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®) cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills, thus allowing a broader audience to engage with cutting-edge research and its global impact.

2025 Three Minute Thesis Presentations 

• 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