Students take top prizes in undergraduate and graduate levels
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Congratulations to College of Engineering (COE) students who won top prizes in the Three Minute Thesis in both the graduate and undergraduate competitions.
Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition which challenges students to present a compelling oration on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students鈥� ability to effectively explain their research in plain language.
Of the 20 entrants at the graduate level, 17 were COE students.
Erika Naumann Gaillat, MS 鈥�18 in biomedical engineering and biotechnology, won first place in the graduate-level competition for her research project, 鈥淒esign and Creation of a Novel Flocked Surface Triboelectric Generator.鈥� Her advisor was Professor Yong Kim.
Nathaniel Tarantino, MS 鈥�18 in civil and environmental engineering, won third place in the graduate level for his research project, 鈥淎 Tethered Ballast Approach To Point-Absorber Wave Energy Converter Technology.鈥� His advisor was Professor Daniel MacDonald.
Jayashree Chakravarty 鈥�19, a PhD student in biomedical engineering and biotechnology, won the Graduate People鈥檚 Choice Award for 鈥淕reen Science: Seafood Waste to Therapeutic Biomaterial and Biodiesel.鈥� Her advisor was Associate Professor Tracie Ferreira.
Engineering students also won first and third place in the undergraduate competition
Jacob Aaronson 鈥�18, a bioengineering major, won first place for 鈥淚nvestigation of In Vitro Vitamin B6 Treatment to Reverse Deterioration of Bone Mechanical Properties.鈥� His advisor was Assistant Professor Lamya Karim.
The third place and People鈥檚 Choice winner was Rayan Kassab 鈥�18, a bioengineering major, for 鈥淓lectro-therapy Pad Using Conductive Chitin Membrane.鈥� Her advisor was Associate Professor Tracie Ferreira.
The Three Minute Thesis was developed by The Univesity of Queensland in Australia for research students.