Wednesday June 10th 2020

Research Poster Competition 2020

Presenting the winners of the 2020 competition

Judges Choice Poster 1st place
Claire Saunders for her entry 'Building a community of writers in a university'

Judges Choice Poster 2nd equal
Rachel Hamp for her entry 'Could there be life on Enceladus?'

Judges Choice Poster 2nd equal
Agnese Chiatti for her entry 'Robots with common sense'

Also three highly recommended entries (Judges Choice):

Devyani Gajjar 'How can space technologies be used effectively for sustainable development?'

Freya Wise 'Reducing carbon emissions from residential heritage buildings while retaining their heritage values'

Zoe Morland 'Mars Moon Fobos: a better place to search for Martian life than Mars itself?'

Community Choice Poster
Sana Ahmed, a Research Student in the OU's Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for her entry Is the household food waste bin a source of potential health impacts? which explores the problems caused by the almost 10 million tonnes of food wasted in the UK each year.

Click to see the results of the online poster competition

Judges Choice Best Use of Imagery in a Poster
Zoe Morland, Research Student in the OU's Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics with her entry Mars Moon Phobos: a better place to search for Martian life than Mars itself? which suggests that Phobos, which orbits Mars, could be a good place to search for biomarkers.

with Grace Richards in second place with her entry 'Looking for life: Unlocking the secrets of Enceladus' surface'

Special mention to Anushree Srivastava with her poster 'Was there Life on Mars'.

...and Lori Ann Foley with 'Is there ice on Mars?'.
Community Choice Multimedia (online)
Freya Wise, Research Student in the OU's Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics for her entry Fieldwork is fun!, which comes up with her eight realisations about social dynamics in her field work so far, which involved visiting heritage buildings to interview the owners about their energy use and values.

Click to see the results of the online multimedia competition