The Three Minute Thesis competition or 3MT, is an annual competition held in over 200 universities worldwide. It is open to PhD students, and challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging form that can be understood by an intelligent audience with no background in the research area. This exercise develops presentation, research and academic communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to explain their work effectively.
The competition originated at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008. There are currently three categories, UQ, Trans-Tasman and International.
This category features students from the University of Queensland.
2015
Winner - Teegan Green from the School of Business;Runner-Up and People's Choice - Shaun Chen from the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering;2014
Winner - Megan Rossi from School of Medicine;Runner-Up - Sachin Thakur from School of Pharmacy;People's Choice - Honglei Zhai from Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)2013
Winner - Amanda Pearce from Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology;Runner-Up - Tim Brennan from Australian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology;People's Choice - Tim Brennan from Australian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology.2012
Winner - Michael Thai from School of Psychology;Runner-Up - Wen Wu from School of Psychology - Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences;People's Choice - Wilko Duprez from Institute for Molecular Bioscience.2011
Winner - Matthew Thompson from School of Psychology -Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences;Runner-Up - Ryan Stafford from School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences -Faculty of Health Sciences;People's Choice - Ryan Stafford from School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences -Faculty of Health Sciences.2010
Winner - Tina Wu from School of Pharmacy - Faculty of Health Sciences;Runner-Up - Will Harrison from School of Psychology - Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences;People's Choice - No winner in 2010.2009
Winner - Dr Richard Ronay from School of Psychology - Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences;Runner-Up - Dr David MacDonald from School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences - Faculty of Health Sciences;People's Choice - Dr Emma Gagen from School of Animal Studies - Faculty of Natural Resource, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences.2008
Winner - Dr Michael Imelfort from School of Land, Crop & Food Sciences - Faculty of Science;Runner-Up - Dr Ashley Wilkinson from School of Pharmacy - Faculty of Health SciencesPeople's Choice - Dr Michael Imelfort from School of Land, Crop & Food Sciences - Faculty of Science.2015
Finals held at The University of Queensland;
Winner - Eamonn Fahy from The University of Melbourne;Runner-Up and People's Choice - Jaysuman Bin Pusppanathan from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia;2014
Finals held at The University of Western Australia;
Winner - Sarah Marley from Curtin University;Runner-Up and People's Choice - Rosanna Stevens from the Australian National University;2013
Finals held at The University of Western Sydney;
Winner and People's Choice - Kelsey Kennedy from The University of Western Australia;Runner-Up - Lilly Chang from The University of Auckland;2012
Finals held at The University of Queensland;
Winner - Tim Paris from University of Western Sydney;Runner-up - Lauren Hollier from University of Western Australia;People's Choice - Tristan Simons from Deakin University.2011
Finals held at the University of Western Australia.
Winner - Matthew Thompson from University of Queensland;Runner-up - Suzie Ferrie from University of Sydney;People's Choice Award - Jack Rivers from University of Otago.2010
Finals held at University of Queensland;
Winner -Balarka Banerjee from University of Western Australia;Runner-up - Gabrielle Briggs from University of Newcastle;People's Choice Award - Alex Jordan from University of NSW.Participating Universities and Institutes
Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchUniversity of NewcastleUNSW AustraliaUniversity of OtagoUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of SydneyVictor Chang Cardiac Research InstituteUniversity of Western Australia
