York's best and brightest competed to captivate audiences with their groundbreaking research on Friday 23 June.
Results
1st prize: Jet Sanders (Psychology), "Breaking the wall of risky decisions"
2nd prize: Christian Schuster (Physics), "Breaking the wall of a nuclear decommissioning crisis"
3rd prize: Viswadeep Sarangi (Electronic Engineering), "Breaking the wall of medical diagnostics and recovery"
People's choice: Rowena Kasprowicz (Education), "Breaking the wall of grammar learning"
The nine finalists from the research theme heats.
The three finalists from the 3MTⓇ final were:
The first and second place winners now have the chance to deliver their talk at the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin in November.
Falling Walls is an international conference focused on identifying future breakthroughs in science and society. Using the metaphor of the fall of the Berlin wall, Falling Walls Labs offer up-and-coming researchers a forum to present their innovative ideas, research projects and social initiatives.
A little bit like a TEDtalk, Falling Walls Lab is designed to showcase the quality, talent and passion of up-and-coming researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Our researchers will have just three minutes to articulate how their work contributes to the fall of intellectual, societal and scientific walls.
Christian Schuster receives second prize.
Our expert jury judged each presentation against three criteria:
Find out more about the Falling Walls final in Berlin.
