The 3MT competition originated at the University of Queensland in Australia as a research communication exercise that challenges graduate students to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic.
On April 2, the 2020 WVU Three-Minute Thesis Competition was held when 10 finalists were tasked with summarizing months of research in just three minutes with one static slide to aid their presentation.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the originally scheduled in-person Grand Finale was transitioned to video submissions. Doctoral students from across the university competed for cash prizes of up to $1,000 and over 1,000 members of the university community participated in selecting the People’s Choice Award winner.
Congratulations to the following winners:
-First place and People’s Choice Award: Corey Lieneman
"Emotion Regulation in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)"
Advisor: Dr. Cheryl McNeil
Clinical Child Psychology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
-Second place: Kelli Wilhelm
"Beyond What is Missing: Understanding Ourselves and
Each Other through Silence"
Advisor: Dr. Adam Komisaruk
English, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
-Third place: Pushkar Saralkar
"A 'NEET' Way to Treat Stroke"
Advisor: Dr. Werner J. Geldenhuys
Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Special thanks to our panel of judges:
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Dr. Albert Berrebi, Assistant Vice President for Research, School of Medicine
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Constinia Charbonnette, Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs, John Chambers College of Business and Economics
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Thanh Le, Executive Director of Student Engagement and Leadership, Student Life
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Fernando Lima, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Statler College
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Haley Wahl, President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Ph.D. candidate in Physics
Contact: Dr. Betty Mei, Program Director for Graduate Student Success Email: GradEd@mail.wvu.edu, phone: 304-293-717