STARKVILLE – Mississippi State’s Graduate School is recognizing eight students for their superb research presentations given during the university’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition.
Participants include:
Samadhi Nawalage, of Starkville, a Ph.D. student studying sustainable bioproducts, was the grand champion for a presentation on “Turning Waste into Sustainable Iron Composites for Cleaner Water.”
Uditha Weerasinghe, of Starkville, a Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was the people’s choice for a presentation on “Understanding the Strong Force.”
The event challenges graduate students to present their thesis and dissertation topics in three minutes or less. Student presentations are judged by a panel of academic and non-academic professionals with a wide range of expertise. This year, 41 graduate students competed for the Three Minute Thesis MSU Grand Champion, with nine judges reviewing the presentations.
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