Durant Fullington among Mississippi State graduate students recognized for Three Minute Thesis research presentations

Published 7:56 pm Monday, December 4, 2023

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Durant Fullington, of Thomasville, Ga., is among nine Mississippi State graduate students honored in the Graduate School’s fall Three Minute Thesis competition.

Fullington, a Ph.D. student studying industrial and systems engineering/data analytics, was a finalist and won $200 for a presentation titled “Secure and Effective Data Sharing for Metal-based Additive Manufacturing.”

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The event challenged graduate students to present their thesis/dissertation topics in three minutes or less. Student presentations were judged by a panel of academic and non-academic professionals with a wide range of expertise. This year, 32 graduate students competed for the title of MSU Grand Champion, and a total of 10 judges reviewed the presentations.