“HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2017” was successfully held on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Higashi Hiroshima Arts& Culture Hall (Kurara). 36 doctorate students from 10 universities showcased their research in front of 260 people as public audience, with a single presentation slide in limited three minutes.

Congratulations to the following winners, determined by the judging panel and audience’ votes.

◎List of Presenters at “Create your Future in Three Minutes! Presentation”
>> Japanese Session (PDF)
>> English Session (PDF)

○ Winner & People’s Choice - Gold (English Section): NOVI SYAFTIKA (Hiroshima University)
“Fueling your car with garbage and wastewater: possible?”

○ HIRAKU President Award: RISA UETA （Tokushima University）
「植物の新育種技術の開発をより簡便に、より身近に」

○ Global Challenge Award: CHIERI FUJINO (Hiroshima University)
「オーダーメイドな薬物治療を目指して」

○ People’s Choice – Gold (Japanese Section): MASAHIRO BANDO (Tokushima University)
「母なる海からの贈り物、LC-MUFAの力！」

>> Check the rest of award winners (PDF)

>> List of Posters/presenters (PDF) 

○ Winner – GOLD
English Poster: YUSUKE TAKATO （Hiroshima Gakuin Senior High School）
“Can I guess what you’re feeling right now ?”

Japanese Poster: KENSUKE NAKANISHI （Kinki University Higashi-Hiroshima High School）
「透明骨格標本を用いたツリーフロッグの指骨差異の観察」

○ Runner-up – SILVER
English Poster: HARUKA MATSUMURA （Fukuyama City Fukuyama High School）
“Elastic Hysteresis of Leaf Spring Strain and Oscillation”

Japanese Poster: FUMIKA MATSUURA （Kamo Senior High School）
「炭酸ガス麻酔は淡水魚に麻酔作用を示す」

Host : “Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users”
under Building of Consortia for the Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology
(Program for Developing Next Generation Researchers)

Co-Host :
Global Science Campus Hiroshima
Hiroshima University Organization of the Leading Graduate Education Program (“Phoenix Leader Education Program for Renaissance from Radiation Disaster” and “TAOYAKA PROGRAM for creating a flexible, enduring, peaceful society”)

Special Sponsors :
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. / Springer Nature
Chugai Technos Corporation / TODA KOGYO CORP / IBM Japan, Ltd.
The Japan Steel Works Ltd. / Mazda Motor Corporation

Sponsors :
NH Foods Ltd. R&D Center / Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education
Toastmasters International

https://hiraku.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/event_fy2017/competition_2017/report/