Getting Back to Fundamentals at Three Minute Thesis Finals

Language Technology Institute's Bhuwan Dhingra takes first place prize. Eight doctoral students explained their years of research and its importance in under three minutes during the finals of Carnegie Mellon University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT), held Tuesday in the College of Fine Arts' Kresge Theatre. Watch all eight finalists for the 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competition each present their graduate research in three minutes or less. First place went to Bhuwan Dhingra from the Language Technologies Institute. Second place and the People's Choice Award - selected by the audience in the theater - went to Rachel Niu, who is studying biomedical engineering and third place went to Dipanjan Saha from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Biomedical engineering student Sahil Rastogi was selected as the Alumni Choice Award winner by online votes from alumni watching the Facebook feed. The event, in its sixth year at Carnegie Mellon, started at the University of Queensland in 2008 and has been adopted by hundreds of institutions.