Eight University of Notre Dame graduate students will compete for $4,500 in prize money at the annual competition at 5 p.m. Monday (April 23) in the Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business.
Developed by the University of Queensland, Australia, 3MT is an academic competition that challenges Ph.D. students to explain their research in a language appropriate to both specialists and non-specialists in three minutes or less.
The competition provides an opportunity for undergraduates, alumni, industry partners, various on-campus departments/institutes and the community at large to learn about high-level, cutting-edge research at Notre Dame.
鈥淭he Shaheen 3MT competition lies at the heart of our conviction that 鈥榊our Research Matters.鈥� It gives Notre Dame graduate students a platform for promoting their research and communicating its importance to a broader community beyond their disciplines,鈥� said , vice president, associate provost and dean of the .
鈥淕raduate students play a pivotal role in our institution鈥檚 research advances,鈥� Carlson said. 鈥淒uring the 3MT competition, we are able to celebrate these contributions while challenging our students to hone the professional development skills required for articulating a dissertation via a single, static slide and three-minute oration.鈥�
In addition to Carlson, judges for this year鈥檚 competition include , vice president and associate provost for innovation at Notre Dame; , associate director of career services, Mendoza College of Business; Lionel Pittman, assistant professor, Chicago State University; and Karen Bailey, process TD engineer, Intel Corp.
Randy Kelly, head of school at Montessori Academy Edison Lakes, will emcee the event.
This year鈥檚 finalists are Jonathon Gondelman, ; Matteo Bianchetti, ; Sarah Lum, ; Whitney Liske, ; Elvin Morales, ; Mark Summe, ; Diya Li, chemical engineering; and Xunzhao Yin, .
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Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu