Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

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Case Western Reserve University will hold the fourth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on February 28, 2025, 12:40 - 3:15 PM at the Tinkham Veale University Center!  View last year's competition and event timeline here.

Developed by the University of Queensland and now held at over 900 institutions across more than 80 countries around the world, 3MT celebrates the exciting research conducted by grad students around the world. This competition cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills. Presenting in a 3MT competition increases your capacity to effectively explain your research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience with a single PowerPoint slide.

Congratulations to all of our 2024 winners!

Science & Human Rights Coalition 1st Place Prize ($2,000)
Eileen Petros
MD/PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Does feeling the prosthetic foot affect the mental workload of walking?
Research Advisor: Hamid Charkhkar

Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship 2nd Place Prize ($1,500)
Bijoya Basu
PhD Student, Genetics and Genome Sciences
Targeting a Novel Hormone to Treat Trauma
Research Advisor: Atul Chopra

Science & Human Rights Coalition 3rd Place Prize ($1,000)
Suzhou Li
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Electrically Restored Foot Sensation Improves Stumble Recovery
Research Advisor: Hamid Charkhkar

Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship Postdoc Prize ($500)
Vidya Gopakumar
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pharmacology
Next-Gen wound care: Advanced Amniotic Grafts
Research Advisor: Johannes von Lintig

Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership People's Choice Awards ($350)

  • Pamela Robinson
    PhD Student, Management, Designing Sustainable Systems
    Local Ecological Knowledge: A Thesis-based Play
    Research Advisor: David Cooperrider
  • Taiwo Faloni
    PhD Student, Biology
    Phage Therapy: Treat the Threats!
    Research Advisor: Sarah Bagby
  • Bijoya Basu
    PhD Student, Genetics and Genome Sciences
    Targeting a Novel Hormone to Treat Trauma
    Research Advisor: Atul Chopra