Three Minute Thesis

The Three Minute Thesis competition was developed by the University of Queensland and celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. The first 3MT® competition was held in 2008, and now the competition is held in over 600 universities across more than 65 countries worldwide.

The competition cultivates student’s academic, presentation, and research communication skills, and helps graduate students to effectively explain their research in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

In spring of 2016, the Graduate College hosted the first Boise State University Three Minute Thesis competition.

• First Place: Dalton Miller – Chemistry, M.S.
• Second Place: Jessica Bernardin – Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Ph.D.
• Third Place: Jacob Manzi – Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.
• Audience Choice: Rebecca Miller – Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D.

• First Place: Luke Tellers — Hydrologic Sciences, MS
• Second Place: Ember Sikorski — Materials Science and Engineering, PhD
• Third Place: Sam Haskell — Communication, MA
• Audience Choice: Bryan Rosenblatt — Geophysics, MS

• First Place: Rachel Phinney – Health Promotion, MHS
• Second Place: Lisa Roggenbuck – Visual Arts, MFA
• Third Place: Allison Borzoni – English, Rhetoric and Composition, MA
• Third Place: Cristina Barber Alvarez-Buylla – Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, PhD
• Audience Choice: Sherise Porchia – Counseling, MA

• First Place: Alexander Regner – Materials Science and Engineering, MS
• Second Place: Roxanne Stone – Interdisciplinary Studies, MS
• Third Place: Nick Pollock – Geosciences, PhD
• Audience Choice: Vannessa Campfield – Chemistry, MS
• Audience Choice: Rezvan Joshaghani – Computer Science, MS

• First Place: Sepideh Rastegar – Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD
• Second Place: AuraLea Fain – Kinesiology, MS
• Audience Choice: Nikki Cannon – Communication, MA