2026 UW 3MT Winners

Congratulations to this year’s winners and all of the finalists for sharing their work and representing the breadth and brilliance of graduate research at the University of Washington!

First Place | $2,500 – Paul Morgan
Damability Maps Can Help Prevent Landslide Dam Disasters 
PhD Student, Earth & Space Sciences 
College of the Environment, Seattle

Runner Up | $1,500 – Satria Ardianuari
Can Prosthetic Leg Features Help Reduce Knee Stress? 
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering 
College of Engineering, Seattle

People’s Choice | $1,000 – Leah Anderson
Microbial Evolution: Live in the Classroom 
PhD Student, Genome Sciences 
School of Medicine, Seattle

Each May, the university’s annual 3MT® competition is presented in partnership by the Graduate School’s office of Graduate Student Affairs and UW Libraries Open & Interdisciplinary Research Support. 

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