Fall 2021 3MT® Competition | The Finals
3MT Statistics
Meet the finalists!
Watch their video presentations, learn about their research, and join us to cheer them on for the final round of the competition! Help us make some noise by sharing your comments on social media using the hashtag #3MTatKU!
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From Agricultural Residues to Value-added Products
Steffan Green
Master's Student in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
School of Engineering
![Diagram showing a corn stalk, ozone and lignin, and flavoring agents. Text included: "US generates 400 million tons of corn residue per year"](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Stef%20Green%20-%20slide%20web_0.png)
Error Detection is an Essential Musical Ability
Tanya Honerman
Doctoral Student in Music
School of Music
![Three images: (1) person in front of a window with headphones on, (2) Hand writing on a music sheet, and (3) someone playing a violin](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Tanya%20Honerman%20slide%20web_0.png)
Shunt the Tunnels, Shut-in the Drugs!
Ayotunde Ikujuni
Doctoral Student in Biochemistry and Biophysics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
![Image of bacteria in a tunnel demonstrating the typical reaction and the expected reaction](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Ayotunde%20IKujuni%20slide%20web_0.png)
Building Peptide Drugs with Unnatural Amino Acids
Jacob R. Immel
Doctoral Student in Medicinal Chemistry
School of Pharmacy
![Image showing natural versus unnatural amino acids in peptide drugs, indicating that natural amino acids have limited applications and poor drug properties, while unnatural amino acids have untapped potential and improved medicines.](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Jacob%20Immel%20slide.jpg)
Distributional Welfare Effect of Inflation
Van Nguyen
Doctoral Student in Economics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
![Image depicting an upward trend arrow with text that reads Inflation + Gold that ends with a man celebrating over bags of gold](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Van%20Nguyen%20slide%20web_0.png)
Plants to Capture Carbon: Why Diversity Matters
Laura Y. Podzikowski
Doctoral Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
![Illustration of a sick plant with a thermometer in its mouth and a fishbowl on a table](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Laura%20Y.%20Podzikowski%20slide%20web_0.png)
Adolescent Technology-Use and Creative Activities during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study
Lauren Zaeske
Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology
School of Education and Human Sciences
![Image of three intersected circles technology, creative activities and virtual connection](/sites/3mt/files/images/2021/Lauren%20Zaeske%20slide%20web_1.png)