2019 3MT™ WINNERS
Special thanks to our co-sponsor The University Library.
Congratulations to all the finalists and the winners on an outstanding job, and thank you to all who showed their support to our students!
Master's Winners
1st Place - $500
Michelle D’Amico – Program: Public Health-Biostatistics
College/School: School of Public Health
Title: Examining Associations Between Availability of Paid Sick Leave and Preventive Health Behaviors in a National Sample of Older Adults
Adviser: Matthew Hayat, Ph.D.
2nd Place - $250
Sara Gardner – Program: Anthropology
College/School: College of Arts & Sciences
Title: An Experimental Study of Bone Tools From Swartkrans Cave, South Africa
Adviser: Frank Williams, Ph.D.
3rd Place - $150 & People’s Choice
Amirah Hurst – Program: Biology
College/School: College of Arts & Sciences
Title: Effects of Early Life Opiate Exposure on the Brain
Adviser: Anne Murphy, Ph.D.
Doctoral Winners
1st Place - $500 & People’s Choice
Mary Fernandes – Program: Clinical Neuropsychology
College/School: College of Arts & Sciences
Title: Associations Between Pupillary Response Patterns to Emotional Faces and Self-Reported Social Anxiety
Adviser: Erin Tone, Ph.D.
2nd Place - $250
Rameshbabu Manyam – Program: Computer Science
College/School: College of Arts & Sciences
Title: Deep Learning Model for Predicting Readmissions Following Cardiac Surgery
Adviser: Yanqing Zhang, Ph.D.
3rd Place - $150
Thaddeus Johnson – Program: Criminal Justice & Criminology
College/School: Andrew Young School of Public Policy
Title: Making Sense of the School-to-Prison-Pipeline: Connecting Exclusionary School Discipline, Susceptibility, and Race
Adviser: Eric Sevigny, Ph.D.