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2014INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHSeptember 23, 2014

WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 2014

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the second International Conference

of Undergraduate Research. This conference offers a tremendous opportunity to

undergraduate students to debut their research on a global scale. Using video-

conference technology, students from across the world will connect to one another and

demonstrate the ingenuity, innovation, and imagination that often demarcates the

undergraduate researcher from any other scholar.

The conference first began as a collaboration between Monash and Warwick universities

under the auspices of the Monash-Warwick Alliance and has since grown to include

five new partners: Baruch College CUNY, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Management University, the University of Washington, and the University of Western

Australia. We welcome these new collaborating institutions and their students, and

we look forward to hearing new voices from Perth, Singapore, New York, and Seattle.

Collectively, almost two hundred students will present their research on and off camera

to their peers, lecturers, and the broader community.

The students presenting today come from many different disciplinary backgrounds,

but are all academic peers dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. Their presentations,

drawing on months, even years of hard work, demonstrate the promise of the next

generation of researchers. This forum also provides undergraduate learners a platform

for the development of public speaking skills, as well as the ability to make their

research accessible to the intelligent observer – a crucial skill for those who will go on

to advocate solutions to the great challenges in our time that confront communities

across the world. Finally, the conference gives them the opportunity to form long-

lasting professional and personal links without the often prohibitive financial and

environmental costs of leaving their home institution, thus democratising international

experience for all students in an environmentally-responsible manner.

The conference is an informal environment in which presenters can establish themselves

as academic researchers and learn critical skills for their future careers. We hope

today’s conference will help presenters develop as scholars, gain transferable skills, and

continue onto success in their respective fields. ICUR is a transformational experience

and it is with my utmost support that I open the second International Conference of

Undergraduate Research.

PROFESSOR ANDREW COATSJoint Academic Vice-President and Director of the Monash-Warwick Alliance

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ICUR 2014 FOUNDED BY THE MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCE

WELCOME FROM THE STUDENT DIRECTORS COMMITTEE

WELCOME TO THE MONASH-WARWICK INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 2013

ICUR 2014 FOUNDED BY THE MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCE ICUR 2014 FOUNDED BY THE MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCE

University of Western Australia

We at the ICUR Student Director Committee would like to personally welcome all of the presenters to the International

Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2014. It is an exciting time as we are continuing to grow and in turn, bring

more students together to share academic research. For the first time, Monash University and the University of Warwick

will be joined by Singapore Management University, Nanyang Technological University, the University of Western Australia,

University of Washington and Baruch College, CUNY.

We are particularly honoured to be hosting stipend winners from Monash University and the University of Warwick. We

hope that the opportunity to fly to the counter university to present their research is a rewarding and immersive experience.

Likewise, the cross-university experience will be shared by students in the joint sessions. These sessions will link multiple

universities via innovative videoconferencing technology. Allowing students to interact and share knowledge across the

globe in real time, these sessions are an outstanding way of discovering what your peers are researching.

Given the high calibre of undergraduate students that have been selected to present research, we can expect to hear a

plethora of fascinating and insightful presentations. A diverse range of disciplines is also represented at ICUR. This gives

students a special chance to learn about topics outside respective chosen fields.

Our ambition is to equip students with skills that will allow them to excel on a global platform. This is by providing public

speaking and networking opportunities. We encourage all participants to foster international connections and engage with

each other at this academic forum. ICUR supports all undergraduate presenters and we are privileged to provide a space to

showcase such talent.

Finally, this conference would not have happened without the dedication of several key individuals. We offer special

acknowledgement to Dr Ernest Koh at Monash University and Caroline Gibson at the University of Warwick. We would also

like to thank Jessica O’Leary and Emma Barker for their leadership and energy in organising ICUR. Additionally, we thank all

the student directors and volunteers at each university for their commitment and most importantly, today’s undergraduate

presenters. ICUR provides global recognition of your academic achievements and we very much look forward to hearing

your presentations.

Nanyang Technological University

Valerie Goh Biology, Year 3

Siti Sarah Binte Daud English, Year 3

STUDENT DIRECTORS

Monash University

Christie Wong Commerce/Law, Year 3

Eric Choong Engineering/Commerce, Year 5

Thiruneeran Finance and Business Law, Year 3

Singapore Management University

Annabelle Kan En Yun School of Accountancy, Year 5

Subadevan S/O Mahadevan School of Social Sciences, Year 4

Li Enlin Mathematics, Year 4

University of Washington

Jessica Gonzalez Latin American & Caribbean Studies and History, Senior

Olivia de KoningKooper de LacyXunshan FanEdward HollingdaleAidan JohnsonBrooke KrajancichLianne LeungLuis Aguilar LopezEmma LuJamie Pak

Rorimpandey RinaldiDimitrio SidiNithin Srinaath SrinivasanSusanne StemNatasha TerpuCatriona ThomsonNicholas YapDavid Zhu

Koh Chiu Yee School of Social Sciences, Year 4

University of Warwick

Celia Cavanagh Maths and Physics, Year 3

CUNY

Timothy Henglein Baruch College, Finance & Investments, Sophomore

Jennifer Entwisle Medicine, Year 4

Ian Andrews Bioengineering, Junior

Dorathy-Ann Harris, Neurobiology, Senior

REINVENTION: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOINT KEYNOTE SPEAKER

THE JOINT KEYNOTE TALK WILL BE GIVEN BY PROFESSOR ANDREW COATS, ACADEMIC VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCE.

Professor Coats was born in Melbourne and studied Medicine at Oxford and Cambridge.

He commenced his cardiological training at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and

completed a DM at Oxford and a DSc. at Imperial College, London.

Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Norwich Research Park and Professor-

at-Large at the University of East Anglia, both in the UK. Concurrently, he was Visiting

Professor of Medicine at The University of Sydney in Australia, Consulting Professor for

Research Strategy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Guest Scientist at the

Charité Medical School of Humboldt University in Berlin.

Previously he worked at The University of Sydney, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of

the Faculty of Medicine, the Imperial College London, as Viscount Royston Professor of

Cardiology, the University of Oxford and the UK’s National Heart and Lung Institute.

A fully accredited physician and cardiologist in both the United Kingdom and Australia,

Professor Coats has extensive experience in applied health. He has served as Chairman of

the Australian Health Informatics Council and Clinical Director of Cardiology and Deputy

Medical Director (Research and Development) of the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS

Foundation Trust in the UK.

Professor Coats has an MBA from the London Business School and has more than 30

years of boardroom experience. He is both a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company

Directors and a Member of the UK’s Institute of Directors.

PROFESSOR ANDREW COATSJoint Academic Vice-President and Director of the Monash-Warwick Alliance


BACKGROUNDIn 2007, the University of Warwick launched Reinvention in order to embrace the notion of academia as a community,

with students playing a strong and active role. The journal aimed to support students to become active researchers and

has worked for 7 years to provide undergraduate students, at universities around the world, with the opportunity to

become confident and articulate researchers, offering a platform from which they can demonstrate their research and

writing abilities.

REINVENTION AND MONASHIn 2012 the journal was launched as a joint venture between Warwick and Monash universities: half of our Assistant

Editors are based at Monash and the Editor position can be recruited from either institution. The journal teams over the

past two years have been at the forefront of collaboration between global hemispheres, successfully navigating new

communication technologies, web-based forums, and (very early or very late!) videoconferences taking place in vastly

different time zones.

REINVENTION TODAYReinvention is a truly unique offering in the world of undergraduate research. Published jointly by two major institutions, it

is run by both students and staff, accepts papers from all undergraduate students, in any subject, from any university in the

world, and publishes those that are passed through both a screening by our own editorial board and a double-blind peer

review from leading experts in relevant fields from around the globe. Since its inception, the journal has published over 150

undergraduates and almost 120 papers and has provided support to students through training workshops, via the journal

website and through one-to-one support when authors submit their papers for consideration.

REINVENTION AND ICURThe partnership of the Reinvention and ICUR is also unique. This innovative link between two key modes of research

dissemination gives students the opportunity to experience, in a supportive yet real-world setting, the range of

techniques used to communicate their research with an audience.

WRITING FOR REINVENTION As a participant at ICUR, you have worked hard to develop a presentation of your research to this international

audience. The next step is to write a paper for publication! We encourage all the participants in ICUR to further

disseminate their research by writing a journal paper and submitting it to the Reinvention editorial board for review.

We will publish a special issue featuring the work of ICUR presenters in early 2015.

Find us at warwick.ac.uk/reinventionjournal

REINVENTION EDITORIAL TEAM 2014-2015Editor: Tim Ziegler

Assistant Editors: Taarika Bangalore, Kristen Carlaw, Jennifer Entwisle, Joe Grimwade, Joshua Marlow,

Solene van der Wielen

Book Reviews Editor: Hayley Simon

Managing Editor: Emma Barker

Journal Manager: Caroline Gibson

ICUR 2014: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME/SCHEDULE

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Event Event Session 1 Session 2 Event Session 3 Event/Session 4 Session 4 Event Session 5 Event Session 6 Session 7 Event Event Session 8 Session 9 Event Session 10 Session 11 Event

Registration Introduction Session 1A Joint with University of Washington

Session 2A Joint with NTU Session 2B Joint with SMU

Opening Keynote

Local sessions Lunch Session 4A Joint with Monash- Malaysia

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Registration Session 2B Joint with Monash-Australia

Opening Keynote


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Lunch Tea Break and Skills Session



Session 6E Joint withWarwick

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Session 8A Joint with Warwick and University of Western Australia

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Session 7A Joint with Monash-Australia and NTUSession 7DJoint with SMU and UWA

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Session 11A Joint with Warwick

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Registration Introduction Session 1A Joint with Monash-Australia


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Malaysia, Western Australia and Singapore

Warwick, UK

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Monash-Australia

NTU - Singapore

SMU - Singapore

University of Western Australia

Monash-Malaysia

University of Warwick

Baruch College

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MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCEThe Monash Warwick Alliance offers a new model for research-led institutions to meet the global challenges of the

21st century. By accelerating the exchange of people, ideas and information and exploiting the opportunities offered

by the geography of the two institutions in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa, we intend to create a new approach to

global higher education.

A key aim of the Alliance is to help meet the increasing student, industry and government demand for universities to

produce graduates with a global education, and to undertake research that addresses world-relevant and strategically

important problems.

In time, as our vision for globally connected universities is refined and developed, new models of delivery of

education and educational services will emerge, challenging traditional concepts of what it means to be a university

and enabling new members to become part of the Alliance.

ICUR PARTNER INSTITUTIONSICUR began in 2013 as a collaboration between Monash and Warwick universities under the auspices of the Monash-

Warwick Alliance and has since grown to include five new partners: Baruch College CUNY, Nanyang Technological

University, Singapore Management University, the University of Washington, and the University of Western Australia.

We are excited to welcome these new collaborating institutions and their students to ICUR 2014.

BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Baruch College, part of the City University of New York, is a diverse urban campus in Manhattan with over 14,000

undergraduates speaking 120 languages. Many students are the first in their families to attend college and are

immigrants or children of immigrants. We celebrate this wonderful diversity, which connects Baruch to the world

through its students. While many students attend Baruch to pursue business degrees in the Zicklin School of

Business, the college also has a strong Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, offering liberal arts majors and minors,

and a School of Public Affairs. Baruch is committed to enhancing research opportunities for undergraduates and

embraces the mission of deepening student engagement with the globe. Therefore, we are very excited about

participating in this international conference so that our students can interact with contemporaries around the globe

and gain pride in presenting their original work.

Katherine Pence, Chair and Associate Professor of History and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies.

MONASH UNIVERSITY Welcome to ICUR 2014! We are very excited to be running this transformative event again this year with new

partners and new ideas. Monash University is proud to be a leader of this exciting new international initiative which is

demonstrative of our commitment to delivering a global education to our students.

Monash is a university driven by innovation; the ability to identify urgent areas of intervention, coupled with a burning

desire to make a difference, is woven into the intellectual fabric of our institution and enfolds our teaching, learning,

and research. ICUR is an important part of the pioneering learning and teaching work done at Monash, both for the

experience we offer students and for the further development of new pedagogical methodologies to further enhance

the student experience.

Our students presenting today are the best and brightest of their cohort, and we are tremendously excited to hear

their presentations after many months of preparation. We are grateful too to their supervisors who have mentored

them through the research process and guided them toward, what will be for many, their first international academic

experience.

Jessica O’Leary. Assistant Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies and the Office of the

Vice President, Monash-Warwick Alliance. Ernest Koh, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in History, School of

Philosophical, Historical and International Studies and Academic Advisor, Monash-Warwick Alliance.

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

It is our honour to be involved in this special undergraduate research conference programme which helps induct

students into the world of sharing research through virtual global conference, an endeavor made all the more

meaningful because it brings together the research minded undergraduates of some of the world’s finest universities.

Participation in this prestigious International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) is a highly valuable

experience to our NTU undergraduates. At NTU, research – as a way of life for undergraduate students – begins

as early as the second year through our URECA (Undergraduate Research Experience on CAmpus) programme and

enables them to touch and feel research in a 11-month research programme. These students are now given the first

hand experience in organizing and presenting at a global conference. We commend ICUR for virtually bringing our

young research talents across the globe. By faithfully upholding its fundamental principle of providing students with a

world class virtual conference environment and excellent mentorship, ICUR has established itself as an integral part of

NTU’s research-intensive culture.

Dr. A I Sivakumar is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and is also

Director of the Undergraduate Research Programme-URECA@NTU and Director of the Joint MSc Project Management

programme at NTU.


UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Founded in 1861, the University of Washington (UW) is one of the oldest public universities on the West Coast of the

United States. The UW is comprised of three campuses as well as a world-class academic medical center. UW faculty

compete successfully for sponsored grants and contracts that fund an extraordinary research enterprise, receiving more

than $1 billion annually from federal and non-federal funding sources. Undergraduates at the UW are also engaged

in research, scholarship, and creative activity in partnership with faculty in all academic disciplines and professional

schools. The UW’s Undergraduate Research Program assists students to identify opportunities to work with faculty

on authentic problems and topics that extend their learning beyond the traditional classroom and prepare them for

further education and employment in a global society. Participation in this International Virtual Student Research

Conference resonates with the UW’s mission of educating productive, global citizens.

Janice DeCosmo, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic

Affairs and Jennifer Harris, Director, Undergraduate Research Program, University of Washington.

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ICUR is a wonderful opportunity not only for our UWA students but all participating students, to connect with one

another, engaging in what and how other undergraduate students are researching in various corners of the globe.

Sharing this experience and discussing undergraduate research across many disciplines gives both presenters and their

audience a unique insight into current international research topics, and the importance placed on research at the

various institutions.

Presenters have the opportunity to improve their communications skills (both written and oral) as well as develop

confidence while preparing for and delivering their presentation. Additionally, they gain a stronger sense of belonging

to the international research community and potentially develop future research partnerships through ICUR.

Being part of this unique global experience gives our UWA volunteers a sense of what is involved in undergraduate

research and encourages them to consider taking part in our undergraduate research program at UWA and perhaps

considering an overseas venture in the future.

Undergraduate research is an expanding area within most universities. Being involved in the ICUR conference sees our

university participating in cutting edge research delivery.

Professor Sally Sandover, Academic Director and Ms Andrea Fraser, Project Officer of the Educational Strategies Office,

University of Western Australia.

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY

Critical engagement, passion, curiosity, voice. These are the required features of today’s leaders. As our

undergraduate students try to find themselves, they begin the process of critically examining the issues about which

they are curious and passionate. They develop informed opinions and conclusions about these issues. They seek

opportunities to exercise their voice by contributing to public debate.

All of these are central to the exercise that is ICUR. The conference is a platform for presenting research – critical

engagement – on issues that students believe are important to themselves and to our age. It is an international

cutting edge forum – an innovative use of advanced technology to bring together student researchers from around

the world. It is led by and organized for undergraduate students.

Aspired to be a “Different U”, Singapore Management University is dedicated to undergraduate education and

undergraduate research. After all, SMU’s mission – with its interactive pedagogy, small seminar-style classes and use

of learning-enhancing technology – is directly in-line with the goals of ICUR. We are delighted to take part in this

initiative and we look forward to continuing this into the future.

John Donaldson is Associate Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. As an

Associate Professor of Political Science, he researches political and social changes in rural China.

Chang-Yau Hoon is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Founding Member of the Diversity and Inclusion

Committee at Singapore Management University.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

The University of Warwick is committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to undertake research and

have a voice within the academic community as early as possible within their studies. Our strategy is structured to

ensure that Warwick provides a distinctive learning experience, characterised by research-led learning and teaching.

The University encourages active rather than passive learning, innovation and a constant dialogue between students

and teachers. We also support an internationalised student experience through links with our international partner

institutions.

IATL, where the Warwick ICUR organising team is based, was formed to take forward these key aspects of the

University’s Teaching and Learning Strategy, particularly a commitment to innovation, interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness

and internationalism and to promoting academic literacy skills and student leadership. It was through these values

that Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research was formed in 2007 and they continued to

guide us, alongside our colleagues and friends at Monash, when we devised and developed ICUR, which has the

explicit aim of giving students a realistic, yet supported experience of presenting research at an academic conference.

We are very excited to see the expansion of the conference this year and we hope to see that growth continue as we

work with yet more international partners in the future, giving all students involved a truly exciting, innovative and

international experience.

Caroline Gibson, Academic Manager and Emma Barker, Reinvention Managing Editor, IATL, University of Warwick.

Fratelli, Federico Warwick

Gill, Elisabeth Warwick

Gittins, Rebecca Warwick

Gkritsis, Iraklis Warwick

Gonzalez, Jessica Washington

Griffiths, Morgan Monash

Haldane, Alex Warwick

Hamilton, Jessie Monash

Hammad, Fatima Warwick

Harrison, Phillippa Warwick

Hawkins, Ella Warwick

Heywood, Claire Warwick

Hines, Amanda Monash

Hirst, Oliver Warwick

Holmes, Catherine Monash

Hooton, Matthew Warwick

How, Daniel Monash

Hurley, Sarah Monash

Iskander, Ayesha SMU

James, Ratsasane Monash

Jenkins, Caitlin Warwick

Jeon, Suli SMU

Jha, Uma UWA

Juan, Serene NTU

Karlina, Wiwik NTU

Kaur, Kiran Warwick

Kauser, Nabila Warwick

Kim, Shi Yin SMU

Kühn, Christoph Warwick

Langdon, Nicholas Monash

Lau, Xin Yi SMU

Lee, Aaron Monash

Lenart, Jakub Warwick

Leung, Gah-Kai Warwick

Leung, Gloria Monash

Lewis, Liam Warwick

Lewis, Michele Warwick

Liao, Xiaofei Warwick

Lim, Jiamin UWA

Ly, Thao NTU

Ma, Jiajun Jacob SMU

Macindoe, James Monash

Makaremiesfarjani , Maziyar Monash

Manser, Christopher Warwick

Markert, Markus Warwick


Abdullah Salih, Mansha Warwick

Abrahams, Natasha Monash

Agaronyan, Irina Monash

Alexander, Christopher Warwick

Alimkulova, Ayaulym Warwick

Allsopp, Bradley Monash

Amillin Hussain, Nurul NTU

Amirzhanova, Aliya Warwick

Andrews, Craig Monash

Ardissino, Elettra Warwick

Armstrong, Andrew Warwick

Augusto, Ingrid Monash

Barnes, Heather Warwick

Basarkod, Geetanjali Warwick

Beirouti, Charles Warwick

Brown, Katharine Monash

Brussen, Kara Monash

Buckle, George Warwick

Callear, Rachel Warwick

Campion, Perry Warwick

Canlan-Shaw, Anna Warwick

Chen, Siying SMU

Chia, Xintian NTU

Chia, Xinyi NTU

Claridge, Dale Warwick

Coca, Alexandru Warwick

Cohen, Emily Monash

Collier, Simon Warwick

Cotsis, Renee Baruch

Cox, Andrew Monash

Dang, Trang NTU

Davis, Emma Warwick

Deen, Caroline Monash

Dhoot, Preetkiran Warwick

Do, Lisa Monash

Dobermann, Tim Warwick

Doo, Jasmine Alexis NTU

Drake-Brockman, Thomas UWA

Elliott, Kate Warwick

Ellis, Hayley Monash

Engelthaler, Tomas Warwick

Excell, Sam Warwick

Farrer, William Monash

Ferro, Ryan Warwick

Fitzclarence, Ethan UWA

STUDENT PRESENTERS

Marlow, Joshua Monash

Mathew, Caroline Monash

McCloskey, Chloe Warwick

Medeiros, Thamires Monteiro de Monash

Metcalf, Matthew Monash

Minni, Virginia Warwick

Miranda Duarte, Carolina Warwick

Mohd Salahuddin, Saiful Warwick

Mortazavi Kachi, Matin Monash

Moynihan, Verity UWA

Mulcahy, Sean Monash

Mwaturura, Chido Monash

Mylordou, Monica Warwick

Neal, Stephanie Monash

Ng, Qi You SMU

Ng, Yin Peng Kylie SMU

Ngo, Wei Ting NTU

Noble, Christopher Warwick

Ong, James Monash

Orlova, Anna Warwick

Osipenko, Ekaterina Warwick

Pang, Jeffrey Warwick

Pearson, Michael Warwick

Perikleous, Alexandra Warwick

Poh, Teck Boon Bruno SMU

Powis, Andrew Monash

Quilliam, Nancy Warwick

Rawes, Catherine Warwick

Redgrove, Oliver Warwick

Riccardi, Laura Monash

Roche, Matthew Monash

Rocidoro, Anthony Washington

Roy, Damini SMU

Rue, Megan Washington

Ruhen, Olivia UWA

Rule, James Monash

Scott, Jonathan Warwick

Scott, Liberty Monash

Seah, Yujia SMU

Seow, Lillian UWA

Shah, Devvrat NTU

Shah, Nikita Warwick

Smith, Jessica UWA

Srinivasan, Nithin UWA

Staples, Lee Warwick

Suhartono, Kevin Emanuel NTU

Suresh, Oshin Warwick

Tam, Wing Fung Warwick

Tan, Hongqi Monash

Tan, Wen Yun SMU

Tarakci, Hakan Monash

Tay, Wesley Monash

Tekola, Sarra Washington

Thompson, Kathryn Warwick

Thong, Kar Mun Warwick

Toh, Junhan SMU

Toh, Zi Qin Monash

Tomkins, Lily Warwick

Tsang, Vivian Monash

Tucker, Kelsey Monash

Ulahannan, Arun Warwick

Vacca, Paolo Warwick

Vasiliauskaite, Migle Warwick

Vincent, Melissa Monash

Walker, Tom Warwick

Warr, Dan Warwick

Webb, Rachel UWA

Wheatley, Hannah Warwick

Williams, Nick Monash

Winter, Holly Warwick

Wong, Wing Ki Monash

Woodford, Edward Warwick

Woolford, Marta Monash

Wrench, Michael Warwick

Wu, Wenbi Washington

Yang, Daniel Baruch

Yeo, Gek Yin Denise Sofia SMU

Yunita, Abbie Monash

Zecchini, Giulia Warwick

Zhang, Wanqiao NTU

THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF ICUR 2014 WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR SUPPORT

MONASH-WARWICK ALLIANCE With Particular Thanks: Professor Andrew Coats, Victoria Strudwick, Allan Mahler, Ailsa Chambers

IATL, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK With Particular Thanks: Paul Taylor, Nicholas Monk, Warwick Volunteer Team MONASH UNIVERSITY With Particular Thanks: Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah McDonald, Monash Volunteer Team, Monash Careers

TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT With Particular Thanks: Danielle Miles (Warwick), Brendon Davis (Monash), Pam Miller (Monash)

INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT HOSTS MONASH UNIVERSITY Marama Whyte, Josh Woodward, and Tal Meretz

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Thiruneeran and Valerie Goh

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Jessica Hargreaves and Thomas McGivern

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Aidan Johnson, Brooke Krajancich, Luis Aguilar Lopez, Dimitrio Sidi

ICUR CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE ASSISTANTS Christie Wong, Victoria Jelicic and Kirra Minton

FROM THE ICUR CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Emma Barker, Caroline Gibson, Dr Ernest Koh, Jessica O’Leary

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