Congrats to all GRS presenters!
2020 Three Minute Thesis Award Winners:
First Place: Anna Smallwood, Chemistry
Runner-Up: Rahul Divekar, Computer Science
People’s Choice: Eyosias Ashenafi, Environmental Engineering
2020 3MT Faculty Judges:
Kristen Mills, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Klein, Lecturer, Biological Sciences
Asish Ghosh, Professor of Practice, MANE
2020 3MT Coaches:
Chenthu Jayachandiran, Maria Roberts, Will Fahey, Claire Gonyo, Mary Nellis, Jaqualyn Iardella, Miciah Yehudah, Christine Allard
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Watch Presentations Live beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020
Meeting Link: https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=ma184bde0123585d47df0...
Meeting number: 477 343 536
Password: s9Vs3TaEWB9
Presentation Order:
- 9:30 - 10:15 3MT Competition
- 10:15 - 11:00 Poster Presentations
- 11:00 - 12:00 Podium Presentations
2020 Three Minute Thesis Competitors
Mario Arrieta-Prieto, Decision Science and Engineering Systems
Spatio-temporal Forecasting for Wind Farm Location
Eyosias Ashenafi, Environmental Engineering
"Pandemic-proof" Kale Production through CEA
Somdatta Bhattacharya, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Polymer Fibers as Supercapacitors
Rahul Divekar, Computer Science,
Learning a Foreign Language with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Immersive Environments
Alexandria Fischer, Biological Sciences
Building stable bacterial communities for biofuel production
Sofia Perez-Guzman, Transportation Engineering
Behavior-Based Interventions in the Supply Chain to Address Food Underserved Areas: An Optimization Approach
Anna Smallwood, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Rigidity Control in 3D Printing for Medical Device Creation
Shuman Yu, Civil Engineering
How to Open a "Magic" Box
People's Choice Award: Vote for your favorite 3MT presentation by Thursday, May 14, 2020 by 5:00 p.m.
Vote here.
Thank you to the 2020 3MT Faculty Judges and 2020 3MT Coaches!
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations will be shared via webex between 10:15 - 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020.
Presentations will be shared in alpha order by last name.
Presenters can be contacted via e-mail if you have questions or comments.
Meeting Link: https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=ma184bde0123585d47df0...
Meeting number: 477 343 536
Password: s9Vs3TaEWB9
Joe Adam, Aeronautical Engineering
Growth of Microorganisms in a Space-Bioreactor Analog
Lauren Gandy, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Molecular Interactions Between Herpes Virus, Neuron Cell Surface, and Tau
Jonathan Kulwatno. Biomedical Engineering
An Organotypic Mammary Duct Model Capturing Distinct Events of DCIS Progression
Alexander Mosier, Biological Science
Unveiling the Impact of the Negative Arm of the Circadian Clock on Output in Nerospora crassa
Micah Rambo, Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Characterization of Healthy and NF1 Schwann Cell Spheroids
Diana Ramirez-Rios, Transportation Engineering
Discrete-Continuous Approximation Model for Optimal Facility Location in Disaster Response Logistics
Zachary Ward, Physics
Application of Huang-Rhys Theory to Classify Quantum Emitters in 2D Nanomaterials
Dan Xiao, Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization of Di-μ-oxo Dimanganese Complexes: Development of Catalysts for Solar Water Oxidation
Podium Presentations
Podium Presentations will be shared via webex between 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020. After each presentation, presenters will be available for Q&A.
Meeting Link: https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/j.php?MTID=ma184bde0123585d47df0...
Meeting number: 477 343 536
Password: s9Vs3TaEWB9
11:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Andrew Elrick, Communications and Media Studies
The Ranger Boys: Soccer Fandom and Friendship in the Digital Age
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Josh Potter, Communication and Media Studies
Platformed Fitness Regimes and the Outsourcing of Proprioception
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
Brian Molnar, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
True Darkfield Schlieren Visualization with a Levitated-Bead Light Block
You are also able to view podium presentations on your own by clicking on the presentation title.