The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition challenges doctoral students to effectively explain their research in three minutes, using language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Developed by The University of Queensland in 2008 and now held in universities around the globe, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
The 2026 Three Minute Thesis Competition will take place during the 11th Annual Graduate Research Symposium scheduled for Friday, April 03, 2026.
Register for the 2026 Three Minute Thesis Competition (Only PhDs are eligible)
- Register here: https://bit.ly/20263MT_Register
- Deadline to register: Monday, February 9
Learn more about the Three Minute Thesis and what it means to be a competitor by attending an information session:
- Friday, January 23, 2026, 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. - Webex
- Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - 4611 Academy Hall
Three Minute Thesis Awards:
- First Place: $1500.00
- Runner Up: $1000.00
- People's Choice: $500.00
- Frank Peters – Biomedical Engineering: Lights, Camera, Action: Directing the growth of new organs
- Zihan Feng – Critical Game Design: Inclusive Game Design: Exploring the Worldbuilding of the Asian Queer Community
- Sharleen Buel – Biology: Your immune system works a 9-to-5 job
- Lawrence Hiquiana – Electrical Engineering: Playing with Power to Build a Renewable Power Grid
- Patrick Landry – Chemistry and Chemical Biology: Looking to Nature for Hints on Improving Solar Energy Capabilities
- Rene Mai - Mechanical Engineering: A tale of two control systems
- Huzaifa Arif - Electrical Engineering: Teaching AI to Keep Secrets and Play Fair
- Diego Machado Reyes – Biomedical Engineering: Quest2Dx: Early Screening of Parkinson's Disease Using Health Questionnaires
- Vitor Fernandes Marinho Ferreira – Management: Are Governments Efficient? Unpacking the Cost of Public Sector
- Kavita Ramnath – Chemistry: Closing the Loop: Recycling PET Plastic Using Enzymes
- Bryan Kim – Critical Game Design: Planting the Roots of Healing in Game Design
- Anil Kamat – Mechanical Engineering: Measuring surgeon’s proficiency via brain activity
- Rebecca Greene-Cramer – Chemistry: One Drug to Cure them All
- Justin Buergi – Critical Game Design: Idle, yet Engaged
- John Wylie, Aeronautical Engineering, Smarter Wings: Harnessing Whirlwinds for Shorter Takeoff
- Inwon Kang, Computer Science, Tabular Data Distillation
- Chukwuemeka Ike, Electrical Engineering, What Time is it Anyway?: Telling Circadian Time with Wearables
- Riddhi Banik, Chemical Engineering, Molecular hooks for mRNA purification: Let's go fishing!
- Sariah Marth, Chemistry, Why Not a Water-Powered World?
- Yuanyuan Liu, Management, Subtle Design Matters for Medical Crowdfunding
- Steve Eshiemogie, Chemical Engineering, Bacteria in Style: Spinning Silk from Thin Air
- Alli Carson, Mathematics, Simulations: Are we living in The Matrix?
- Varad Mahajani, Materials Engineering, Powering the Future: Unveiling Affordable & Eco-Friendly Solutions for Enhanced
