SJSU Grad Slam

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This year's Grad Slam on April 14, 2022 at the Hammer Theatre Center was a huge success. Check out how our finalist performed.

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And the 2022 Winners are...

Kate Forrest

First Place

Kate Forrest

Meteorology, MS

Title of Presentation - "Fire Tornadoes: The Unicorns of Fire Weather"

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Nathaniel Pergamit

Second Place

Nathaniel Pergamit

Music, MM

Title of Presentation - "Buried Treasure in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park"

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Punithavathi Sundaramurthy

Audience Choice

Punithavathi Sundaramurthy

Bioinformatics, MS

Title of Presentation - "A Computational Approach to Identify Complex DNA Binding Sites to Study Gene Regulation"

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Grad Slam 2019 winners
SJSU Grad Slam 2019 winners with CGS Dean Marc d'Alarcao

What is Grad Slam?

SJSU’s Grad Slam is a three-minute thesis competition (also known as 3MT) that challenges participants to present their research with one slide in only three minutes in an engaging way to a non-specialist audience. This format allows us to see a snapshot of the exciting research and creative activity emanating from SJSU from the vantage of our amazing graduate students. The Grad Slam event will feature the ten student finalists competing for bragging rights, cash prizes, and the privilege of representing SJSU at state-wide and regional competitions.

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Grad Slam Rules and Judging Criteria

Meet the 2022 Judges

Meet the SJSU Grad Slam 2022 Finalists

Ankur

Ankur

Artificial Intelligence, MS

Title of Presentation - "Twilytics: A Social Perception Analysis"

Jayme

Jayme Renee Harms

Counseling and Guidance, MA

Title of Presentation - "Ex[SEL] in Middle School"

Mari

Marielle Hsu 

Urban Planning, MUP 

Title of Presentation - "Who Moved My Bus Stop? Mobility Justice for Positive Change."

Phuong

Phuong Lan Pham

Creative Writing, MFA

Title of Presentation - "Drowning Dragon - Poetry on a Sinking Land"

Niraj

Niraj Pandkar

Computer Science, MS

Title of Presentation - "Predicting Externally Visible Traits from a DNA Sample"

Harneet

Harneet Kaur Ranauta

Public Health, MPH

Title of Presentation - "Neighborhood Characteristics in Relation to Food Insecurity in the Bay Area"

Simon

Simon Tan

Urban Planning, MUP

Title of Presentation - "Post-Pandemic Travel Patterns of Remote Workers"

Meet the SJSU Grad Slam 2022 Semi Finalists

Letícia Fais

Music, MS

Title of Presentation - "Something You Would Probably Like to Know About Piano Playing"

Francesca Fanucchi

Justice Studies, MS

Title of Presentation - "Promotion of Extremist Ideologies within Online Incel Communities"

Abhishek Gaikwad

Computer Science, MS

Title of Presentation - "Sending and Receiving Internet Messages from Disconnected Areas"

Lilana Gomez

Justice Studies, MS

Title of Presentation - "The Price They Pay: Exploring the Detrimental Effects of a Gentrification on its Most Vulnerable Population"

Teodomiro Gomez

Biological Sciences, Physiology Concentration, MS

Title of Presentation - "The Effects of Stress on our Sixth Sense"

Amalia Guzmán Ayala

Educational Leadership, EdD

Title of Presentation - "Unpacking Educational Harm: Parent and Teacher Perceptions of English Learners"

Shivam Kamboj

Physics, MS

Title of Presentation - "Topology of a Driven 2D Spintronic Device"

Diksha Kool

Bioinformatics, MS

Title of Presentation - "Understanding How the Relative Abundance of Candida Species Impacts Transcriptional Regulation in Co-Culture Biofilms"

Jaycee Lanza

Marine Science, MS

Title of Presentation - "The Effects of Light on Sexual Competition in Kelps"

Vrinda Malhotra

Computer Science, MS

Title of Presentation - "Malware Classification Using Graph Neural Networks"

Rene Moreno

Public Adminstration, MPA

Title of Presentation- "Perception of Inclusion Among Minority Civilian Personnel Within the Military Departments of the Department of Defense"

An Nguyen

Bioinformatics, MS

Title of Presentation - "The Impact of BPA and Its Analogues on Neurodevelopmental Transcriptomes in Drosophila Melanogaster"

Mark Porter Fisher

Art, Pictorial Art Concentration, MFA

Title of Presentation - "Tribology in Art Appreciation and Art Making"

Rashi Raghulan

Bioinformatics, MS

Title of Presentation - "The Effects of Bisphenol A on Fragile X-Syndrome Drosophila"

Ines Ross Tacco

Biological Sciences, Physiology Concentration, MS

Title of Presentation - "Thyroid Hormone Dependent Regulation of Heart Regeneration"

Punit Sundar

Bioinformatics, MS

Title of Presentation - "A Computational Approach to Identify Complex DNA Binding Sites to Study Gene Regulation"

Mustafa Yesilyurt

Computer Science, MS

Title of Presentation - "Creating a Predictive Model to Optimize Growth Throughout the UNVS 101 Accelerator Course at SJSU"

Learn About Previous SJSU Grad Slam Participants

Read what other graduate students who have participated in the Grad Slam have said about their experiences and learn more about why you should apply.

Interviews with Past Grad Slam Winners

View SJSU Grad Slam 2019 Winners

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