Three Minute Thesis (3MT) @ Universiti Sains Malaysia

Registration

  • A) Participation:

    Submission of the online nomination form must reach to IPS latest by 13 February 2026. Late submission will not be considered. Please refer to each School/Centre/Institute for nomination process.

  • B) Enquiries:

    Kindly contact the following if you have any enquiries:

    1. Ms. Shafiqah Suhaila Mohamed | 04-653 2937 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    2. Ms. Syazira Othman | 04-653 2936 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
    3. Mr. Ihsanul Anwar Shamsur Rahim | 04-653 2938 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • C) Important Dates:
    13 February 2026 Due date for participants nomination to IPS
    5 May 2026 Competition Day
  • D) Participants:

    Below are the shortlisted participants for this year's competition.

Engineering & Technology Category

AL BTOUSH EMAN SALAMAH SALEM

School of Computer Sciences

Can we detect Arab fake news by looking only at the headlines?

AL-HOWRI BASEM MOHAMMED MAHFOODH

School of Chemical Engineering

Ciprofloxacin in Our Water

IORUNDU GABRIEL SHIMASAAN

School of Computer Sciences

Continual Learning for Smarter Speech Recognition Systems

LAW HENG CHUAN

School of Industrial Technology

Photosynthetic Microbes as a New Strategy for Plastic Degradation

LEE PEI FANG

School of Mechanical Engineering

Transforming Compliance: The Hybrid Kaizen–Kaikaku Revolution

NOOR ASMEELYA BINTI ISHAK

School of Industrial Technology

Sustainable Papaya Juice Clarification: The Power of Immobilized Pectinase-Alginate (IPA) Beads

NOR FARISHA BINTI MUHAMAD KRISHNAN

School of Computer Sciences

WHY SMART DEVICES MISS IMPORTANT HUMAN ACTIVITIES?

NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MAT ZAIN

School of Industrial Technology

New Hope for Young Eyes: Nutrients That Reduce Digital Eye Strain

SITI FAUZIAH BINTI SOPIAN

School of Civil Engineering

When Cracks Tell a Story : AI for Early Detection of Structural Damage in Heritage Buildings

ZHANG CAN

School of Housing, Building and Planning

TRADITIONAL VILLAGE CULTURAL LANDSCAPES:  WHY “AUTHENTICITY” MATTERS DIFFERENTLY TO TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS

Social Sciences Category

FARHANA INTAN

Graduate School of Business

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING STRATEGIES AND RATIONALITIES DURING CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN ACEH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

HA LE HONG NGOC

School of Management

Different risk-taking decisions : Beyond the balance sheet

WANG JINGLEI

School of Arts

Digital Creativity Competence for Digital Content Creation among Digital Media Technology Students

WANG TIANLI

School of Housing, Building and Planning

Beyond Automation : Designing For Positive Aging

XU NIAO

School of Arts

The Role of Artisans In The George Town World Heritage Site: Crafting Cultural Diversity Through The Negotiation of Identity, Interaction, and Creativity

ZHANG MENGYI

School of Distance Education

Can You Afford to Be Good?

Sciences Category

ABU HURAIRAH DARWISY BIN ALIAS

Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre

From kitchen to science: Breaking the metabolic wall using bunga lawang polysaccharides

ABUTAWAHINA MOMIN S M

Institute of Nano-Optoelectronics Research and Technology

Fabrication of High-Performance GaN-Based Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Plasmonic Enhancement.

AL JANABI ALI TALIB KASB

School of Physics

Radiation Concentration in placenta : Measuring Placentaa Radioactivity in Post-War Iraq

AMIN ABDURRAHMAN BIN ABDUL RASHID

School of Medical Sciences

Telomeres, Gene Switches & Cancer Theraphy

AYYAGARI RAMLAL

School of Biological Sciences

LED-assisted micropropagation, metabolite profiling and in silico analyses of BBX and melatonin biosynthetic genes in white strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa ‘Pinkbell F1’)

BANAFI AZIZAH AHMAD M

Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Credentialing for Standard Precautions of Infection Control

DASI ONG BT YAQUT ONG

Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre

Frog Skin Chemistry as an Environmental Indicator

FATIN FADHILAH BINTI MOHD KAMARUDDIN

School of Biological Sciences

MAD, Mango Anthracnose Disease.

FAZALDA BIN ANNUAR

School of Medical Sciences

Bunga Kantan: Potential as anti-hypercholesterolaemia

HANNA BINTI MOHD HUSSAINI

School of Educational Studies

“Rewiring the Future of Genetics Education”

HASAN MYNUL

Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Is Our Rice Safe? 

JACQUELINE MARK KAR KEI

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Breaking Up Relationships: Disrupting Protein Interactions That Drive Epstein-Barr virus associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

LIM PHEI CHING

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Efficacy and usability of mobile application in enhancing diabetes management

MALIK TOOBA

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Clinical, Economic and HRQoL Implications of Digital Health Integration

MUHAMMAD HASNUN BIN MD YUSOFF

Analytical Biochemistry Research Centre

Discovery of curry leaf polysaccharides as cardioprotective agents

NG LI YENN

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Everyday mistakes, preventable harm: Knowing what to do ≠ Doing it safely

NORSHAMIZA BINTI ABU BAKAR

School of Dental Sciences

Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Enhanced Wound Healing

NURASHIKIN BINTI MUZAFAR

School of Educational Studies

From Memorizing Biology to Thinking Like Scientists

NURIN JAZLINA BINTI NOR AZMI

School of Dental Sciences

Can salivary proteins reveal the hidden role of Trichomonas tenax in periodontitis?

NURUL NAJWA BINTI AYOB

School of Physics

SEEING INSIDE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE

OBASEKI OLUWATOSIN SAMUEL

School of Physics

From Titanium to Tomorrow : Building a Hydrogen Future with Sunlight

RABIATUL ADAWIAH BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN

Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Cycling Backward to Move Forward in Diabetes Care

RIZWAN JOUHAR

School of Dental Sciences

How do we eliminate bacteria that hide where conventional disinfection cannot reach?

VON KOK YEAN

School of Biological Sciences

Biological Control of German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) using Engineered Pseudomonas fluorescens

WAN NUR 'AMIRAH IBRAHIM

School of Medical Sciences

Seeing to Move: How Glaucoma Affects Safe Navigation at Home 

ZEB SHAH

School of Distance Education

“Mathematical Modelling and Control Analysis of Dengue Fever in Malaysia through Time-Delay Based Approaches.”

Address

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Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM
Penang, Malaysia.

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