The 2022 3MT was held November 15th and 16th, 2022 in the Fowlkes Auditorium, Colvard Student Union. Congratulations to Sakie Jaladha who advanced to the regional 3MT competition hosted by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Raleigh, North Carolina in February 2023.
Sakie Jaladha, PhD, Grand Champion
The judges chose Sakie Jaladha Arachchige of Sri Lanka, a mathematics and statistics doctoral student in MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, as the new 3MT Grand Champion for her presentation “Risk prediction of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency by an early age among female childhood cancer survivors.” Along with a $750 prize, Arachchige will represent MSU at the Regional 3MT competition at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Tampa, Florida in March 2023.
Namia K Stevenson, PhD, Grand Champion Runner-up
Namia K. Stevenson of Tullahoma, Tennessee, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture master’s student in MSU’s College of Forest Resources, received the Grand Champion Runner-Up prize of $500 for her presentation “Saving One Amphibian at a Time: Optimizing the Transferability of ART protocols in Anurans.”
Shaylin Williams, PhD, People’s Choice
The audience voted Shaylin Williams of Natchez, an engineering education doctoral student, for the $300 People’s Choice Award for her presentation “Constructing Knowledge on Student Motivation and Aspirations in Engineering Education Programs.”
Macy Gosselaar
Macy Gosselaar of Olathe, Kansas, a forestry master’s student, “Impact of Differentially Expressed Genes in Monoclonal and Polyclonal Plantings of Populus deltoids for Agricultural Nitrogen Mitigation.”
Luke Tucker
Luke Tucker of Tupelo, an agricultural and biological engineering doctoral student, “Local Treatment of Chronic Bone Infections.”
Elizabeth Esser
Elizabeth Esser of Grafton, Wisconsin, a forestry master’s student, “Using Plant Secondary Metabolites to Manage Invasive Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica).”
Casey Iwamoto
Casey Iwamoto of Seattle, Washington, a forestry doctoral student, “Sustainable Pathways for Shortleaf Pine in Uncertain Climates.”
Amanda Mayo
Amanda Mayo of Lawrenceville, Georgia, a geosciences master’s student, “Effectiveness of Omeka Virtual Platforms for Engaging Dunn-Seiler Museum Audiences.”