Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) at Georgia Tech
Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland in Australia in 2008. The premise of the competition is to develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills. It supports the development of students’ capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but nonspecialist audience. Doctoral students have three minutes to present compelling orations on their dissertation topics and their significance. 3MT™ is not an exercise in “watering down” research but forces students to consolidate their ideas and concisely explain their research discoveries.
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Recent Submissions
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Porosity Allows for Tuning of Dynamic Tensile Failure
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Treating Type 1 Diabetes: Delivery of Cells in Gels
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Rhythms to the Rescue: Sensory Flicker as a Potential Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Inducing Empathy Among Strangers Through Biofeedback-Controlled Stimuli
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Going Off Road – Moving in Sand, Snow, Mud
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Selective Ion Separation for Sustainable Agriculture
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Sugar Transport in Nitrogen Fixing Plant Bacteria Symbiosis For Biofuel Crops
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-04-08)The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, ... -
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2021
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04-09)For the first time, the final round of Georgia Tech’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition will be held virtually. Ten Ph.D. students and one master’s student (who was awarded first place in the master’s category ... -
A Cheap Little Chip: Simplifying Cell Therapies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-14)Efficient intracellular delivery of target macromolecules remains a major obstacle in cell engineering, cell labeling, and other biomedical applications. Our lab has discovered the unique cell biophysical phenomenon of ... -
Medical Making: Nurse Inclusion in Point of Care Innovation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-14)Design tools are democratizing the means for innovation. If hobbyist makers 3D print in the basement or the next startup is hacking at the local makerspace, medical practitioners are also making at the point of care. Yet, ... -
Turning Dreams to Reality: Human Travel to Mars, Overcoming Materials Limitation through Development of Ultra-High Strength and Lightweight Carbon-Nanotube Based Plastics
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Suppression of Combustion Instability
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Microbes, Oil Spills and Beyond: Using Microbes to Predict the Impact of Oil Spills
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-14)The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest accidental marine oil spill in history and affected the benthic ecosystems, as well as vast areas of the open ocean and coastal wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico. Biodegradation ... -
Magic Behind and Efficient DNN Accelerator for Mobile Applications
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Sustainable Methods to Alleviate the Global Threat of Lithium
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-14)Recently, the prevalence of mobile devices along with the rapid growth in the electric vehicles (EVs) industries has led to an unprecedented demand for LIBs. From 2010 to 2025, the global demand for lithium is projected ... -
The Economics of Industrial Ecology: Alert Today Alive Tomorrow'
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Falling with Style: Automation and Pilot Cueing During Autorotation Maneurvers
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Stopping Cancer in its Tracks: Preventing the Spread of Cancer
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Acousto-optic sensor for interventional MRI procedures
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Little bugs, big issues: making smarter vaccines for complex diseases
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11-07)Vaccines are invaluable in ensuring the protection of our species against constantly evolving, dangerous pathogens that threaten the human population. The vaccination strategy however, has been largely unchanged for the ...