Since 2015, Georgia Tech’s competition has helped graduate students hone their communication skills by challenging them to share their research in three minutes in a way anyone could understand.

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ChBE master student Po-Wei Huang won Georgia Tech’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in the Master’s division.

3MT originated at The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, as an academic research communication competition and has spread to campuses around the world. 

Since 2015, Georgia Tech’s competition has helped graduate students hone their communication skills by challenging them to share their research in three minutes in a way anyone could understand.

Huang, who a $1,000 travel grant in the 2019 competition, presented “A Sustainable Method to Alleviate the Global Thirst of Lithium.” He is a member of Assistant Professor Nian Liu’s Lab.

For 3MT, participants are expected to a well-conceived thesis project, compelling data collected, and a novel story to share. Any presentations exceeding three minutes are disqualified.

NOTE: the video above is a repeat performance of his award-winning presentation.