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The evolution of nano structure architecture in 7000 series of aluminium alloys during its strengthening by age-hardening and severe plastic deformation: its taught true dancing its  an scene from Peter Liddicoat's dance explaining a PhD thesis. This is never going to be easy task nor is trying to understand it content one where forces applied to distance over time torque stresses of these. But even more difficult one suspects he is explaining the subject of a thesis through the medium of modern dance performance. It’s makes a meeting of shift handover into a performance a perfect communication this makes for less stress within a working environment. But quite the opposite effect for achieving a result grade nevertheless, but that is exactly what Peter Liddicoat achieved. He is a materials scientist at the University of Sydney, Australia and he managed to do a perfected communication as it was understood in less time. He interpreted his thesis - on the evolution of nano structure architecture in 7000 series aluminium alloys during strengthening by age-hardening and severe plastic deformation. Did it true a burlesque performance and he has won a $1000 prize for his efforts I say it was quite understood. Evolutionary by interpreting his PhD thesis as a burlesque performance involving juggling, clowning and dozens of friends, Mr Liddicoat took first prize in the annual Dance. Erica Fashion saw this PhD turned out to be quite a contest 'So, what's your PhD about asked Fashion House?': Mr Liddicoat realised entering the contest would allow him to tackle this ominous question head on. Mr Liddicoat was one of 36 entrants to this year's annual dance in your PhD contest, which challenges scientists from around the world to explain their thesis through human and physical expression brining participants on board as to value of precision to preserving life. The dances submitted this year included techniques as diverse as a ballet, break dancing and flaming hula hoops.

Not your average photography contest: Cambridge University reveals its top engineering snaps But it was Mr Liddicoat's burlesque production employing juggling, clowning and dozens of friends to represent the crystal lattices he studies with atomic microscopy that came out on top. Admitting to being 'more comfortable hiding behind a computer monitor', he told Science NOW - a co-sponsor of the contest with the American Academic of Arts and Sciences - he was reluctant when lab mates urged him to enter. Turning point was my boss’s enthusiastic laughter when encouraging me to do it, and the realisation that this would tackle head-on the ominous question, "So what is your Ph.D. about?",' he said. Pure maths: Diana Davis, who studies geodesic flow on regular polygons, entered this dance into the physics section category This was the fifth year the Dance Your PhD contest has been held. Entrants were whittled down to 12 finalists by past winners and those were then scored by a panel of judges including scientists, educators and dancers. Results saw the first category win for a dance based on pure maths, choreographed by Diana Davis who studies geodesic flow on regular polygons and entered into the physics section.It's actually very related to billiards, like what happens if you roll a ball on a pool table and it bounces around, assuming that there is no friction and it goes forever,' she told Science Now.

Dance of the nerds: Hilarious videos show PhD candidates reinterpreting their research in the medium of dance Interpretive: Ricardo Da Re, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Padua, Italy, won the social science category for a dance based on his work on social networks in rural economies Spastic contraction in spastic paresis: Bio mechanical and physiological characterisation: Maria Vinti dressed performers in unity tards and elastic straps to explain her thesis Europe also had a strong showing. Ricardo Da Re a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Padua, Italy, won the social science category for a dance based on his work on social networks in rural economies. And Maria Vinti, a physiology PhD student at the Laboratories de Biomécanique, Arts et Métiers, Paris Institute of Technology, took the biology prize. She dressed performers in unitards and elastic straps to explain 'Spastic contraction in spastic paresis: Bio mechanical and physiological characterisation'. Readers' choice: Rianne 't Hoen won the accolade for her dance based on deuterium retention in tungsten - and featuring girls in skimpy outfits. The Science magazine readers' choice award went to Rianne 't Hoen for her dance based on deuterium retention in tungsten.