Mr. Phattanapon Rhienmora swept the awards with his video “Better
Dentists through Virtual Reality.” His video emerged a clear
winner, grabbing the Grand Prize (a Canon Legria M300 HD camcorder) as
well as the prizes for producing a video “most likely to be shown on
television,” as well as the “most creative and entertaining video.” A
doctoral university student at the Computer Science field of study, his
research is on haptic devices.
The “Popular Choice” award was hotly contested with participants
employing their social networking and marketing skills. This award went
to the video “Pure
water under the Sun” by Mr. Sunandan Baruah, a graduating Ph.D.
student from Nanotechnology, who also won the award for “Best in
Communicating Science.” The President’s Choice award went to Mr. Hitesh
Nidhi Sharma for “The
Origami Design.”
Leading the panel of esteemed judges was film maker Mr. Ryan White;
popular TV host Mr. Warin Sachdev; Head of events and exhibition
director at the Thailand Creative and Design Center, Mr. Pichit
Virankabutra; Director, Information Technology Museum, Dr. Aphiya
Hathayatham; and AIT’s Vice President for Resource Development, Prof.
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.
The judges complimented the creative talent of the students and
stressed that science communication was an extremely difficult art. It
is critical to target the audience, particularly in the mass media,
they averred.
Earlier Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Vice President for Academic Affairs
inaugurated the competition and stressed the importance of
communication among scientists and professionals alike. The
competition, now in its third year was organized by the Media and
Communications Unit (MCU), External Relations and Communications Office
(ERCO).
The prize winners in the Vresearch competition are:
Grand Prize: Mr. Phattanapon Rhienmora for the video
“Better
Dentists Through Virtual Reality”
President's Choice: Mr. Hitesh Nidhi Sharma for “The
Origami Design”
Popular Choice: Mr. Sunandan Baruah for the video “Pure
Water under the Sun”
Special Prizes:
Best Cinematography: Mrs Jannatul Ferdous for
“Friend
of Farmer”
Best Soundtrack: Mr. Hitesh Nidhi Sharma for “The
Origami Design”
Most likely to be shown on TV: Mr. Phattanapon
Rhienmora for “Better
Dentists through Virtual Reality”
Best Performance in a Video: Mr. Hitesh Nidhi Sharma
for “The
Origami Design”
Most Creative and Entertaining: Mr. Phattanapon
Rhienmora for “Better
Dentists through Virtual Reality”
Best in Communicating Science: Mr. Sunandan Baruah
for “Pure
Water under the Sun”
Audience Choice: Mr. Piyapong Saengmanee for “2011
Modern Farmer”
