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Three minute challenge for research students
Deakin PhD students will battle it out at Deakin’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for a chance to compete in the Asia Pacific final.
The annual 3MT competition presents a unique challenge to entrants – to deliver a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in plain English, without the benefit of costumes, props, sound or video, in three minutes.
The ten competitors in this year’s Deakin University 3MT final will showcase research ranging from how sleep affects the performance of athletes, to how migrants judge and buy everyday things, to prosecuting psychological harms, and storing hydrogen in magnesium alloys.
Developed by the University of Queensland in 2008 to help PhD students develop their public speaking skills and the ability to effectively communicate their research to a non-specialist audience, 3MT competitions are now held in over 600 universities and institutions across 59 countries worldwide.
Last year saw an expansion of the Trans-Tasman 3MT competition to include a select number of Asian universities and the competition is now called the Asia-Pacific 3MT competition.
The 2017 Deakin winner will receive $2000 and represent Deakin in the Asia-Pacific competition. The runner-up will receive $1000 and the People’s Choice Winner, awarded by the audience, will receive $500.
The Deakin final will be held on 2 August from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm at Deakin’s Burwood Corporate Centre . Members of the public and the Deakin community are welcome to attend the free event.
Register here .
Entrants in the 2017 Deakin University Three Minute Thesis competition:
Connie Cirkony , Faculty of Arts and Education, School of Education: “Stemming the decline in STEM”
Spencer Roberts , Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences: “How does sleep affect the performance of athletes?”
Kyle Nicholson , Institute for Frontier Materials: “Storying hydrogen in magnesium alloys”
Zara Ghofrani , Faculty for of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures: “Designing resilient regions by applying Blue- Green Infrastructure concepts in Australia”
Paul McGorrery , Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin Law School: “Prosecuting psychological harms”
Lara Hedberg , Faculty of Arts and Education, School of Communication and Creative Arts: “Queer girls and where to find them”
Josh Allen , Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery: “Anticipating the risk of deterioration: Patient characteristics and system factors.”
Julie Gaburro , Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation: “Zika virus, a master of neuron manipulation”
Andrew Katsis , Faculty of Science and Built Environment, School of Life and Environmental Sciences: “The benefits of being an attentive embryo”
Trang Tran , Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin Business School: “Turning Aussie and missing home – How migrants judge and buy everyday things”
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Graduate students to compete in 3-minute thesis competition.
LAWRENCE — Entrepreneurs often have an “elevator pitch,” a concise speech to explain their business in 30-60 seconds. Research can be more complicated, so a group of University of Kansas graduate students will get a full 180 seconds to explain their projects in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition this month.
KU’s competition is part of the Global 3MT , which highlights graduate student research by challenging students to explain their work concisely and effectively to an audience of nonexperts.
“As KU students and researchers make discoveries that change the world, they must be able to help the world understand the significance of that research,” said Jen Roberts, vice provost for academic affairs and graduate studies. “Researchers can talk to each other for hours about their work, but explaining to a general audience for just three minutes may actually be harder. The 3MT competition encourages students to build that skill.”
The competition judges, who are not experts in the research fields presented, will select a first-place winner to receive a $600 award and a second-place winner to receive $300. The audience will select a People’s Choice winner, who will receive $150. The first-place presenter will serve as KU’s representative at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools 3MT Competition in the spring.
Research topics this year include antibacterial properties of bioactive glass in bone cement; predicting drought from outer space; understanding and developing techniques to break chemical bonds in spent nuclear fuel rods; addressing the gender gap in low brass music sections and using exhaust gas recirculation to enhance internal combustion engine performance and reduce harmful nitrogen oxides.
“The 3MT competition is an amazing platform that allows you to look into the creative aspect of the complex research we conduct. It is a nice feeling to have your five-year-long thesis summarized in a way that everyone can finally get you,” said Sayuri Niyangoda, KU doctoral candidate and last year’s first-place and people’s choice winner.
The University of Queensland in Australia founded the 3MT competition in 2008, and more than 900 universities in over 85 countries currently participate.
“The competition offers a dual opportunity,” Roberts said. “Students learn to be concise and engaging in describing their research, and the audience gets a quick introduction to groundbreaking research in a variety of fields.”
For more information, contact the Office Graduate Studies at [email protected] .
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Texas A&M’s 2023 Three Minute Thesis Finals Set for Friday
Ten graduate students will compete in Texas A&M University’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition finals on Nov. 3. The winner will go on to represent Texas A&M at the southeast regional 3MT competition, held at the Council of Southern Graduate School’s (CSGS) annual meeting in March in Greenville, South Carolina. Developed in 2008 by Australia’s University of Queensland, 3MT gives competitors three minutes to present a compelling oration on their research and its significance to a non-specialist audience, using just one slide. The event was an instant hit in Australia and quickly spread beyond its borders where it has been adopted by universities worldwide. Texas A&M was among the first U.S. institutions to hold a 3MT competition in 2013. This year marks the 11th annual installment of the event on A&M’s campus. The competition is an opportunity for graduate students to sharpen their research focus, improve their presentation skills and perfect their elevator pitch for prospective employers and anyone else interested in learning about their research. Graduate and Professional School Interim Associate Provost and Dean Fuhui Tong said 3MT showcases outstanding research by graduate students and presents a great opportunity to communicate that research to the campus and greater community.
“3MT serves as a remarkable platform to highlight the outstanding research conducted by Texas A&M’s graduate students. The competition’s focus on participants’ ability to explain the importance of their research to an audience outside their discipline makes it an effective means to bridge the gap between research and real-world impact,” Tong said. Five colleges and 10 departments are represented by presenters in this year’s finals. Last year’s top honors went to Chih-Shen Cheng , from the College of Engineering. As a result of Cheng’s win, his Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has held the Texas A&M University 3MT cup for the past year.
This year, Vivek Bheeroo , a doctoral student from civil engineering, will try to retain the department’s hold on the cup. Other competitors are: Hannah Bowling (Arts & Sciences – English) Gemini Creason-Parker (Arts & Sciences – Sociology) Sarah Hargett (Engineering – Biomedical Engineering) Mahtab Heydari (Engineering – Mechanical Engineering) Justinn Jones (Agriculture & Life Sciences – Ecology and Conservation Biology) Srihari Menon (Engineering – Industrial Engineering) Oluyomi Oloruntoba (Public Health – Public Health Sciences) Andrea Porter (Engineering Interdisciplinary Engineering) Rohit Kumar (Architecture – Architecture)
The 3MT finals, hosted by the Graduate and Professional School, is Friday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum. The event is free and open to the public and also available via livestream. Registration to attend in person or watch the livestream is required. Visit tx.ag/3MTFinals2023 for info.
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Save the Date: 7th Annual Three-Minute Thesis
October 30, 2023
The Idaho State University Graduate School invites you to join us for the 7th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition on Thursday, November 9, 2023. This year’s competition will be held at the L.E. & Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center in the Black Box Theatre in Pocatello, Idaho.
Founded by the University of Queensland in 2008, the 3MT Competition is an academic competition that cultivates students’ presentation and science communication skills. The competition challenges them to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.
Presenters are limited to a single static PowerPoint slide without any additional electronic media or props to aid them and must present in three minutes or less. Anyone exceeding three minutes will be disqualified. Presenters will be judged upon content and comprehension of their research and their ability to clearly communicate their thesis in an engaging way to a general audience.
Come and learn what our graduate and doctoral students are researching! With our largest number of abstract submissions to date, the 2023 ISU Three Minute Thesis Competition will be engaging and challenging! Head to the graduate school website for more information and to view our list of participants.
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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. 3MT cultivates graduate researchers' academic, presentation, and research communication skills and the capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
2023 Three Minute Thesis / Visualise Your Thesis Grand Final Event is Full **This event has reached maximum capacity. If you would like to join the waitlist, please email [email protected] Join us for the 2023 Deakin University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Grand Final event as our brilliant research students compete to be the best at research communication.
The finalists for Deakin University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition have been confirmed ahead of the big final on June 29th. They are: Business and Law Azlina Binti Abdul Jalil The Quality of Financial Statements: Evidence from Proprietary Companies in Australia Mirwan Perdhana
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The line-up for the Deakin University Three Minute Thesis competition final for 2015 is: Anas Sultan - IFM Towards Biocompatible Medical Implants Sarah Steen - Business and Law "Do the right thing!" - Towards an understanding of employee's workplace recycling behaviours Natalie Gasz - Science Engineering and Built Environment
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Tag three minute thesis Training sessions to develop your presentation and communication skills Are you a researcher who is interested in improving your communication and presentation skills? Or maybe you're interested in competing… May 29, 2023 Graduate researchers: visualise your thesis now!
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a global academic competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Each competitor in the Business and Law 3MT will receive $100, with additional prizes of $200 for the Finalist, $100 for the Runner Up, and $100 for the People's Choice.
The line-up as it currently stands for the Deakin University Three Minute Thesis competition final is: Sri Balaji Ponraj, Institute for Frontier Materials Ben Whitburn, Arts and Education Topic - Inclusive schooling, insider perspectives, students with disabilities.
Three Minutes Thesis: PhD students tell us about their research using only their voice and just one slide. Visualise Your Thesis: PhD students make a multimedia minute to explain the what, why and how of their thesis project. The winner of each competition is awarded profile, prestige and a prize of $2000.
It sounds impossible - but six students from Deakin Business School and Deakin Law School recently accepted the challenge by participating in the coveted Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT). Pioneered by the University of Queensland in 2008, 3MT is an exercise that assists higher degree by research students with the development of academic ...
Incredible science, explained in 3 minutes by Deakin 2023 #3MT finalist… Deakin Research on LinkedIn: 2023 Deakin University - Three Minute Thesis (3MT): Jai Kannan (Finalist) Skip to main ...
Deakin University 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Grand Final Thursday 3 August 2023 The Banks Lecture Theatre, Burwood
It sounds impossible - but six students from Deakin Business School and Deakin Law School recently accepted the challenge by participating in the coveted Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT). Pioneered by the University of Queensland in 2008, 3MT is an exercise that assists higher degree by research students with the development of academic ...
Deakin PhD students will battle it out at Deakin's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for a chance to compete in the Asia Pacific final. The annual 3MT competition presents a unique challenge to entrants - to deliver a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in plain English, without the benefit of costumes, props, sound or video, in three minutes.
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Join the Graduate School as it hosts the sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) showcase starting at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3 on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Preliminary rounds will be at 11:30 a.m. with the final round starting at 1 p.m. Competing graduate students will summarize the importance and impact of their original ...
The 2023 College of Education and Human Sciences Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition was held on Monday, Oct. 2 in Jorns Hall. Developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, 3MT® is an opportunity for graduate students to showcase their research interests and presentation skills in a short three-minute verbal presentation, with support of a single unanimated PowerPoint slide.
Research can be more complicated, so a group of University of Kansas graduate students will get a full 180 seconds to explain their projects in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition this month. Approximately 23 students will participate in the 3MT preliminary heats beginning at 2 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Burge Union, forums A-C.
As a result of Cheng's win, his Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has held the Texas A&M University 3MT cup for the past year. The 3MT finals, hosted by the Graduate and Professional School, is Friday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum. The event is free and open to the public and also available via livestream.
The Idaho State University Graduate School invites you to join us for the 7th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition on Thursday, November 9, 2023. This year's competition will be held at the L.E. & Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center in the Black Box Theatre in Pocatello, Idaho.
The 3MT is an exercise in developing academic and research communication skills. Higher degrees by research students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.
Deakin University - 2019 Three Minute ThesisTuesday 13 August, Burwood Corporate Centre
Event details. 3MT is an exercise in developing academic and research communication skills. Higher Degrees by Research students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in plain English, all in under three minutes! Beverages and canapés will be served following the event.
Deakin University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Wednesday 15 August 2018 3pm-5pm REACH Lecture Theatre, Building DD Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus