# 3-Minute Thesis Competition

**Source**: https://ugresearch.osu.edu/present-publish/3-minute-thesis-competition
**Parent**: https://ugresearch.osu.edu/

The [Three Minute Thesis](https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au/), developed at the University of Queensland, challenges participants to present their research in just three minutes using everyday language to an audience.

The 2025 Ohio State Undergraduate 3-Minute Thesis Competition was held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Ohio Union Round Room.

## Application Information

### Applications for the 3-Minute Thesis Competition have now closed. Check back in next year for the 2026 3-Minute Thesis application.

Students should be prepared to submit the following materials:

**Section I:** Student Presenter's Contact Information

**Section II:**Research Mentor’s Contact Information

**Section III:** Funding Support

**Section IV:**Research/Creative Project Title and Abstract

Students will be **required** to upload a 1-minute video briefly explaining their project. For the competition, you get to display 1 single, static slide, and explain your research in a maximum of 3 minutes. For this 1-minute summary, you can choose to include any images or slides in this video. We recommend creating a video to your CarmenZoom account in the cloud. You can then share the link to your video below.\
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For more information about uploading a video to the CarmenZoom cloud, please visit the Ohio State [CarmenZoom Recording Guides](https://teaching.resources.osu.edu/toolsets/carmenzoom/guides/carmenzoom-recordings ).

Past 3-Minute Thesis Competition Winners

#### \*Indicates Honorable Mention

- 2025 - Mateo Zevallos
- 2025 - Emily Weagle
- 2022 - Pete Jordanides
- 2022 - Isabelle Aguilar
- 2022 - Amani Djouadi
- 2022 - Natalia Mendonca
- 2021 - Sarah Haysley
- 2021 - Erin Gililand
- 2021 - Harrshavasan Congivaram
- 2021 - Cara Noel
- 2021 - Will Marshall
- 2021 - Kara Komarnitsky
- 2019 - Heath Pechtl
- 2019 - Douglas Fink
- 2019 - Sarthak Soni
- 2019 - Bryce Boron, Psychology\*
- 2019 - Timothy Kirby
- 2019 - James White
- 2019 - Cara Dauch
- 2018 - Isaiah Johnson
- 2018- Sydney Clark
- 2018 - Emma Megla
- 2018 - Alexandra Smith
- 2018 - Stephen Gant
- 2018 - Hilary Kordecki
- 2018 - Nick Krause
- 2018 - Camile Bratton
- 2018 - Melanie Smith
- 2018 - Scott Stuckney
- 2018 - Anthony Milian
- 2018 - Maya Gosztyla
- 2018 - Eleni Packis
- 2018 - Sunny Kwok\*
- 2018 - Samantha Goode\*
- 2017 - Henry Wu
- 2017 - Alison Baker
- 2017 - Matt Schneider
- 2017 - Nicole Puccetti
- 2017 - Olivia Fitzpatrick
- 2017 - Mohit Deshpande