2017 Three Minute Thesis Winners and Finalists
The Graduate School hosted the third annual Three Minute Thesis competition Oct. 31, 2017, at the Duke Energy Center of Hunt Library. The three winners for 2017 represented the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Textiles. Also, 2017 marked the first year that one of the finalists was a master’s student.
2017 Winners
2017 3MT Finalists
Cheryl Dong
Ph.D. Student, History
"Revolutionary Martyrdom: The Black Panther Party in History and Memory"
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Laura Lee
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
"Breaking Biomass into Biofuels with Bacteria"
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Katelyn Mueller
Master's Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
"Evaluations for Building Replacement: An Environmentally-oriented Approach"
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Pete Nelson
Ph.D. Student, Entomology and Plant Pathology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
"Manipulating a Mutualism to Promote Conservation Biological Control"
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Islam Sayed
Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
"Powering Our Future with Solar"
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Yizhuang David Wang
Ph.D. Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
"Development of a Performance-Engineered Asphalt Mixture Design Method Using Mechanistic Performance Models"
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Benjamin Zeldes
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
"Can Heat Loving Microbes Help Keep the Earth Cool?"
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