3-Minute Thesis ®
The 3-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and effectively communicate their research in just three minutes. Each year, awards are presented for First, Second, and Third Place, as well as a People’s Choice Award selected by the audience.
3MT Finalists and Winners
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2025
First Place
Suman Poudel
Master’s Student, Civil Engineering
Presentation: Broken Steel Member to Blackout: Impact of Tornado Debris on Electric Transmission SystemSecond Place
Sydney Vieira
Master’s Student, Agricultural Economics
Presentation: Pines, Profits, and Carbon: Unlocking Marginal Land in Eastern OklahomaThird Place
Irene Lee
Doctoral Student, Nutritional Sciences
Presentation: Processed Ginsengs to Slow Down Biological AgingPeople’s Choice
Silan Bhandari
Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Presentation: Electrochemical Meat -
2024
First Place
Kainat Ahmed
Doctoral Student, Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Presentation: HepB-Virus: The Party You Didn't Know Your Liver Was ThrowingSecond Place
Pratikshya Paudel
Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Presentation: Beyond Pesticides: Targeting Moth Proteins for Sustainable FarmingThird Place
Bridget Broome
Doctoral Student, Mathematics Education
Presentation: Exploring the Relationship Between Multiplicative Double CountingState and Multiplication Fluency Level: A Mixed Methods StudyPeople’s Choice
Pratikshya Paudel
Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Presentation: Beyond Pesticides: Targeting Moth Proteins for Sustainable Farming -
2023
First Place
Jesse Hurd
Integrative Biology
Presentation: The Secret Life of the American Prairie VoleSecond Place
Isabel Tobin
PhD Student, Animal Science
Presentation: Leveraging Commensal Bacteria to Protect Chickens from Necrotic EnteritisThird Place
Azmeen Rahman
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Presentation: Will Your Implant Fry Your Heart?People’s Choice
Femi Olawale
PhD Student, Nutritional Sciences
Presentation: Metabolic Disorders in Menopause: The Role of Pinto Beans -
2022
First Place
Grace Baxter
Master’s Student, Agricultural Economics
Presentation: Targeting Prime with Wagyu-Influenced GeneticsSecond Place
Himidu Pitigala
Doctoral Student, Integrative Biology
Presentation: The Effects of the Skin Microbiome on Calling Behavior in TreefrogsThird Place
Vanessa Claire Santos
Doctoral Student, Comparative Biomedical Science
Presentation: Viral and Cellular Proteins Cooperate for Herpes to ReactivatePeople’s Choice
Azmeen Rahman
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Presentation: Silicon for Faster Electronics -
2021
First Place
Christy Eslinger
Doctoral Student, Biomedical Sciences
Presentation: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Second Place
Tameko Collins
Master’s Student, Educational Psychology
Presentation: Ditching the Lecture: Can Blended Learning Affect Motivation?Third Place
Makenna Paniel
Master’s Student, Plant and Soil Science
Presentation: Where Goes Oklahoma?People’s Choice
Kayla Loper
Doctoral Student, Educational Psychology
Presentation: Defining and Evaluating Students' Sense of Belonging -
2020
First Place
Eva Kao
Master’s Student, Veterinary Biomedical Science
Presentation: A New Therapy to Improve Survival of Cats with Acute CytauxzoonosisSecond Place
Alvin Ngo
PhD Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Presentation: Healing Wounds with LightningThird Place
Christine Watson
Master’s Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Presentation: Continuous Filtration of Produced Water Using Low-Cost Porous Ceramic MembranesPeople’s Choice
Anmol Kajla
Master’s Student, Horticulture
Presentation: Shade: Is It Making Your Lawn Look Shady?