology of lubr icated micro-mechanical contacts» (Dr. Stefano Mischler)\, Français\n Al exandros Anastasiadis\, « Role of kinematics\, vorticity and sensing in single and collaborative undulatory swimming » (Prof. Karen Mulleners an d Prof. Auke Ijspeert)\, Français\n Maria Sivers\, « The Reuse Viabilit y Index (RVI): Classification\, Assessment and Prediction of the Sustainab le Reuse of Building Components» (Prof. Corentin Fivet and Prof. Martin F röhlich)\, English\n Beatrice Vaienti\, « Jerusalem 1840-1940: a Geneal ogy of Cartographic Inventions » (Prof. Frédéric Kaplan and Dr. Isabell a Di Lenardo)\, English\n Santhanu Ramanandan\, « Germanium nanowires : a scalable platform for quantum computing » (Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Mo rral)\, English\n Dorsan Lepour\, « Multi-Actors Decision Making for Ren ewable Energy Communities» (Prof. François Maréchal)\, Français\n\nJur y Composition:\n\n\n Gisou van der Goot\, President of the Jury\, Professo r at the Faculty SV and Vice President for Responsible Transformation\n Am brogio Fasoli\, Jury Member\, Professor at the Faculty SB and Delegate to the Provost\n Marilyne Andersen\, Jury Member\, Professor at the Faculty E NAC and Academic Director of Smart Living Lab\n Bastien Confino\, Jury Mem ber\, Scientific Journalist RTS\n Annalisa Buffa\, Jury Member\, Professor at the Faculty SB and Associate Vice President for Postgraduate Educatio n\n Mauro Lattuada\, Jury Member\, Technology Transfer Manager\n\nSpeaker: \n\n\n Anne-Laure Gannac\, Journalist\n\nWelcoming Words:\n\n\n Kahryn Hes s Bellwald\, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Outreach\n\n \nSponsor of the prizes:\n\n LOCATION:Forum RLC http://plan.epfl.ch/?zoom=19&recenter_y=5863755.59024&r ecenter_x=731094.98161&layerNodes=fonds\,batiments\,labels\,information\,p arkings_publics\,arrets_metro\,transports_publics&floor=1&q=forum_rolex STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR