Three minute thesis (3MT) is a competition for PHD candidates and researchers to summerise their thesis into bite sized (3 minute videos) that is palpable for the general public. So how does one go about condensing a dense information into a short summary?

Syed Sakib, who is a phd candidate at the department of Science & Engineering, at Macquarie University and the 2024 Winner of the competition with their video: “Green Energy: Illusion or Reality”. Questioning  how green, renewable sources of energy can be- by reducing the overall carbon footprint for the creation, efficiency and disposing of solar panels.