On March 22, 2016, School of Kinesiology doctoral candidates, Jessica Holst-Wolf (biomechanics emphasis) and Tianou Zhang (exercise physiology emphasis), along with six other CEHD PhD students had three minutes to concisely and effectively explain their research project in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience in CEHD’s new Research Day competition, Three Minute Thesis (3MT). Presentations were evaluated by a panel of judges on criteria related to comprehension, engagement, and communication style.

Judges for the event were: Dr. Keith Mayes, CLA Professor; R.T. Rybak, former Minneapolis mayor and current Executive Director of Generation Next; and Margie Soran, Executive Director of the Soran Foundation. Michelle Brown (ICD) was the first-place winner.

You can watch Holst-Wolf and Zhang’s three minute presentations, along with the other six presentations on CEHD’s Youtube Channel.