CPIT Research Week highlights innovative research

CPIT Research Week highlights innovative research

A diverse spectrum of pioneering research being undertaken at CPIT will be showcased via visual exhibitions and specific oral research presentations this month.

From Monday, August 23 to Friday, August 27, CPIT will present a wide range of research as part of Research Week - Output 2010. The event, which is open to the public, will include a series of specific oral presentations held in CPIT’s Imagitech profiling original staff research developments and projects, and visual exhibitions in the Rakaia Centre Atrium.

Dr Jerry Shearman, Head of the School of Applied Sciences & Allied Health, says one of the core roles of a large tertiary institute such as CPIT is to undertake research that is relevant to what we teach and how we teach.

“Much of the research we do is important and of an applied nature that relates to the industries in which we work. CPIT Research Week enables us to share the research with the public and will provide an insight into the wide range of research undertaken here at CPIT.”

Staff presentations will vary greatly depending on their School, and will showcase the multiplicity and calibre of the research being carried out at CPIT. From Nursing through to Broadcasting, there will be presentations that suit a variety of interests, most of which will relate to degree programmes offered at CPIT.

A visual display will add to the research outputs in the Atrium, including posters from Philagrafika 2010 and Images from Purakau and Myths and Legends.

The event schedule is outlined below, beginning with a performance by CPIT’s NASDA students followed by research presentations held throughout the week.

CPIT Research Week/Output 2010 Schedule

Saturday 21 August – Thursday 26 August

8.00pm (Sunday show 4pm) A NASDA performance – “Play Upon Me”
A completely new and different performance which explores ‘music theatre’ in its broadest

sense, ‘Play Upon Me’ will focus on ideas of music and the body in transformation in scenes and songs from Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies.

Tickets: $18/$12 Concession – call 940 8085

Research Presentations

Tuesday 24 August

(Opening and Humanities and Te Puna Wānaka)

4.00pm Imagitech Opening – CEO & Manager of Research & Technology Transfer
4.30pm Fostering Independent Learning
Te Reo Māori (acquisition, learning and teaching)
How professionals and tradespeople from industry become educators
Japanese language issues
Embedding Literacy and Numeracy
Adult Education, a cross cultural perspective

Wednesday 25 August

(Social Function and Keynote Speaker (*for staff and invited guests)

5.00pm (venue: Wharekai) ‘The Acceptable Standards’ CPIT Jazz School Quartet; Wine and Food
6.00pm Keynote Speaker: Dr Tim Lindley, Plant & Food Research, Lincoln University “The Lifestyle Foods for Energy Balance research programme: establishing a meaningful dialogue with consumers.”

Thursday 26 August

(Computing, Art & Design, Broadcasting and Nursing & Human Services)

10-12noon (venue: Imagitech) Computing
1.00-2.00pm (Venue: Imagitech) Art & Design
2.00-3.00pm (Venue: Imagitech)  Broadcasting
3.30-3.35pm (Venue: Imagitech)  Nursing & Human Services
Welcome and overview of afternoon – Judy Yarwood
3.35-3.45pm Long-term maintenance in cardiac rehabilitation – can the LACR Questionnaire improve adherence and positive health outcomes – Jane Hardcastle
3.45-3.55pm Generation Y NZ Registered Nurses, what do they think about nursing?
A PhD project overview – Isabel Jamieson
3.55-4.05pm Positive Pressure Mechanical Valve intravenous access ports on central Venous Access Devices in children: A systematic evidence-based review – Paul Watson
4.05-4.15pm Elder abuse and neglect – a social work response to the social construction of elder abuse and neglect – Glynnis Brook.
4.15-4.25pm A case study of clinical decision making by RNs in Aged Care: a work in progress – Kaye Milligan.
4.25-4.35pm Using craft as a vehicle for social cohesiveness – Jane Maidment.
4.35-4.45pm People with intellectual disability as active participants in nursing research: a literature review – Chris Taua.
4.45-4.55pm Research and searching for threads of cultural safety in a BN programme – Ada Campbell.
4.55-5.00pm Review and close – Judy Yarwood.

Friday 27 August

(Performing Arts, Applied Sciences & Allied Health and Business & Recreation)

10.30-12noon (Venue: Imagitech)  Performing Arts.
12-2.00pm (Venue: Imagitech) Sports Science, Health & Wellness & Laboratory Technology.
The Development of a New Questionnaire for Evaluating the Needs of Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients – Dr Jerry Shearman.
The Role of the Athlete in Identity Creation – Christina Ryan.
The Effect of Compression Garments on Recovery Performance – Dr Nick Kimber
The effect of rapid chilling, time and maleimide stability of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in haemolysed blood – Dr Barbara Dolamore.
Animations as a Tool for Learning Chemistry: A preliminary study – Dr Michael Edmonds.
Preparation of a client reference material for stable isotope analysis – David Hawke, Chao Cheng, Nobuko Shigemi.

(Midwifery & Medical Imaging)

12-12.15pm (Venue: Room N104) Lithotripsy and kidney stones: an in vitro study into fragmentation rate and its correlation with fragmentation success – James Hayes.
12.15-1.00pm (Venue: Room N104) Musculoskeletal and myofascial causes of chronic pelvic pain – Warwick Shillito.
1.00-2.00pm (Venue: Room N104) Midwifery to be advised

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