3MT 2021 Winners

The 2021 3MT was held November 17th and 18th, 2021 in the Fowlkes Auditorium, Colvard Student Union. Congratulations to Laihmen Quan who will advance to the regional 3MT competition hosted by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Raleigh, North Carolina in February 2022.

Laihmen Quan, PhD, Grand Champion

Chemical Engineering, James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Salinity Effects on CO2-Sensitive Polyacrylamide Gels for CCS Applications

Chathuranga Rathnamalala, PhD, Grand Champion Runner-up

Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

Design and Synthesize of Near Infrared Probes for Early Detection of Cancers

Casey Iwamoto, PhD, People’s Choice

Forestry, College of Forest Resources

Enhancing shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) restoration on strip-mined soils using biochar and mycorrhizal fungi

Katelin Waldrep, Master's

Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Beyond Variety Selection: Do Cropping Systems Have an Impact on Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) in Soybeans?

Meena Raju, PhD

Civil and Environmental Engineering, James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Impact of Global Climate Oscillations on Hydrological Variables in Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (Mrvaa)

Sakie Jaladha Arachchige, PhD

Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences

Risk prediction of premature menopause before 25 years old

Masood Abdollahi, PhD

Civil and Environmental Engineering, James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Effect of Wildfire on Soil and Sediment Erosion and Transport

Courtney Mason, PhD

Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Negative thoughts and thought control strategies within Borderline Personality Disorder