2015 Winners
First Place: Francisco Guerrero-Bolano, Sustainable Forest Management, PhD
“Reconstructing Watershed History From a Sedimentary Hard-Drive"
Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Hatten
Second Place: Jennifer Warner, Civil Engineering, MS
“Out of Sight, Out of Mind…Right-Hook Crash Solutions”
Major Professor: Dr. David Hurwitz
People's Choice: Jenna Schardt, Materials Science, MS
“Tiny Tree Batteries: Sodium Ion Batteries with Nanocellulose”
Major Professor: Dr. John Simonsen
2014 Winners
First Place: Kelli Lytle
"Will Weight Loss Fix Our Sick Livers?"
Nutrition, PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Donald Jump
Second Place: Daniel Coleman
"Sunlight as a Conversation Starter between Our Skin's Cells"
Molecular & Cellular Biology, PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Arup Indra
People's Choice: Jade Florence
"Sustainable Solution to a Flower Mimicking Fungus"
Botany & Plant Pathology, PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Jay Pscheidt
All three winners have been invited to compete at the
Three Minute Thesis State Championship
Saturday, May 17, 2014
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Portland State University's Hoffman Hall Auditorium
Kelli Lytle's presentation
Daniel Coleman's presentation