Sundaramoorthy wins Three Minute Thesis competition

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Santhoshkumar Sundaramoorthy, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, won first place in S&T’s seventh annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Sundaramoorthy impressed the j­­­udges with his research presentation titled “Making Electric Vehicles Efficient and Affordable.” His research focuses on discovering new chalcogen materials using a building block approach for energy storage applications.

“As a fundamental solid-state chemist, I felt extremely happy when I got this opportunity to present my work to a general audience,” says Sundaramoorthy. “The cherry on top is getting recognized by everyone for my work, which means a lot to me as a chemist.”

Seyi Obafemi, a Ph.D. candidate in geology and geophysics, was named the runner-up with his presentation titled “Importance of 3D Geological Reservoir Modeling to CO2 Sequestration.” The People’s Choice Award went to Tazdik Patwary Plateau, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, with a presentation titled, “3,000 Miles without Fueling: 3D Battery.”

Additional finalists who competed this year include Ankit Agarwal, a PhD. Candidate in engineering management, and Mohamed Elmahallawy, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science.

The 3MT competition originated with the University of Queensland, New Zealand, and is now held annually at over 900 universities worldwide.