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1st place went to Raouf Belkhir

1st place went to Raouf Belkhir

2nd place and The Alumni Choice Award went to Christopher Blum

2nd place and The Alumni Choice Award went to Christopher Blum

3rd place went to Lara Abdelmohsen

3rd place went to Lara Abdelmohsen

The People’s Choice Award went to Anish Pyne

The People’s Choice Award went to Anish Pyne

Congrats to the 2026 #3MTCMU winners!

🥇 Raouf Belkhir, Psychology, Dietrich College

🥈 Christopher Blum, Chemistry, @cmuscience.bsky.social

🥉 Lara Abdelmohsen, Biomedical Engineering, @cmuengineering.bsky.social

People’s Choice: Anish Pyne, Biological Sciences, MCS
Alumni Choice: Christopher Blum

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McConomy Auditorium

McConomy Auditorium

The 2026 Three Minute Thesis championship is about to begin! ⏰

Join us in the McConomy Auditorium, CUC and cheer on your favorite presenters!

#3MTCMU #3MT @cmu.edu

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Deepanjali Mishra

Deepanjali Mishra

Deepanjali Mishra

Deepanjali Mishra

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT prelim round 5 co-winner, Deepanjali Mishra of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣

Presentation: The Hidden Energy Cost of Waiting in Computers.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Anish Pyne

Anish Pyne

Anish Pyne

Anish Pyne

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT prelim round 5 co-winner, Anish Pyne of Biological Sciences at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣

His presentation is titled, "Practice Makes Pathogens: How Bacteria Train for Infections."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Rishi Veerapaneni

Rishi Veerapaneni

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 4 co-winner, Rishi Veerapaneni of @cmurobotics.bsky.social at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 📣

His presentation is titled, "How to train your ~~dragon~~ robot team!"

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Jimmy Wang

Jimmy Wang

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 4 co-winner, Jimmy Wang of Mechanical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣

Wang's presentation is titled, "Building Bridges for Heat."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Christopher Blum

Christopher Blum

Christopher Blum

Christopher Blum

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 3 co-winner, Christopher Blum of the Dept. of Chemistry at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣

Blum's presentation is titled, DNA Disguised Messengers for Cancer Treatment.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 3 co-winner, Ruihan Gao of @cmurobotics.bsky.social at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 📣

Gao's presentation is titled, "Teaching AI the Sense of Touch."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 Register to attend: cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Raouf Belkhir

Raouf Belkhir

Raouf Belkhir

Raouf Belkhir

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 2 co-winner, Raouf Belkhir of the Department of Psychology at Dietrich College! 📣

Belkhir's presentation is titled, "When 'No Error' isn't the End of the Story."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Sunreeta Bhattacharya

Sunreeta Bhattacharya

Sunreeta Bhattacharya

Sunreeta Bhattacharya

Congrats to #3MT prelim round 2 co-winner, Sunreeta Bhattacharya of the Neuroscience Institute at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣

🧠 "Deciphering the brain’s uncertainty-processing algorithms for learning and decision-making."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Lara Abdelmohsen

Lara Abdelmohsen

Lara Abdelmohsen

Lara Abdelmohsen

Congrats to #3MT prelim round 1 co-winner, Lara Abdelmohsen of Biomedical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social!

Her presentation: "The Brain’s Roundabout: Understanding Stroke in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Mary Anna Ebbert

Mary Anna Ebbert

Mary Anna Ebbert

Mary Anna Ebbert

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis (3MT) prelim round 1 co-winner, Mary Anna Ebbert of Mechanical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣

Ebbert's presentation is titled, "Making Lightweight Fuel from Seawater."

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25 at 6pm

💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

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Vivian Shen at the 2025 3MT Championship

Vivian Shen at the 2025 3MT Championship

Join us for the 2026 3MT Championship on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the McConomy Auditorium, CUC.

Join us for the 2026 3MT Championship on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the McConomy Auditorium, CUC.

We asked ETC Assistant Teaching Professor Vivian Shen, who won first place in the 2025 #3MTCMU Championship, a few questions about her experience and how it shaped her journey.

"3MT helped me a lot specifically in distilling my thesis topic into a very digestible format."

👩‍💻 bit.ly/3MT-Vivian

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Byron Abraham Daniel

Byron Abraham Daniel

We asked Byron Abraham Daniel of @cmuscience.bsky.social a few questions about his experience competing in the 3MT Championship in 2023. bit.ly/3mt-byron

#3MTCMU pits doctoral students against the clock and each other to explain complex research and captivate their audience in just 3 minutes.

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First place was awarded to Vivian Shen from the Robotics Institute for her presentation titled, "Body-Aligned Design for Haptic Immersion in Extended Reality."

First place was awarded to Vivian Shen from the Robotics Institute for her presentation titled, "Body-Aligned Design for Haptic Immersion in Extended Reality."

Are you a Ph.D. student at @cmu.edu? Can you describe your research and its importance in under 3 minutes to a layperson?

In 2025, 🥇 went to a @cmurobotics.bsky.social student. 🥈🥉 to @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

Register to compete in the 2026 #3MTCMU competition by 2/4. cmu.is/2026-3MT-Compete

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Vivian Shen

Vivian Shen

Watch @cmu.edu's #3MTCMU championship: bit.ly/2025-3MT

1st: Vivian Shen, @cmurobotics.bsky.social @scsatcmu.bsky.social
2nd: Junwon Seo, @cmu-mse.bsky.social @cmuengineering.bsky.social
3rd + People’s Choice: Huda Usman, @cmucheme.bsky.social
Alumni Choice: Justin P. Miner, @cmumeche.bsky.social

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Congrats to all our competitors! 2025 #3MTCMU was a great success!

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Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT champion, Vivian Shen of CMU Robotics Institute at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 🦾🤖

Shen's #3MTCMU presentation was titled, "Body-Aligned Design for Haptic Immersion in Extended Reality."

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Three Minute Thesis championship

Three Minute Thesis championship

Today’s the big day, @carnegiemellon.bsky.social!

Join us at 6pm for the 2025 #3MTCMU in the McConomy Auditorium, CUC or watch via livestream!

www.cmu.edu/engage/alumn...

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Portrait photo of Ananya Joshi, CMU CSD Ph.D. student.

Portrait photo of Ananya Joshi, CMU CSD Ph.D. student.

Cheering on Ananya Joshi competing with 9 Ph.D. finalists for the #3MT honor next week.

csd.cmu.edu/news/joshi-a...

Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship, 3/11 (6-8pm).

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Shaw Camphire's 3MT presentation titled, "Bacterial Infection or Protection? Exploring a Microbiome Checkpoint."

Shaw Camphire's 3MT presentation titled, "Bacterial Infection or Protection? Exploring a Microbiome Checkpoint."

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 5 co-winner, Shaw Camphire of Biological Sciences! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 17% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuscience.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11 from 6-8pm. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Vivian Shen's 3MT presentation titled, "Body-Aligned Design for Haptic Immersion in Extended Reality."

Vivian Shen's 3MT presentation titled, "Body-Aligned Design for Haptic Immersion in Extended Reality."

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 5 co-winner, Vivian Shen of @cmurobotics.bsky.social! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 15% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @scsatcmu.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11 from 6-8pm. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Sandhya Kasivisweswaran's 3MT presentation titled, "To Settle or to Swim: Studying Lifestyle Decisions in Bacteria."

Sandhya Kasivisweswaran's 3MT presentation titled, "To Settle or to Swim: Studying Lifestyle Decisions in Bacteria."

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 4 co-winner, Sandhya Kasivisweswaran of Biological Sciences! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 17% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuscience.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Huda Usman's 3MT presentation titled, " Culturing the Unculturable: A New Frontier in Antibiotic Research"

Huda Usman's 3MT presentation titled, " Culturing the Unculturable: A New Frontier in Antibiotic Research"

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 4 co-winner, Huda Usman of @cmucheme.bsky.social! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 48% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11, 6-8pm. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Junwon Seo's 3MT presentation titled: Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Components - We Bake Rocket Engines!

Junwon Seo's 3MT presentation titled: Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Components - We Bake Rocket Engines!

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 3 co-winner, Junwon Seo of College of Engineering! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 48% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11, 6-8pm. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Deepanjali Mishra's 3MT Presentation is titled: Salvaging datacenter processors.

Deepanjali Mishra's 3MT Presentation is titled: Salvaging datacenter processors.

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 3 co-winner, Deepanjali Mishra of College of Engineering! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 48% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11. cmu.is/2025-3MT-Champ

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Ananya Joshi's 3MT Presentation Title: Large scale data monitoring for critical domains via human-AI collaboration.

Ananya Joshi's 3MT Presentation Title: Large scale data monitoring for critical domains via human-AI collaboration.

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 2 co-winner, Ananya Joshi of the School of Computer Science! 📣

Since it began in at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social in 2014, 15% of #3MT finalists have come from @scsatcmu.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11 from 6-8pm.

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Samskrathi Sharma's 3MT Presentation Title: When the gut clock fails, fat prevails.

Samskrathi Sharma's 3MT Presentation Title: When the gut clock fails, fat prevails.

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 2 co-winner, Samskrathi Sharma of Biological Sciences at the Mellon College of Science! 📣

Since it began at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social, 17% of finalists have come from @cmuscience.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship, 3/11 (6-8pm).

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Justin P. Miner's 3MT Presentation Title: Enabling X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography-Based Inspection of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Parts for Fatigue

Justin P. Miner's 3MT Presentation Title: Enabling X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography-Based Inspection of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Parts for Fatigue

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 1 co-winner, Justin P. Miner of @cmumeche.bsky.social! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 48% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11 from 6-8pm.

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Jonathan Shulgach's 3MT Presentation Title: Faint Muscle Signal Detection using Flexible Electronics - "Invisible Movement, Visible Impact"

Jonathan Shulgach's 3MT Presentation Title: Faint Muscle Signal Detection using Flexible Electronics - "Invisible Movement, Visible Impact"

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis preliminary round 1 co-winner, Jonathan Shulgach of @cmumeche.bsky.social! 📣

Since it began in 2014, 48% of #3MT @carnegiemellon.bsky.social finalists have come from @cmuengineering.bsky.social.

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship on 3/11 from 6-8pm.

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