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

Paul Enriquez, First Place

Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
"Coupling Molecular Photography and Gene Editing in Human Therapeutics"

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Tyler Allen, Second Place

Ph.D. Student, Molecular Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
"The Cancer Exodus Hypothesis"

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Ashish Kapoor, Peoples' Choice

Ph.D. Student, Textile Engineering
College of Textiles
"Fiber-based Fabric Sensors"

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It’s very important to be able to explain your research in 3 minutes in a way that is easy to understand and conveys the general goal of your project, whether you are explaining it to the general public or your boss.

-Gilbert Castillo, 2016 3MT Winner

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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