In many ways, today was a culmination of weeks of preparation and planning.
On one hand, this afternoon the PGSA hosted the final round of our 3MT competition. We heard from nine fantastic students who all did a wonderful job presenting. In the end, we gave out almost $5,000 of cash prizes and the first place winner will represent Victoria University at the Trans-Tasmin Final, in Perth, Australia, later this year. This year's competition was the biggest in recent history and was a dramatic turn around in participant numbers compared to 2013. Additionally, we raised the profile of the event and today the local newspaper published an article about the competition and one of the finalists.
On a completely different topic, this evening I finished analysing the data I collected yesterday and I am extremely pleased with the results. My findings demonstrate the feasibility and function of an instrument I have been developing for the past year and a half. Nearly 18 months of planning and preparing supported 60 minutes of data collection. Now that I know what is possible, it's time to apply the technique to interesting samples and to push the limits of the set-up.
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