Pittsburgh Review

Carnegie Mellon University issued the following announcement on Mar. 23.

Three-Minute Thesis finalists confront the fear of public speaking and pitch their passions to win over an audience

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Carnegie Mellon University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) pits doctoral students against the clock and each other to explain complex research and captivate their audience in just three minutes. Eight finalists will compete in the 3MT Championship on Wednesday, March 30, at 4:30 p.m., in the College of Fine Arts Building's Kresge Theatre. A livestream will also be available.

3MT is an internationally recognized competition that began at the University of Queensland in 2008. Keith Webster, the Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of the University Libraries, brought the competition to CMU, will be the host of the championship.

In its seventh year at CMU, 3MT offers the competitors a way to connect with others and learn critical public speaking skills. These opportunities have been limited by the pandemic.

Finalist Mohammad Ayaz Masud, a doctoral student in the College of Engineering, is working on a breakthrough memory device that will enable high density storage with minimum energy expenditure. His labmate encouraged him to compete in 3MT.

"I think I missed out on a lot of social interactions in the past two years due to COVID-19. Now that we are getting closer to normalcy, I wanted to take this opportunity to communicate with the broad community of researchers in CMU," Masud said.

After practicing over and over in front of family and friends, Masud grew excited to share his passion for silicon technology.

Engineering doctoral student Mohammad Ayaz Masud is working on a breakthrough memory device that will enable high density storage with minimum energy expenditure.

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