The 2025 Temple University 3MT Competition was held on March 27th before a live audience and panel of judges. There were eleven participants from multiple schools and colleges, sharing their research and engaging the audience in conversations about education reform, advancements in healthcare, the impact of new technology, and much more.

The 2025 3MT Finalists from left to right: FengYi Yin, Nazia Rahman, Madison Shoraka, Colin Tipton, Shujit Chandra Paul, Grace Anne Parker, Angela (Rocchi) Rocchi, Subhrodeep Ray, Julie McIntyre, Lindsay Ouellette and Issra Mehdi.
2025 3MT Winners and Finalists
Name | School/College | Discipline | Title |
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FIRST PLACE – Angela (Rocchi) Rocchi | Lewis Katz School of Medicine | Lewis Katz School of Medicine | CUT IT OUT: Treating JC Virus with CRISPR |
SECOND PLACE – Subhrodeep Ray | College of Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Micro-Perforated Panels (MPP) for Pickleball Sound Mitigation |
PEOPLE'S CHOICE – Grace Anne Parker | College of Liberal Arts | History | Scrubbing History: Women’s Struggle for Equality in the U.S. Armed Services, 1948 – 1953 |
Julie McIntyre | College of Education and Human Development | Education | Our Capacity to Cope: Educator Experiences in Trauma-Informed Urban High Schools |
Issra Mehdi | Fox School of Business | Business Administration | The Dupe Effect: Exploring Consumer Motivations Behind Dupe Purchases |
Lindsay Ouellette | College of Liberal Arts | Social Psychology | Why Kick a Robot? |
Shujit Chandra Paul | College of Science and Technology | Chemistry | No Fires, No Fears: Safer and Faster Batteries for Phones, Cars & More |
Nazia Rahman | College of Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Differential Vibro-tactile Imaging System for Breast Tumor Characterization |
Madison Shoraka | College of Science and Technology | Mathematics | Using Mathematics to Understand Antibiotic Resistance |
Colin Tipton | Fox School of Business | Accounting | The Effect of Reporting Unit Goodwill Aggregation on Impairment Assessments |
FengYi Yin | Klein College of Media and Communication | Media and Communication | The Making of Pan-African Television in China |

