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  • 9/29 You're Invited: 3MT Live Competition

    3 Minute Thesis Live Competition

    September 29, 2016 at 6:00pm

    Von der Menden Recital Hall

    AN 80,000 WORD THESIS WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO PRESENT. THEIR TIME LIMIT.... 3 MINUTES.

    Come support your fellow graduate students as they race against the clock to present their research.

    Contestants:

    Meera

    Surendran Nair

    Animal Science

    Controlling Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 Using Selenium and Rutin

    Katrina

    Velle

    Molecular and Cell Biology

    Surfing on Pedestals: How Pathogenic E. coli Spreads Infection

    Islam

    Mosa

    Chemistry

    Miniaturized Power Sources for Implantable Bioelectronics

    Sajad

    Yazdani

    Mechanical Engineering

    Advanced nanomaterials for thermoelectric energy conversion and electrochemistry energy storage

    Timothy

    Bussey

    Political Science

    Using Lavender History to Understand Contemporary Opinions in the LGBT Community

    Susini

    de Silva

    Physics

    Seismological Imaging of Earth's Inner Core Boundary

    Ashrafur

    Rahman

    CEE

    Stochastic Vehicle Routing

    Stephany

    Santos

    Biomedical Engineering

    How Understanding Biomechanics Can Change the World As We Know It

    DEEPTHI

    VARGHESE

    Chemistry

    Desalination using polymer graphene materials

    Jian

    Ren

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    Membranes for sustainable water and energy

    Japneet

    Kaur

    Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Size Matters!

    Adam

    Markman

    ECE

    3D Imaging with Object Recognition for Augmented Reality

    Amanda

    Jones

    Animal Science

    The role of inflammation during poor maternal nutrition

    Nefeli

    Bompoti

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Modeling sorption processes: A key to predict transport of contaminants

    Megan

    Hill

    Geography

    Finding the Anthropocene in southern New England

     

    What is the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT)?

    It is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland which challenges research higher degree students to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

     

    Prizes!

    1st Place - $1000 travel award, lunch for their lab

    2nd Place - $500 travel award and breakfast for their lab

    3rd Place - A gift certificates to the UConn Co-Op and an ice cream party for their lab.

     

     

    For more information, contact: The Graduate School at 860-486-3617