2020 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!
View the 2020 3MT Winners below.
Master's Winners
1st Place - $500
Sabina Ali, M.A., Religious Studies
Thesis Title: Jewish Racialization, the 'Jewish Gene,' and the Perpetuation of Ashkenormativity in Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Ancestry Testing in the United States
2nd Place - $250
K.L. Long, M.A., African American Studies
Thesis Title: Untold Truths: Explorations of Intra-Group Colorism & the Experiences of Light-Skinned Women that Identify as Black
3rd Place - $150 & People’s Choice
Vignesh Varadarajan, M.S., Computer Science
Thesis Title: Intelligent Vehicular Perception of Non-Line-of-Sight Environment using Visible Light Communication with Stereo Cameras
Doctoral Winners
1st Place - $500
Beena Meena, Ph.D., Astronomy
Thesis Title: Role of Supermassive Black Holes Winds in Galaxy Evolution
2nd Place - $250
Sarah Bramblett, Ph.D., English
Thesis Title: Recollecting Romantic Rhetoric: An Inquiry into Categorical Confusion and Cohesion
3rd Place - $150
Rurik Tywoniw, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics
Thesis Title: Investigating Reading Behavior and Inference-making in Advanced L2 Reading Comprehension assessment tasks
People’s Choice
Madhuri Siddula, Ph.D., Computer Science
Thesis Title: Privacy Preserving User Data Publication in Social Networks