Watch the 3MT Videos
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition that challenges graduate students to present a compelling speech about their research and its significance to non-academic audiences in just three minutes or less. Browse the videos below to learn about the latest groundbreaking research being conducted by KU graduate students.
School of Music
JAMES ALEXANDER—DOCTORAL STUDENT IN MUSIC
Syncretism in Vietnamese-American Art Music
TIANNA GILLIAM—MASTER'S STUDENT IN MUSIC EDUCATION
Stand by Me: Configurations for Healthy Choral Singing
Susan Tilbury—Master's Student in Music Therapy
Groove is In the Heart: Why Moving Together, In Time, Makes Us Feel Better
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
PUNAM RAWAL—DOCTORAL STUDENT IN PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
Policing the Police to Treat Alzheimer's Disease
MARIA TICKERHOOF—Doctoral STUDENT IN PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Investigating the Impact of Stress on Social Bonding
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES
SANA AKHTER-DOCTORAL STUDENT IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Insights into Spinal Muscular Atrophy Cure Using Computational Method
Isaac Allred—Doctoral Student in Geology
Early Pennsylvanian Sediment Routing from Distinct Fluvial Systems within the Appalachian Foreland Basin System to Deep-Sea Fans
RACHEL DOYLE–DOCTORAL STUDENT IN CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Which Kids are at Risk for Suicide?
PIETRO DE MELLO–DOCTORAL STUDENT IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
What Makes the World Colorful? Linking Genes to Traits
Elizabeth Grotemeyer—Doctoral Student in Chemistry
Understanding How Nature Uses Oxygen
Emma Hauser Doctoral Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Roots: Earth's Underground Economists
Snehal Mahadik—Doctoral Student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Getting Wired: Making the Final Connections
Michelle Proulx—Master's Student in Geology
Got Bones? Radar Imaging of Buried Prehistoric Animal Bones
Suma Suswaram—Doctoral Student in Speech and Language Pathology
Parents—Our First Teachers
Wenli Yang—Doctoral Student in Geography
Geospatial Data Conflation: Polygon Matching and Data Merging
School of Education
Kelsey Fortin—Doctoral Student in Health, Sport Management, and Exercise Science
Hunger and Health: Understanding the Acceptability and Approach of a Health Coaching Intervention in the Food Pantry
Marta Carvajal Regidor—Doctoral Student in Curriculum and Instruction
Ways of Talking about Language and Language Use: A Study in an Intensive English Program Class
Melania Piedra-Barrera—Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership and Policy
Experiences of Collaboration in Online Learning Communities
Sarah Tackett—Doctoral Student in Health, Sport Management, and Exercise Science
Exploring the Influences of Off-field Violence and Violent Sport Athletes
School of Engineering
Giordanno Castro Garcia—Master's student in Computer Science
Gotta Catch 'em All: Capturing Information via NLP
Megan Hamilton—Doctoral Student in Bioengineering
Hydrogel Beads Provide a New Option for Those Suffering from Knee Pain
