Dr. Gerald H. Sanders Three Minute Thesis Competition
An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Your time limit... 3 minutes!
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an exercise that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.
The 3MT® hosted by the Graduate School every spring semester. Monetary prizes are awarded to the 1st Place ($1000), 2nd Place ($750), and 3rd Place ($500) presentations selected by a panel of judges. An additional award of the People's Choice ($1000) selected by the audience is also awarded. The 3MT® is sponsored in loving memory of Dr. Gerald Sanders, Chair of the Department of Communications, Miami University, 1981-1992. Donors include Dr. Guorong Jiang and Hongyan Tang.
In 2023 the 3MT® Final Round will be held on Feb. 13, at 4:00 p.m. with a location to be determined. Registration is open and preliminary rounds will be held Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 in Roudebush. Interested in learning more about the 3MT®? Email the Graduate School at gradschool@miamioh.edu.
2022 3MT® Competition Winners
First Place
Shiwanka Wanasinghe, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Second Place
Selena Mungur, Political Science
Third Place
Philip O'Dell, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
People's Choice
Madeline McKinney, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Shiwanka Wanasinghe, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Past 3MT® Competition Winners
2021
First Place
Caroline Reges, Biology
Second Place
Obed Dodo, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Third Place
Charles Xie, Chemistry & Biochemistry
People's Choice
Anindita Laz Banti, Architecture and Interior Design
2020
Sarah Adut, Psychology
Second Place
Sarah Bass, Mechanical Engineering
Third Place
Muriel Truax, Political Science
People's Choice
Nethmi De Alwis, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2019
First Place
Teng Keng Vang, Geography
Second Place
Elizabeth Sneddon, Psychology
Third Place
Anil Upreti, Biology
People's Choice
Lasith Kariyawasam, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2018
First Place
Valerine Rajathi, Biology
Second Place
Shannon Speed, Kinesiology and Health
Third Place
Jyoti Kashyap, Biology
People's Choice
Shannon Speed, Kinesiology and Health
2017
First Place
Frob Duguid, Kinesiology and Health
Second Place
Rey Nann Mark Ducay, Statistics
Third Place
Jake Godfrey, Biology
Megan Loftin, Kinesiology and Health
People's Choice
Diane Berish, Sociology and Gerontology
2016
First Place
Jessica Gunzberger, Student Affairs in Higher Education
Second Place
Jeffrey Brock, Physics
Third Place
Tanya Willard, Student Affairs in Higher Education
People's Choice
Morgan Eckenrod, Kinesiology and Health