CAHNRS Three Minute Thesis

CAHNRS 3MT Competition

Date: Monday, March 20, 2023

Location: Ensminger Pavilion

Time:

• 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2023 Winners:

• PhD Level

  • 1st Place: Samodya Jaysinghe
  • 2nd Place: Camille Wagstaff
  • People’s Choice: Samodya Jaysinghe

2023 Competitors:

• PhD Level

  Name:	Department:	Presentation Title:
  Dowen Jocson	Entomology	Can you hear me now? Experimental delivery methods for pear psylla acoustic mating disruption
  Mugal Samrat Dahal	Biological and Agricultural Engineering	Change in Water Erosion following Conservation Practice Implementation
  Camille Wagstaff	Molecular Plant Sciences	Beet leafhopper-vectored Curly Top Virus and Bacteria
  Kiersten Ritchie	Entomology	Reproductive mechanisms of evolutionary differentiation of honey bees (Apis mellifera)
  Qingyan Meng	Molecular Plant Sciences	Climate change and a red alder symbiosis solution
  Samodya Kushani Jayasinghe	Plant Pathology	A love/ hate triangle in emerging potato diseases
  Caleb Wagner	Food Science	Unlocking the Potential of Plant-Based Proteins
  Mark Jacob Schrader	Biological Systems Engineering	Heating aromatic oils for sustainable pest management

2023 Winners:

• Masters Level

  • 1st Place: Kellen Pautzke
  • 1st Place: Lynnanne Chao
  • People’s Choice: Henry Hurt

2023 Competitors:

• Masters Level

  Name:	Department:	Presentation Title:
  Henry Hurt	Plant Pathology	Food from Waste: Transforming Organic Wastes into Gourmet Mushrooms
  Kellen Pautzke	Entomology	Soil and mosquitoes: Not just any dirty water will do
  Barakatullah Mohammadi	Food Science	Can Fresh Rice Noodles on Grocery Shelves Make You Sick?
  Kesevan Veloo	Biological and Agricultural Engineering	Baking a Better Future: IoT in Drought-Proofing Wheat
  Gianna Desch	AMDT	How OTT influences Gen Z’s fashion trend adoption
  Olivia Shaffer	Entomology	Urban Agriculture Supports Stable Bee Communities
  Lynnanne Chao	AMDT	U.S. Consumer’s Attitudes, Preferences and Buy Behavior towards Modern Qipao
  Jennifer Darner	Horticulture	The economic impact of the western tarnished plant bug feeding on potatoes grown in the Columbia Basin
  India Cain	Horticulture	Utilizing a non-destructive approach to improve uniformity of Phase 2 fruit samples in the Washington State University Apple Breeding Program
  Roshani Baral	Plant Pathology	Don’t let your blueberries turn gray!
  Noah Willsea	Horticulture	Can you have your cake and eat it too? Optimizing the tradeoffs between sunburn and red color in apples

Judges:

• Wendy Powers, Cashup Davis Endowed Dean, CAHNRS
• Nick Dolce, Senior Director of Development
• Kenitra Keeney, Coordinator WSU Extension
• Jeremy Tamsen, Director of Innovation and Commercialization, CAHNRS Office of Research

CAHNRS Eligibility

• PhD candidates pursuing a degree withing CAHNRS. PhD students must be in good standing with CAHNRS.
• Master’s level students, pursuing degrees within CAHNRS. Master’s level thesis students should be third semester or later. Non-thesis students are not eligible. Master’s students are not eligible for the university competition.
• CAHNRS will host the competition on a single day with separate judging for PhD candidates and Master’s level students.
• Entrants located on the Pullman campus must present face-to-face.
• Entrants located on branch campuses or at R&E centers are allowed to videotape their presentation. In keeping with the same requirements set forth for Pullman campus presentations, these must be taped in front of an audience, to be determined by student and the CAHNRS 3MT Committee. Videos must be received 3 days prior to the face to face competition in order to be judged. If a student off campus wins the CAHNRS 3MT competition, they must travel to Pullman to take part in the university-wide competition on March 29, 2023.

Proposal Process

Proposals must be submitted to the CAHNRS 3MT committee via (cahnrs.majors@wsu.edu). Proposals must follow a specific format:

• Completed Cover Form (pdf).
• Expanded abstract, including methods, results and real world application. No more than two pages, double spaced, using 12 pt. font and 1″ margins.
• Slide that will be used during the CAHNRS 3MT competition. Only one slide is permitted in the competition.
• Photograph (mug shot) to be displayed on CAHNRS 3MT competition website.
• Completed release form (pdf).

The CAHNRS 3MT Committee will determine which proposal moves forward to the formal CAHNRS  competition. The winner of the CAHNRS competition will move on to the overall university competition on March 29, 2023.

Visit the official 3MT website here for additional resources.