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�������ϲ���ʷ��¼ has announced the winners of the 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition organized by the Graduate College.

The goal of the 3MT® competition is for �������ϲ���ʷ��¼ graduate students from all departments and colleges to cultivate the ability to explain their research, including both breadth and significance, in a language appropriate to an audience containing both specialists and non-specialists. The 3MT® competition provides �������ϲ���ʷ��¼ graduate students with the opportunity to sharpen their professional development skills, reignite their passion for discovery, promote preeminent research, and foster community.��

“Our graduate programs seek to prepare students for academic and non-academic careers after completing their advanced degree,” said Robert W. Stackman, Jr., Ph.D., professor and dean of �������ϲ���ʷ��¼’s Graduate College. “One of the critical skills that hiring employers look for in applicants is the ability to effectively communicate. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT ®) Competition enables participants to distill their years-long graduate research into a well-crafted and clearly articulated message. While this year’s event was again virtual, the quality of presentations by our graduate students was exceptional.”

More than 50 graduate students submitted three-minute videos pitching their research projects. Eighteen students advanced to the championship and were awarded scholarship prizes. A panel of distinguished �������ϲ���ʷ��¼ community members served on the championship judging panel to determine the 2021 first place, runner-up, and second runner-up championship winners. The people’s choice award was determined by more than 11,000 online votes submitted by public viewers.

The championship winners of the 3MT® competition include:

Championship Winner and recipient of the $2,500 Dr. Eric H. Shaw 3MT® Championship Award
Title: “Better by the Batch: Enhancing Drone Scheduling”
Presented by: Andrew Steinberg, �������ϲ���ʷ��¼’s Ph.D. Computer Science program��������������������������
Faculty Advisors: Mihaela Cardei, Ph.D. & Ionut Cardei, Ph.D.
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Championship Runner-up and recipient of a $1,500 Award

Title: “Embodied Cognition: How cognitive behavior is not solely a construct of the brain but involves the entire body.”
Presented by: Claudius Osei, �������ϲ���ʷ��¼’s Ph.D. Experimental Psychology program
Faculty Advisor: Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D.
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Championship Second Runner-up and recipient of a $1,000 Award
Title: “The Effects of STXBP1 in Infant Epilepsy”
Presented by: Nirthieca Suthakaran, �������ϲ���ʷ��¼’s Ph.D. Integrative Biology program
Faculty Advisor: Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D.
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Championship People's Choice Winner and recipient of a $1,500 Award (determined by public vote)

Title: “Playing a PTSD Survivor Onstage: How the Audience Can Further Understand Both Themselves and the Character in a 2-Hour Stretch of Time”
Presented by: Lindsey Marlin, �������ϲ���ʷ��¼’s M.F.A. Theatre program
Faculty Advisor: Desmond Gallant, M.F.A.
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�������ϲ���ʷ��¼ 3MT® is a venue for graduate students from various disciplines to interact with one another and discuss their research and its implications.�� The competition provides an opportunity for undergraduates, alumni, industry partners, various on-campus departments, institutions and the community to gain exposure to high-level, cutting-edge research being performed at �������ϲ���ʷ��¼.

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