HBKU showcases student research excellence at 3MT competition – The Peninsula

HBKU showcases student research excellence at 3MT competition – The Peninsula

Doha: Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) recently hosted the finals of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, a dynamic showcase of the innovative research being done by its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.

This year, students from the College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS) won first and second place, and a student from the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) won third place, for succinctly communicating the impact of their research and its outcomes in just three minutes.

The HBKU 3MT event was opened by Dr. Michael J Benedik, HBKU Provost, in the presence of the college deans. He highlighted the value of 3MT, and its demonstration of HBKU’s commitment to research excellence at the graduate level. The 13 finalists, PhD candidates at the College of Islamic Studies, CSE, and CHLS, were allowed one PowerPoint slide to complement their talk. They were challenged to present to a distinguished adjudicating panel with Dr. Vicky Kynourgiopoulou, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Georgetown University in Qatar; Dr. Hazem Nounou, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services at Texas A&M University at Qatar; and Dr. Marco Ameduri, Senior Associate Dean for Premedical Education and Education City Collaborative Curricular Affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine