The Round 3 speakers answered questions from the audience while the judges deliberated. Credit: Patricia Marroquin
Here’s what you missed at Round 3 (aka "The Reptile Round") of UCSB's 2015 Grad Slam on Tuesday morning in ESB 1001. Six presenters faced off on a rousing range of topics, which included geckos, bleeding, and short-term, uhm, memory, I think. At the end, only three were left standing with a gift card in hand and an invitation to a Semifinal confrontation.
Clockwise from top left: Rachel Levinson-Emley; Casey Garrett; the Round 3 judges with Associate Dean Karen Myers; and Heather Simpson. Credit: Patricia MarroquinThe presenters and their topics:
- Jamie Booth, Mechanical Engineering: “Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Materials”
- Casey Garrett, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management: “Water Matters: Evaluating Water-Related Risk in a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain”
- Richard Huskey, Communication: “Using Brains to Change Minds”
- Rachel Levinson-Emley, English: “Bleeding to Heal: Wounds and Intersubjectivity from Medieval Romance to Today”
- Heather Simpson, Linguistics: “Remember These 3 to 5 Things: How the Rhythm and Pitch of the Voice Defines the Limits of Short-Term Memory”
- Mary Toothman, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology: “In the Water or in the Genes? What Makes an Infectious Disease Deadly (or Not)?
And the Round 3 winners are …
Judges' Selections: Jamie Booth and Mary Toothman.
People's Choice: Richard Huskey
Kyle's Selections:
- Best Accent: Jamie Booth
- Best Images: Rachel Levinson-Emley
- Best Slide Reveal: Mary Toothman
- Funniest: Heather Simpson
Jamie Booth, Mary Toothman, and Richard Huskey will all move on to the Semifinals. Good luck, my friends!
Round 3 winners are, from left, Richard Huskey, Jamie Booth, and Mary Toothman. Credit: Patricia Marroquin