Georgia Tech's 11th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition took place on Tuesday, April 7th, where 12 scholars presented their innovative research in just three minutes to a non-specialist audience. After five preliminary rounds and Tuesday’s climactic competition, five graduate students were named winners and awarded research travel grants.
Congratulations to our 2026 Three Minute Thesis Winners:
Overall Ph.D. Winner - $2,000 travel grant
Shreya Kothari, Ph.D. Biological Sciences
Harnessing Nature's Helpers: Discovering Bioemulsifiers to Help Clean Up Future Oil Spills
First Runner-Up - $1,500 travel grant
Shehan Parmar, Ph.D. Chemistry
Discovering Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquids for Water Desalination
Second Runner-Up - $1,000 travel grant
Richard Asiamah, Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Development and Applications of Synthetic Electric Grid Models for Underrepresented Regions
Master's Winner - $1,000 travel grant
Jinchu Li, MS, Computer Science
Predicting New Concept-Object Associations in Astronomy by Mining the Literature
People's Choice Award Winner - $500 travel grant
Hari Sridhara, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering
Solid-State Batteries: A Stronger and Safer Energy Storage Technology
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education coordinates Tech’s 3MT competition in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Naugle Writing and Communications Center, and the Language Institute. For more information about this year’s 3MT Competition, visit grad.gatech.edu/3mt.
Communications Officer I
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
fkhan47@gatech.edu
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