Student Awards, 2001

Since 1993 the North-Central Section has provided grant awards for undergraduate research projects. Research proposals are evaluated competitively. To provide further recognition to the award recipients and to provide encouragement for further participation, the Section Management Board is posting a list of the 2001 award recipients. The number of awards may vary from year to year depending upon the funding available from the Section Treasury.

2001 Recipients (and faculty sponsors) of "Undergraduate Research Grants"

Joel Fassbinder
Dr. Andrew Wulff
Department of Geoscience
University of Iowa
"Geochemical Analysis of Exotic Chert Found at Archaeological Sites in Northwest Iowa"

Kasey Hutchinson
Dr. Andrew Wulff
Department of Geoscience
University of Iowa
"Petrogenetic History of the Cowhole Mountain Volcanics, SE Mojave, CA"

Lisa King
Dr. Thomas Lowell
Geology Department
University of Cincinnati
"Seeking High-Frequency Signals in Glaciolacustrine Sediment During the Last Glacial Maximum"

Erik Kneller
Dr. Vernon M. Brown
Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences
University of Toledo
"Microscopic Textures of the Red, High Silica Rhyolite Lavas of the Precambrian St. Francois Mountains, S.E. Missouri"

Jennifer Berry
Dr. Jim Mills
Department of Geology and Geography
DePauw University
"Mineralogy of a Calcite Vein-Dyke Complex at Bear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Township, Ontario, Canada"

Michael Iacoboni
Dr. Kevin Blake
Department of Geology and Geography
Eastern Michigan University
"Fault and Joint Orientations as Evidence for Subglacial Deformation in Drumlin Formation"

Rebekah Shepard
Dr. Karla Parsons-Hubbard
Department of Geology
Oberlin College
"Microbial Ecology, Texture, and Morphology in Bahamian Stromatolites"

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For many years the North-Central Section has provided various awards and grants to students to encourage their participation in Section meetings and to reward their high quality efforts in preparing and presenting papers or posters. The Section plays a vital role in aiding the development of tomorrow’s leaders. To provide further recognition to the award and grant recipients and to provide encouragement for further participation, the Section Management Board is posting this list of 2005 recipients. The number of awards and grants varies from year to year depending upon the funding available from the Section Treasury.

2001 Meeting: Normal, IL, Illinois State University, Department of Geography and Geology

Recipients of "Outstanding Paper and Poster Awards"

Dana Bishop
Cornell College
"The Effects of Hurricane Floyd on the Fidelity of Coral Life and Death Assemblages in San Salvador, Bahamas: Does a Hurricane Leave a Signature in the Fossil Record?"

Chris Edwards
Ohio University
"Contrasting Fluvial Styles Within Late Pennsylvanian Strata of the Distal Foreland Basin"

Jon Koenig
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
"Structural and Paleogeographic Elements of the Nanpanjiang Basin, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnian Provinces, South China: A Compilation from Satellite Images, Regional Geologic Maps, and Ground Observations"

Alissa Naymark
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Recognitionof Wolf River-Age Metamorphism in the Baraboo Range by Means of 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology"

Heather Rivera
Northeastern Illinois University
"Phase Relations of Andesitic Actatlan Igminbrite at Atmospheric Pressure"

Mark Schoonover
Grand Valley State University
"Toward a Determination of Steady State vs. Episodic Processes in Geomorphology Using AMS"

Shawn Thomas
University of Northern Iowa
"Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Pederson Quarry Near Humboldt, Iowa"

Recipients of Travel Grants (For GSA Student Members and Associates) - Provided by the GSA North-Central Section and the GSA Foundation

2001 Section Meeting at ILSTU:

• Bowling Green State University--Bradley Hoare, Michael Mathews, Jason Wiles
• University of Cincinnati--Adam Flege
• University of Minnesota--Duluth-Kirstin Riker-Coleman
• Eastern Illinois University--Dorian Gohr, Melissa Stefos
• Grand Valley State University--Mark Schoonover
• Indiana University--Kenneth Arroyo
• Indiana University-Terre Haute--Irene Arango
• University of Iowa--Jad Bean, Darin Dolezal, Stephen Dorsch, Mary Ellis, Ryan Filloon, Franciszek Hasuik, Nicholas Metres, Jennifer Obrad, David Schultz, Robert Wilcox
• Iowa State University--Nancy Scherbarth
• Lake Superior State University--Amy Englebrecht
• Lawrence University--Gilbert Faye
• Miami University--Charles Angerman
• University of Nebraska at Omaha--Troy Hays
• University of Northern Iowa--Thomas Shaw
• Northwest Missouri State University--Teryn Ebert, Kevin Pemgerton
• University of Toledo--Roman Ianev
• University of Missouri--Columbia-Caromilie Bright
• University of Wisconsin-Baraboo--Carl Kilgore
• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--Kirstin Hanson, Maria Waggoner
• University of Wisconsin Madison--Scott Brown, Timothy Eaton, Kelly LaBlanc, Alissa Naymark
• Vasser College--Beth Feingold
• Western Illinois University--Scott Koza

2001 GSA Annual Meeting at Boston, MA:

(Only Open to Student Members or Associates of the GSA North-Central Section) Provided by the GSA North-Central Section and the GSA Foundation

• University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh--Dominic Druke, Jason Odette, Steve Kostka
• Northern Illinois University--Jessica Albrecht
• Western Michigan University--Gerald Unterreiner, Brian Bird
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln--Stefan Kollet
• Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis--Lora Shrake, Catherine Jamet
• University of Missouri-Kansas City--Suman Ghosh
• University of Minnesota--Aletha Lee, Beverley Shade
• Western Michigan University--Steven Beukema
• Indiana State University--Wilfido Solano
• University of Northern Iowa--Chad Fields
• Washington University--Samantha Fernandes
• Lawrence University--Brooke Miller
• DePauw University--Jennifer Berry
• University of Illinois at Chicago--Jennifer Lawson
• University of Cincinnati--Patrick McLaughlin, Brian Nicklen
• University of Iowa--Jennifer Obrad
• The Ohio State University--Jeffery Richardson
• University of Missouri-Columbia--Toby Dogwiler
• University of Ottawa--Anne Peschler

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