Kyushu University: KU VISION PITCH 2022- Research Pitch Contest for students and young researchers
As part of Kyushu University’s 111th-anniversary event, “VISION EXPO,” a research pitch contest (KU VISION PITCH 2022) for students and young researchers was held at ACROS Fukuoka on Saturday, October 1.
In this contest, participants passionately present their research in three short minutes. In July, we called for participation from Kyushu U students and young researchers and received 40 applications. On the contest day, 11 students who had passed the preliminary screening gave presentations, which were judged by six guests from inside and outside the university. The judges, including Mr. Shuhei Morofuji, Founder & CEO of Reapra Pte. Ltd., judged the proposals on the basis of two criteria: whether they appropriately presented their research plans and answered questions and whether those research projects would significantly impact society if realized. The top three winners from the Doctoral Program/Postdoctoral Fellow Program Division and the Undergraduate/Master’s Program Division received awards and cash prizes.
Chisaki Kitajima, winner of the Doctoral Program/Postdoctoral Fellow Program Division
★Awardees
Doctoral Program/Postdoctoral Fellow Program Division
1st place：Chisaki Kitajima
(1st year of the doctoral program,
Graduate School of Human‐Environment Studies）
2nd place：Mikiko Kudo
(5th year of the integrated doctoral program,
Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences）
3rd place：Basiri Hamid
（3rd year of the doctoral program,
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering
Sciences）
Kazuma Sakamoto, winner of the Undergraduate/Master’s Program Division
Undergraduate/Master’s Program Division
1st place：Kazuma Sakamoto
(1st year of the master’s course,
Graduate School of Bioresource and
Bioenvironmental Sciences）
2nd place：Sato Yoshidomi
(1st year of the master’s course,
Graduate School of Medical Sciences）
3rd place：Koshi Asami
（1st year of the master’s course,
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society）