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<Tagline>Utsav Shashavatt wins 3MT 1st prize</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><strong>Utsav Shashvatt</strong> won 1st place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition at <a href="https://gears.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">GEARS</a> and will be traveling to the regional competition later this year.</p>
    <p>3MT celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students. Developed by The University of Queensland, the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.</p><p><br></p><h3>CBEE Students at GEARS</h3><p><img src="https://cbee.umbc.edu/files/2019/04/IMG_3436_blaneyLab_web.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p><p><img src="https://cbee.umbc.edu/files/2019/04/IMG_3451_michael_web-1.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p><p><img src="https://cbee.umbc.edu/files/2019/04/IMG_3453_Ethan_web-1.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p><p><img src="https://cbee.umbc.edu/files/2019/04/IMG_3437_Jahir_web.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p></div>
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<Summary>Utsav Shashvatt won 1st place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition at GEARS and will be traveling to the regional competition later this year.   3MT celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD...</Summary>
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