ECE grad student awarded Audience Choice at 3MT Competition
Baibhab Chatterjee, a graduate student in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently participated in the Microwave Week 2020 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. His presentation, titled "The Human Body: A Wire for Wireless Communications," won the Audience Choice award for best presentation.
The competition is open to young and aspiring professionals, including students and postdoctoral fellows. It is designed to stimulate interest in the wide range of applications of microwave technology in order to renew public interest in microwaves as a transformative technology that is rewarding both to those who study it, and to those whose daily lives benefit from incorporation of scientific developments in consumer products.
Organizers say 3MT helps contestants develop the skills necessary to distil highly complex, technical material into a form accessible to the non-specialist. In three minutes or less, using only one static slide, and no other props, contestants deliver their presentation to a panel of non-specialist judges. These judges rank the contestants, based on how engaging, accessible, and compelling they made their presentation.
Chatterjee is a PhD candidate, working in the SPARC Lab with Prof. Shreyas Sen.