UMD Three-Minute Thesis Competition

The 2025 Final Round 3MT Competition is on April 16, 1:00 - 3:00 pm in the Grand Ballroom Lounge in the Stamp Student Union.  Refreshments will be served.  Watch the livestream or join us in-person!

Join us in-person:  REGISTER HERE 

View the Livestream:  LIVESTREAM LINK

3MT Finalists for the 2025 Competition

Arseniy Braslavskiy – Economics
Alyssa Petersen – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Benjamin Lanham – Biochemistry
Celia Chen – Information
Emily Woerner – Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health
Grace Phelps – Criminology and Criminal Justice
Hannah Burchard – Animal and Avian Sciences
Hongjin Lu – Plant Sciences
Jiannan Xu – Decision, Operations and Information Technologies
Karoline Trovato – Psychology
Kathleen Evans – Entomology
Kiersten Janjigian – Kinesiology/Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Rajan Jayasankar – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Sagnik Bhattacharya – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shantanu Vachhani – Mechanical Engineering
Smrithan Ravichandran – Chemical Physics
Tifanee McCaskill – TLPL/Urban Education
Xiechen Zheng – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yan Li – Physics
Yiming Zhang – Geographical Sciences

The 3MT competition challenges students to communicate the significance of their research projects to a non-specialist audience in just THREE MINUTES! The University of Maryland Graduate School invites graduate students from all disciplines to compete in the annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT).   

Each year the campus holds a 3MT Competition.  Students are asked to register for the competition in February.  The first round occurs in March and the Final Round is in April. 

Participation in the 3MT competition provides students with...

~Experience in presentation skills and public speaking
~Better perspective about how their research fits into the larger picture
~An opportunity to showcase their work to colleagues and prospective employers
~Networking opportunities with students and faculty on campus
~Recognition and prizes