Student Awards, 2002

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 2002 award recipients. The number of awards may vary from year to year depending upon the funding available from the Section Treasury.

2002 Recipients (and faculty sponsors) of "Undergraduate Research Grants"

Lyshia Goodhue
Dr. Gordon Southam
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
“Geomicrobiology of Surficial Geochemical Anomalies”

Stephanie Bear
Dr. Eric Law
Department of Geology
Muskingum College
“Petrographic and Geochemical Study on the Mechanism of Lamprophyre Dike Emplacement at Johnson, Vermont”

Jessica Oster
Dr. Steven Wojtal
Geology Department
Oberlin College
“Strontium and Magnesium Variations in a Speleothem from Crevice Cave, Missouri: Potential for Seasonal Scale Paleoclimate Reconstruction”

Jill Leonard
Dr. Benjamin Greenstein
Department of Geology
Cornell College
“Comparison of Modern and Fossil Annual Banding”

Zack Lawrence
Dr. John Hogan
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Missouri-Rolla
“Shallow Seismic Reflection Study of Deformed Ordovician Strata; Karsting and Collapse vrs. Tectonic Activity”

Stephanie Hocker
Dr. George Hudak
Department of Geology
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
“Chemistry of Alteration Mineral Phases at the Archean Five-Mile Lake Volcanic-Associated Mineral Prospect in Northeastern Minnesota”

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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.

2002 Meeting: Lexington, Kentucky, Southeast/North-Central Sections Combined Meeting

Recipients of "Outstanding Paper and Poster Awards"

Demmy Spounias
University of Michigan
"Devonian Carbonate Groundwater Chemistry in Northeastern Michigan: A Geochemical Record of Focused Freshwater Recharge to the Michigan Basin"

Ryan Jones
University of Southern Indiana
"Effects of Jetties on Erosion Rates Along the Wabash River, New Harmony, Indiana"

Sara Austin, Jerome Hall, Andrea Martin
The College of Wooster
"Paleoecology and Sedimentology of the Falmouth Formation (Eemian, Jamaica); Evidence for Sea-Level Changes During the Last Interglacial"

Abigail Burt
University of Waterloo
"Reinterpretation of the Belair Moraine, Southeastern Manitoba, Canada, Based on a Regional Digital Elevation Model and New Geological Data"

Darlene Anthony
Purdue University
“Cumberland-Style” Caves: A Subset of Late Tertiary Base-Level Conduits"

Peter Kaplan
University of Michigan
"How Developmental Diversity Generates Morphological Disparity"

Alexander Glass
University of Illinois
"Pyritized Tube Feet in an Ophioroid (Echinodermata) from the Hunsrueck Slate (Emsian, Lower Devonian) of Germany"

Russell Kohrs, Brian Kirchner
University of Cincinnati
"Centimeter-Scale Characterization of Small Scale Cycles in the Kope Formation (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio Region: Implications for Stratigraphic Resolution and Correlation"

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

2002 Section Meeting at Lexington, Kentucky

• Albion College--S. Hepinstall
• Ball State University--S. Palka Calvin College--S. Naslund, A. Tinklenberg
• Carlton College--A. Mueller
• College of Wooster--S. Austin, J. Conroy, J. Hall, A. Martin
• Cornell College--D. Bishop, J. Leonard
• Eastern Illinois University--C. Schiek
• Illinois State University--B. Willems
• Indiana State University--I. Arango
• Indiana University--D. Capps, J. Johnson, L. Slade
• Indiana University Northwest--K. Weyer
• Indiana/Purdue University Fort Wayne--E. Quinn
• Indiana/Purdue University Indianapolis--C. Jamet
• Iowa State University--A. Heimann
• Kent State University--T. Cosma, J. Santes, K. Thomas
• Michigan State University--J. Price, J. Wade
• Mount Holzone College--R. Soraruf
• Northern Illinois University--I. Higuera-Diaz, D. Kulczycki
• Northwestern University--R. Lockliar Oberlin College--R. Shepard
• Ohio University--I. Thomescu
• Southern Illinois University--R. Heine, G. Shofner, W. Vestel
• Southwest Missouri State University--J. Lyons
• University of Akron--R. Steigerwalt, K. Trubee
• University of Cincinnati--B. Kirchner
• University of Illinois--N. Arruda, S. Lepley
• University of Iowa--J. Fassbinder, K. Guthrie, F. Hasiuk, K. Hutchinson, P. Phillips, J. Pope
• University of Michigan--F. Gahn, P. Kaplan, J. McIntosh, D. Spounias
• University of Minnesota Duluth--M. Huff
• University of Missouri-Kansas City--T. Jing
• University of New Orleans--S. Primm
• University of Saint Thomas (MN)--M. Kelberer
• University of Southern Indiana--T. Erny
• University of the Pacific--S. Akers
• University of Waterloo--A. Burt
• University of Wisconsin Madison--A. Carlson, B. Labbs
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee--A. Harris, P. Schmitz
• University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh--R. Bresnahan, W. Jacobson, J. Koenig, K. Steffen
• Wayne State University--G. Washington
• Western Michigan University--A. Kozlowski
• Wright State University--J. Culpeppe

2002 GSA Annual Meeting at Denver, CO

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

• Beloit College--K. Adelsberger Calvin College--R. Bierma
• College of Wooster--K. Nicholson
• Indiana State University--J. Mattox
• Indiana University--M. Campbell, M. Dumitrescu, A. Davis, M. Barrow
• Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis--L. Shrake
• Kent State University--M. Asim
• Northern Illinois University--R. Leal-Bautista, G. Velasques-Oliman
• Ohio University--E. Flemming
• The Ohio State University--H. McCarren, C. Millan
• University of Akron--D. Yifru
• University of Cincinnati--K. Craven, R. Kohls
• University of Iowa--H. Quevado
• University of Missouri-Columbia--E. Goergen, C. Ndubuka
• University of Missouri-Kansas City--S. Generaux
• University of Missouri-Rolla--M. Corbett
• University of Toronto--D. Lim
• University of Wisconsin Madison--I. Eckstrom, E. Horsman

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