Student Awards, 2005

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 2005 award recipients. The number of awards may vary from year to year depending upon the funding available from the Section Treasury.

2005 Recipients (and faculty sponsors) of "Undergraduate Research Grants"

Jessica Laura Bruse
Dr. David Peate
Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa
“Investigating Petrogenetic Processes in Individual Lava Flows from Mineral and Melt Inclusion Compositions Using Melt Inclusions to Better Understand Crustal Assimilation”

Jonathan Phillip Knapp
Dr. Kathleen Benison Department of Geology, Central Michigan University
“The sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleontology of an outcrop of previously undescribed strata in Michigan”

Shawn J. Lyman
Dr. Colin Shaw
Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
“Paleomagnetic Analysis on the Megacrystic Granite and Pseudotachylytes of Grizzly Creek”

Crystal L. Scott
Dr. Robert Baker
Department of Plant and Earth Sciences, University of Wisconsin at River Falls
“Changes in Species and Environment, Jurassic Through Cretaceous, Bighorn Basin, WY”

Lindy Straathof
Dr. David Matty
Department of Geology, Central Michigan University
“Interactions During the Evolution of the Beer Creek, Joshua Flat, and Eureka Valley Plutons in the White-Inyo Mountains of California”

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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.

2005 Meeting: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Recipients of "Outstanding Paper and Poster Awards"

Jorene Hamilton
Lawrence University
" Effects of Storm Water Detention Ponds on Channel Morphology" (Poster)

Nicholas Waterson
University of Cincinnati
" The Deglaciation and Holocene Development of the Fort McMurray Area, Alberta" (Paper)

Sara Mitchell
University of Washington
" Influence of Alpine Erosion on the Height and Morphology of the Washington Cascades" (Paper)

Danielle Odette
Western Michigan University
"Calcisiltite Compaction in the Deep Ocean" (Poster)

Jessica Brandeberry
Ohio University
" Ly-Wave Attenuation Across Ohio" (Poster)

Benjamin Passey
University of Utah
"Laser Ablation GC/IRMS (δ13 C, δ18 O) as a Routine Method for Isotopic Analysis of Very Small Fossil and Modern Teeth" (Paper)

Mara Brady
Macalester College
"An Experimental and Field-Based Approach to Microvertebrate Bonebed Taphonomy in the Judith River Formation of North-Central Montana" (Paper)

Josephine Williams
Macalester College
"Authigenic Cements in Fossil Bones from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine and Judith River Formations, Montana" (Poster)

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

2005 GSA Annual Meeting at Salt Lake City, Utah

(Funds are awarded only to Student Members or Associates of the GSA North-Central Section; students listed attended the meeting, almost all presented papers.)

• Albion College—Paul Roberts
• Ball State University—Matthew Belobraydic
• Bowling Green State University—Christopher Klug, Richard MacKenzie, David VanDeVelde
• Calvin College—Melinda Campbell Central
• Michigan University—Elliot Jagniecki, Jonathan Knapp, Christopher May
• College of St. Benedict—Erin Saupe
• Cornell College—Amelinda Webb Eastern Illinois University—Jessica Horwitz
• Grand Valley State University—Jillian Kurek
• Indiana University—Kyle Brown, Peng Lu, Andee Marksamer, Cory McWilliams, Matthew Reeder, Kevin Thaisen, Joyashish Thakurta
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis---Andrew Smith, Dustin Graves
• Iowa State University—Camomilia Bright, Adriana Heimann
• Kent State University—Muhammad Asim, Joseph Chermansky, Ginger Macali, Stephen Woodward
• Marietta College—Jeremy Riedel
• Northern Illinois University—Bianca Pedersen, Guadalupe Valazquez-Oliman
• Northwestern University—Joniell Borges., Jason Flaum
• Purdue University—Pablo Llerandi Román, Emre Unal
• Purdue University—Dibyajyoti Tripathy
• Southern Illinois University—Constanza Casanova De Larraechea
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale—Abani Samal
• University of Akron—Melisa Bishop, Bethany Hochstetler, Matthew Weinreich
• University of Chicago—Guilherme Gualda, Joshua Miller
• University of Cincinnati—Katherine Bulinski, Chad Ferguson, Yeong Bae Seong
• University of Iowa—Adel Haj, Diane Ramirez, Holly Schultz
• University of Michigan—Sara Tourscher, Matthew Wasson, Franciszek Hasiuk, James Hnat
• University of Minnesota Duluth—Roger Bannister, Ryan Erickson, Nicholas Lang, Amanda Putz
• University of Minnesota Twin Cities—Rebecca Clotts
• University of Missouri—Damon Bassett
• University of Missouri-Columbia—Chris Brocka, Frederick Davis
• University of Missouri-Kansas City—Janice McCabe, Jamie Thomason
• University of Missouri-Rolla—Ernest Fonyuy, Conor Watkins
• University of Nebraska—Steven Fischbein
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln—Lauren Birgenheier, Erica Sorensen
• University of Northern Iowa—Scott Beason
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay—Aleecia Forsberg
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee—Darlene Fissler
• University of Wisconsin-River Falls—Crystal Scott
• Washington University—Thomas Evans
• Washington University in St. Louis—Katie Adelsberger, Johanna Kieniewicz, Robert Buchwaldt
• Western Michigan University—Soumya Das, ChristopherJones, Rennie Kaunda, Tracy Lund, Adam Milewski
• Wheaton College—Andrew Luhmann
• Wright State University—Caleb Conrad, Craig Davis

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