The dance video “Microstructure-Property relationships in Ti2448 components produced by Selective Laser Melting: A Love Story” won the grand prize in the 2011 Dance Your Dissertation Contest.
Joel Miller of the University of Western Australia did the dissertation, and the dance. The music is “Mischa” by the Perth indi-electropop band The Transients. Here’s the video:
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[DISCLOSURE: Several of the Improbable Research crew were on the judging committee.]
BONUS: The laser-melting video won in the field of physics, and also won the grand prize. The contest also awarded prizes in biology, chemistry, and (the catch-all and ever-controversial) social science. Here they are:
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