UMD Three-Minute Thesis Competition
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).
The 2020 3MT competition at UMD: Colleges and Schools will hold the first-round college-level 3MT competitions during the first 2 weeks of March 2020. Winners of the college-level 3MT competition advance to the final-round campus-level 3MT competition held in April.
2020 3MT Award Winners Announced! (See below)
Eligibility Information: Eligible students are doctoral students and master’s students who are doing a research dissertation or thesis
History and Overview of the 3MT Competition
3MT 2019 Workshop Slides
3MT Guidelines
3MT Registration Form - 2020 registration now closed
College-Level 3MT Contacts
CMNS: Charles Delwiche (delwiche@umd.edu)
ENGR: Nick Slaughter / Min Wu (nslaugh1@umd.edu / minwu@umd.edu)
ARHU: Ralph Bauer / Betsy Yuen (bauerr@umd.edu / myuen@umd.edu)
BSOS: Wayne McIntosh / Jessica Rae Deitzer (wvmci@umd.edu /jdeitzer@umd.edu)
ARCH Madlen Simon (mgsimon@umd.edu)
EDUC: Kerry Ann O'Meara/Lindsey Templeton (komeara@umd.edu / ltemplet@umd.edu)
INFO: Katie Shilton / Emily Dacquisto (kshilton@umd.edu / emilyd@umd.edu
JOUR: Ron Yaros / Serap Rada (sdrada@umd.edu)
AGNR: Maile Neel (mneel@umd.edu)
BMGT: Justina Blanco (jblanco4@umd.edu)
PLCY: Taryn Faulkner (faulkner@umd.edu)
SPHL: Stephen Roth (sroth1@umd.edu)
Campus-Level 3MT Contact
Robyn Kotzker (rkotzker@umd.edu)
2020 3MT Award Winners Announced!
2020 3MT Award Winners
Lauren Jonas, Marine Estuarine Environmental Science
Byeol (Star) Kim, Mechanical Engineering
Izetta Autumn Mobley, American Studies
Varun Suryan, Computer Science
Xin Tian, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2020 3MT Finalists
Daniel Escobar, Aerospace Engineering
Jaehoon Jeong, Decisions, Operations, and Information Technology
Binbin Peng, Urban and Regional Planning and Design
Past 3MT Award Recipients
Amanda Burkholder, Human Development and Qualitative Methodology
Kyla Cools, Anthropology
Fiona Jardine, Information Studies
Liang Liang, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Suzanne Marselis, Geographical Sciences
Stephanie Yee, Counseling Psychology
Yuhan (Douglas) Rao, Geographical Sciences
Kelsey Gray, Bioengineering
Pravrutha Raman, Biological Sciences
Samuel Ramsey, Entomology
Min-A Cho, Physics
Sarah Hirsh, Environmental Science and Technology
Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez, Astronomy
Theresa Smith Chirles, Kinesiology
Pan He, Geographical Sciences
Carly Muletz Wolz, Biological Sciences
Thomas E. Winkler, Bioengineering
Sowmya Subramanian, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amy Marquardt, Materials Science and Engineering
Zubin Adrianvala, Urban and Regional Planning
Pui Yu Ling, Geographical Sciences
Jason Sinclair, Animal and Avian Sciences