2018 3MT Finalist

Miriam Janechek

Miriam Janechek

Finalist

Miriam Janechek is a doctoral candidate in the English Department and will defend her dissertation in May 2019. Under the direction of Dr. Lori Branch

Asif Rahman

Asif Rahman

Finalist

Asif is a third year PhD student at the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences and works with Professor Eric Tate. He completed his MS

Melissa Airy

Melissa Airy

Finalist

Melissa is a second year Masters of Fine Arts candidate studying intermedia art. She was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, IA and completed her BFA in

Hannah Campbell

Hannah Campbell

People's Choice

Hannah is a fourth-year biochemistry graduate student in Dr. Kris DeMali’s lab. She completed her BS in biochemistry at the University of Iowa and was

Amanda Mollet

Amanda Mollet

Finalist

Amanda is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies. She completed her PhD in May 2018 from the

Brandon MacDougall

Brandon MacDougall

People's Choice

Graduate school provides Brandon with the ability to pursue knowledge to his own level of satisfaction, surpassing the bounds set in an undergraduate

Oronde Drakes

Oronde Drakes

People's Choice

Oronde is a PhD student in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in geography from the

Timothy Acri

Timothy Acri

Honorable Mention

Timothy is driven towards tissue engineering because it combines his passion for engineering with his love of medicine. On this path, he received his

Muhammad Taifur Rahman

Muhammad Taifur Rahman

Honorable Mention

Taifur completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Dhaka Medical College in Bangladesh, where his interest in neurological disorders developed

Tianlu Zhang

Tianlu Zhang

Winner

Tianlu holds an MA degree in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and is a fifth-year doctoral student in Second Language Acquisition at the