Two graduate students in Emily Que's research group received top places at the second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the University of Texas at Austin. Rahul Kadakia won the people’s choice award and Kanchan Aggarwal is the first place winner. Kanchan advances to the regional competition in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

3MT was developed at The University of Queensland in 2008 and has competitions in 63 countries. Graduate students from all disciplines have three minutes to deliver an effective and concise presentation on their research to a non-specialist audience.