Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®): the winners of 2023

Doctorate Article published on 28 March 2023 , Updated on 29 March 2023

The 2023 final of the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT®) held at Université Paris-Saclay and organised by the Academic Writing Center, took place on Thursday 16 March 2023. The competition celebrates the exciting research carried out by the University’s PhD candidates. It supports their ability to present their research in just three minutes, using a language which is adapted to a non-specialist audience. Congratulations to the 10 competitors!
 

The winners

Congratulations to Manar Amer, First Place Winner, Alexandre Duval, Second Place Winner, and Pearl Stephanie N.O. Lamptey, the People’s Choice Winner. These outstanding presenters demonstrated exceptional communication skills and impressive research findings. 

Thanks to all the other participants for their hard work and dedication!

The 2023 competitors

  • Alexandre Duval, 3MT Title: "AI for climate change", Digital Vision Center – CVN (Inria, CentraleSupélec, UPSaclay)
  • Amandine Asselin, 3MT Title: "Chlorides, diffusion and corrosion",  Laboratory of Mechanics Paris-Saclay – LMPS (UPSaclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS)
  • Giann Karlo Aguirre Samboni, 3MT Title: "Survive or collapse", Formal Methods Laboratory - LMF (UPSaclay, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay)
  • Manar Amer, 3MT Title: "A new method for producing X-rays", Laboratory of the Physics of the two Infinities Irène Joliot-Curie – IJCLab (CNRS, UPSaclay, Université Paris Cité)
  • Mragank Singh, 3MT Title: "Planetary atmosphere and spacecraft entry", EM2C Laboratory (CNRS, CentraleSupélec) (exchange programme with the University of Queensland)
  • Paritosh Sharma, 3MT Title: "Sign language synthesis",  Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Numerical Sciences – LISN (CNRS, UPSaclay, Inria, CentraleSupélec)
  • Pearl Stephanie Naa Odarley Lamptey, 3MT Title: "Beyond bones: The human skeleton as a mirror of life", Laboratory of Anthropology, Archaeology and Biology (UPSaclay, UVSQ)
  • Romain Lhotte, 3MT Title: "Unravelling the puzzling variables of organ transplant success", Laboratory for Mathematics and IT - MICS (CentraleSupélec, UPSaclay)
  • Salek Ahmed Sajib, 3MT Title: "How do organelles talk to each other in plants?", Institute of Plant Science Paris-Saclay - IPS2 (Université d’Evry, INRAE, CNRS, UPSaclay, Université de Paris)
  • Tanathep Leungtongkum, 3MT Title: "Food transport, in a box, with ice packs", Laboratory for Food Process Engineering for Food Safety and the Environment – FRISE (INRAE, UPSaclay).

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