Three Minute Thesis

Sponsored by Raju Law

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®️) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia that challenges graduate students to succinctly summarize their research for a non-specialist audience in 3 minutes or less. The goal of the competition is for students to leverage all of their communication skills to convey their research to a general audience without jargon. All master’s and doctoral students currently involved in research are encouraged to participate (even if your research is not yet complete).

Thanks to our generous sponsor, Raju Law, we are able to offer cash prizes for the top three finalists:

1st Place: $1500 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the regional 3MT Competition at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools

2nd Place: $1000

3rd Place: $750

Congratulations to our 3mt 2025 Final Round Winners!

1st Place

Caroline West, PhD Bionformatics – My Liquids Don’t Like Your Liquids

2nd Place

Hal West-Page, PhD Applied Mathematics – Optimizing ICU Utilization: A Queueing Theoretic Approach to Model Healthcare System Preparedness

3rd Place

Kayla Lenz, PhD Mechanical Engineering – Small Science, Big Impact: Nanotechnology for Faster, Smarter Virus Detection

People’s Choice

Naz Fathma Tumpa, PhD Chemistry – Using Chemistry to Sniff Out the Truth