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黑料社 announces Three Minute Thesis winners

黑料社 announces Three Minute Thesis winners

Mississippi State鈥檚 Graduate School is honoring eight students for outstanding research presentations during the university鈥檚 eighth annual Three Minute Thesis competition.
Winners of Mississippi State鈥檚 Fall 2021 Three Minute Thesis Competition are, from left to right, Casey Iwamoto, People鈥檚 Choice Award; Laihmen Quan, Grand Champion; and Chathuranga Rathnamalala, Grand Champion Runner-Up. (Photo by Robby Lozano)

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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 Graduate School is honoring eight students for outstanding research presentations during the university鈥檚 eighth annual Three Minute Thesis competition.

The recent event challenged graduate students to present their research ideas and discoveries in three minutes or less. A panel of academic and non-academic professionals judged the presentations students gave to a general in-person and online audience.

The judges selected Laihmen Quan, a chemical engineering doctoral student in 黑料社鈥檚 Bagley College of Engineering, as this year鈥檚 3MT Grand Champion for her presentation 鈥淪alinity effects on CO2-Sensitive polyacrylamide gels for CCS applications.鈥 In addition to a $1,000 prize, the Honduras native receives the honor of competing at the regional level during the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools annual conference Feb. 17-19, 2022.

Chathuranga Rathnamalala of Sri Lanka, a chemistry doctoral student in 黑料社鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, earned the designation of Grand Champion Runner-Up and a $750 prize with his presentation 鈥淒esign and synthesis of near infrared probes for early detection of cancers.鈥

Attendees voted Casey Iwamoto, a forest resources doctoral student from Seattle, Washington, for the $750 People鈥檚 Choice Award. Her presentation focused on 鈥淓nhancing shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) restoration on strip-mined soils using biochar and mycorrhizal fungi.鈥

Finalists received $250 awards for their presentations. They include:

鈥擬asood Abdollahi, a civil engineering doctoral student from Iran, 鈥淓ffect of wildfire on soil and sediment erosion and transport.鈥

鈥擲akie Jaladha Arachchige, a mathematical sciences doctoral student from Sri Lanka, 鈥淩isk prediction of premature menopause before 25 years old.鈥

鈥擟ourtney K. Mason, a psychology doctoral student from Oklahoma, 鈥淣egative thoughts and thought control strategies within Borderline Personality Disorder.鈥

鈥擬eena Raju, a civil engineering doctoral student from India, 鈥淚mpact of global climate oscillations on hydrological variables in Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (MRVAA).鈥

鈥擪atelin S. Waldrep, an agriculture/engineering technology master鈥檚 student from Cherokee, Alabama, 鈥淏eyond Variety Selection: Do cropping systems have an impact on iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) in soybeans?鈥

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