Practice2020 3MT Competition
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Student Presenters and Links to Videos (Heats 1 & 2)
HEAT 1
HEAT 1 Judges:
Pam Hopkins, Director, Speech Communication Center, School of Communication, ECU
PJ Connelly, Mayor, City of Greenville
Caroline Tait, Director, Alumni Marketing & Communications, ECU Alumni Association
PRESENTERS:
Rachel Boyd, Dept of Anthropology
Mentor: Randy Daniel
Archaeologists Don’t Dig Dinosaurs! https://vimeo.com/469959278
Jonathan Carver, Dept of Biology
Mentor: Yong Zhu
Mutant Caviar https://vimeo.com/470149127
Samantha Dowiarz, Dept of Biology
Mentor: Roger Rulifson
Your Age is Showing https://vimeo.com/469994372
Polina Krassovskaia, Dept of Kinesiology
Mentor: Nicholas Broskey
Inheritability of the “Athlete’s Paradox” https://vimeo.com/470438508
Laura Lukas, Dept of Biology
Mentor: April Blakeslee
Interactions Among Hosts, Parasites, and Mercury with Changes in Salinity https://vimeo.com/470261366
Dakota Pavell, Dept of Anthropology
Mentor: James Loudon
Lemurs in North America? Really? https://vimeo.com/470449230
Eshan Schlief, Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mentor: Jaime Perry
A Leaky Hose in Your Throat: Hypernasality Following Maxillary Advancement https://vimeo.com/470021376
Stacy Trackenberg, Dept of Biology
Mentor: Rachel Gittman
Restoration: For When Conservation Isn’t Enough https://vimeo.com/469985871
ELizabeth Young, Dept of Anthropology
Mentor: Megan Perry
Viral Engagement: Virtual Museum Tours in Our New Reality https://vimeo.com/469993878
HEAT 2
HEAT 2 Judges:
Amy Curtis, Science Librarian, Joyner Library, ECU
Shawn Moore, Director, Center for STEM Education, ECU
Megan Wade, Associate Director of Marketing Strategy, ECU
PRESENTERS:
Erica Biagioni, Dept of Kinesiology-Bioenergetics
Mentor: Nicholas Broskey
Preventing Chronic Disease Before Birth: Can Exercise Protect Against Placental Oxidative Stress? https://vimeo.com/470405064
Shannon Donnelly, Dept of Biology
Mentor: Patrick Horn
Characterization of Stress Impacts to Lipids Involved in Photosynthesis https://vimeo.com/470356444
Imani Gilbert, Dept of CSDI
Mentor: Jaime Perry
Let’s Talk Cleft https://vimeo.com/467940324
Timothy Lee, Dept Biology-BBC
Mentor: April Blakeslee
Parasites: The Next Line of Defense Against Cancer https://vimeo.com/470799168
Mackenzie Mulkey, Dept of Anthropology
Mentor: Charles Ewen
Taverns and Politics: A Volatile Combination https://vimeo.com/470212856
Fatema Salem, Dept of Chemistry-BBC
Mentor: Li Yang
3 Rs in the Human Body Systems (Lactate as an Example) https://vimeo.com/470082863
Neda Tahmasebifard, Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mentor: Jaime Perry
Features of the Pharyngeal Muscles and Nasal Cavity Features in Velocardiofacial Syndrome https://vimeo.com/469841319
Mariot Valcin Jr., Dept of English
Mentor: Seodial Frank Deena
Ambiguity of Inter & Intra Hostility https://vimeo.com/470165835
Nina Woodard, Dept of Biology
Mentor: Rachel Gittman
Borrowing Ecological Principles: Effect of Substrate Orientation and Complexity on Reef Formation https://vimeo.com/470008340
Mentors for 3MT Presenting Students