3MT 2023 Winners

The 2023 3MT was held November 15th and 16th, 2023 in the Fowlkes Auditorium, Colvard Student Union. Congratulations to MSU Grand Champion, Dan McCormick, who represented MSU at the regional 3MT competition hosted by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Greenville, SC in March 2024.

McCormick advanced to the final regional round, a first for MSU!

Daniel McCormick, PhD student, Grand Champion

Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
An Experimental Investigation of Performance Coated Low-Iron Glass for Use in Airport Traffic Control Towers

Samadhi Nawalage, PhD student, Grand Champion Runner Up

Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Overcoming challenges in experimental quantification of the optical properties of photoactive metal-organic frame works: A case study with NU-1000

Gabriel Nyen, Master's student, People's Choice Winner

Forestry, College of Forest Resources
Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration Throughout the Southeast

Finalists

Humayun Ahmad, PhD student

Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Highly Stretchable and Reversible Core-Shell Conductive Electrospun Fiber

Patricia Marie Cordero-Irizarry, PhD student

School of Human Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Grounded Values: An Exploration of Soil Ethics in Coffee Farming

Ncomiwe Andile Maphalala, Master's student

Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soybean Bacterial Inoculation: Against Herbicide Stress

Durant Fullington, PhD student

Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
Secure and Effective Data Sharing for Metal-based Additive Manufacturing

Kara Hall, Master's student

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources
Assessing the Impacts of Wetland Reserve Easements on Bird Abundance & Diversity

Luke Tucker, PhD student

Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering
Localize Treatment of Chronic Diseases