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Atlanta, GA | Posted: November 9, 2015
Tatianna Richardson
Office of Graduate Studies
Summary Sentence:
Final round of the 3MT competition to be held on Nov. 18.
Full Summary:
Final round of the 3MT competition to be held on Nov. 18.
3MT Logo_RGBPolymer nanofibers — it’s a topic that’s hard enough to understand, let alone describe in a way that someone without a nonscientific background would understand. Just ask Nils Persson, a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering.
“I have a hard time explaining the technical details of my project to other scientists, and explaining them to the public presents a huge challenge,” Persson said. “So, when I heard about the Three Minute Thesis competition that Georgia Tech was hosting, I thought it was a great opportunity to improve in this area.”
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which started at the University of Queensland in Australia and has spread to campuses around the world, is an event that challenges Ph.D. students to explain their research in three minutes in a way that someone with no knowledge of the subject would understand.
“For example, I find that many chemical problems can be explained with food analogies, so, in my presentation, I decided to compare what I work with to spaghetti,” Persson added.
The campus community is invited to watch Persson and nine other finalists compete in Tech’s inaugural 3MT competition on Nov. 18. It will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the Children’s Healthcare Seminar Room of the Engineered Biosystems Building. (Parking is available in the North Campus Parking Deck.)
The following students, who were selected during two preliminary rounds held in October, will compete for three research travel grants ranging from $2,000 to $1,000 and a $500 People’s Choice grant:
Painting with Electronic Spaghetti
For more information about the 3MT competition, visit www.grad.gatech.edu/3MT.
