Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®)
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition that includes both masters and doctoral students. The competition is based on the students’ abilities to communicate their thesis or dissertation research. Each student is given three minutes and the use of one PowerPoint slide to present the significance of his or her research topic. According to http://threeminutethesis.org/ , this competition’s genesis was formulated by the University of Queensland, which challenges graduate students conducting research to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes in a language appropriate to a nonspecialist audience.
What is the Three Minute Thesis and why should you participate?
2018
The impact of increased parent and community involvement activities on student academic growth in mathematics, Jason Arledge
The effect of using board games in reducing language anxiety and improving oral performance, Yi-Chun Cheng
Impact of habitat modification and human disturbance on the basking behavior of the endangered ring map turtle (graptemys oculifera), Jessica Heppard
In the year of Earth: Notes from the epicenter, Samyak Shertok
How multiple weather conditions can combine to affect the whole microbial community, Bram Stone
A review of our understanding of the biology of depression, Stephen White
2016
Development of nanostructured lipid carriers which will apply to burns development, Ajinkya Bhagurkar
Inducing fear of pain in a group of people with migraines to see if fear of pain leads to a violent behavior during and after a stressful computer task, Anna Katherine Black
The impact of human habitat modification in disturbances on the basking behavior of the endangered ringed map turtle, Jessica Heppard
The destructively beautiful properties of light, Hailey Hodge
Catalysts to reduce greenhouse submissions into a respective energy, Joseph Lee
Re-central the lives of the African-Americans who lived in "servant quarters"; Reinterpret the physical space itself, George McDaniel
2015
Alternative mating tactics in male green tree frogs, Sarah Crocker Buta
Properties and uses of ferroelectric materials, Chandrima Chatterjee
The Memphis photographer, William Eggleston, Amanda Malloy
The effect of climate change on Gorgonian corals in the Caribbean, Mark McCauley
The scarification of our own bodies and the subsequent retelling of the stories that go along with them, Whitney Turnipseed
2014
Desired properties of a medication adherence questionnaire, Amod Athavale
Impact on balance while walking in occupational footwear, Harrish Chandler
Social disorganization theory and rule violation rates in university residence halls, William Fennell
Characterizing PE, recess, and academically-related movement activities relative to moderate to vigorous physical activity, Riley Galloway
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how they interact together, Terri Hovius
Are plants increasing methane emissions from wet lands?, Michael Keating
Mycorrhizal markets: The influence of pine genetics on resource prices, Mariah Meachum
The coupling between the wind and the ground, Vahid Naderyan
Trait correlations in Loblolly Pine, Bridget Piculell
Under what circumstances are physicians prescribing anti-psychotics to our children?, Sujith Ramachandran
Karlodinium Veneficum: Ecological disaster or pharmaceutical savior, Amanda Waters