Congratulations to Yipai Du(PhD student in Electronic and Computer Engineering) on winning the second place in the 2023 HKUST 3MT® Competition

After suspension in 2020 and virtual delivery in 2021 and 2022, the HKUST Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition welcomed on-site participants for the first time since 2019 on April 26, 2023. Through three days’ pre-selection interview, eight finalists from three schools/ program offices were selected for the final round. The finalists presented their research, following the 3MT® competition rules, to and answered questions raised by the judges and audience. Both of their performance of the presentation and during Q&A was evaluated by the judges using the 3MT® judging criteria. After an hour and a half’s competition, Usman Bin Shahid, PhD student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, won the Championship and also the People’s Choice Award. The second and third places went to Yipai Du, PhD student in Electronic and Computer Engineering, and Charles Chaoyue Zhang, MPhil student in Civil Engineering.