The challenge? Clearly present your doctoral thesis to a nontechnical lay audience in three minutes or less.
WSU Vancouver’s preliminary contest will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 in Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 6. Master’s students are welcome to participate, but are not eligible to advance to the WSU Pullman competition.
Vancouver's top two finishers will each receive $500. The overall winner will compete with the WSU finalists on March 26, in Pullman (building location TBD). See complete rules.
The top three winners from the Pullman finals will receive money toward travel to a research conference of their choice:
- First place: $3,000
- Second place: $1,500
- Third place: $500
To register for the competition, email Holly Davis at holly.davis@wsu.edu. Include your full name and presentation title. Registration is due 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13.
2025 Vancouver Awardees
First place: Ryan Wagner, Ph.D. student in biological sciences
Presentation: “A Plague of Frogs”
Second place: Zoe Templin, Ph.D. student in electrical engineering
Presentation: “The Bridge between Biological Synapses and Electronic Synapses”
