Four graduate students top CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition

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May 22, 2023

Four graduate students top CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition

The comment, “So, tell me about your research!” will be easier to field for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s (CBE) graduate students who took part in this year’s Perfect Pitch

The comment, “So, tell me about your research!” will be easier to field for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s (CBE) graduate students who took part in this year’s Perfect Pitch competition.

The students once again faced a 90-second time limit (with the aid of one PowerPoint slide) in presenting an “elevator speech” of what their research is all about. Based on voting by their peers and CBE faculty and staff, the top three vote-getters are honored and also receive cash prizes. For the second year in a row, a tie for one position netted four students being recognized:

All chemical engineering graduate students who completed their qualifying exams but have yet to pass their thesis prelim exam (roughly second- to fourth-year Ph.D. candidates) presented. Judging focused on how well the students addressed the following criteria: