IMAGIN - 2015 SPPC Competition

2015 Student Poster & Paper Competition

The 2015 IMAGIN Student Poster & Paper Competition was held on April 2nd at Constitution Hall in Lansing, Michigan. The meeting was held in conjunction with the State of Michigan GIS Users Group Meeting. The Poster Competition was conducted in the morning, with the paper presentations being held in the afternoon as the main topic of the Users Group.

Fifteen (15) undergraduate posters were on display throughout the day and six (6) graduate presentations were featured during the afternoon session of the State of Michigan GIS Users Group Meeting.

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IMAGIN's 2015 SPPC Judging Panel:
Dr. Ashton Shortridge: Michigan State University
Claudia Walters: University of Michigan, Dearborn
Frank Sobie: Mott Community College
Rebecca Rogers: Lansing Community College

IMAGIN's 2015 SPPC Planning Team:
Pete Schneider: Team Chair
Diane O'Connell
Brooks Kelley
Kathleen Stack
Andrew Giguere
Scott Swan

2015 IMAGIN Student Paper Competition Results

Graduate Paper Presenter and Paper Title	Click Icon to View Paper	Click Icon to View Presentation Slides	Click Icon to View Presentation
To introduce the SPPC Graduate Paper Competition, Team Lead Peter Schneider and IMAGIN President Thomas Van Bruggen welcomed all in attendance and began the afternoon of presentations.
1st Place - $750 Winner: John Gross - Central Michigan University A Comparison of Orthomosaic Software for use with Ultra High Resolution Imagery of a Wetland Environment
2nd Place Ryan Meier - Central Michigan University The Use of Affinity Propagation to Cluster Socioeconomic Census Data
3rd Place Jacob Gaskill & Brian Zuber - Grand Valley State University Analyzing Landslide Risk in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Using Co-Kriging and Logistic Regression
*The Following Paper Competitors are listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name and the order does not indicate any position or scoring*
Jiawei Huang - University of Michigan Landscape Visual Quality Assessment Using GIS in Washtenaw County, Michigan
Carolyn Lusch & Yichun Ding - University of Michigan Transit Investment on SEMCOG's Executive Committee
Frank Romo & Lacey Sigmon - University of Michigan Measuring Access to Basic Services in Unincorporated Los Angeles

At the conclusion of the Paper Competition, SPPC Team Lead Peter Schneider presented the official results.
You can view all of the 2015 IMAGIN SPPC Presentation in a YouTube Playlist

2015 IMAGIN Student Poster Competition Results

Poster Author and Title	Click Poster Image to View Full Size Poster
Best Cartographic Design Category Results
1st Place - $250 Winner: Thomaz Carvalhaes - University of Michigan Dearborn Identifying Urban Stream Deserts in America's Megaregions: A Characterization of Streams in Urban Areas
2nd Place Abraham Downer - Michigan State University Using GIS to Analyze the Antrim-Charlevoix Drumlin Fields Physiographic Region
3rd Place Jamie Boelstler - Michigan State University Michigan's Wind Power Class and Wind Turbine Locations
Best Analytic Presentation Category
1st Place - $250 Winner: Youssef Darwich, Becky Laughon, Jessica Seimen, Sarah Studt, Dominick Remmo, Chris VandenBerg - Grand Valley State University Landslide Risk Assessment in St. Vincent
2nd Place Michelle Kane - Lake Superior State University Locating Possible Piping Plover Nest Sites in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
3rd Place Mary Kathryn Martin - University of Michigan Dearborn Changes in Land Use and Vegetative Cover Over Time in Detroit, Michigan
*The Following Poster Competitors are listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name and the order does not indicate any position or scoring*
Xiaohan Bao - Lansing Community College Michigan Communities Recycling Potential
Emily Cook - Aquinas College Count Them While You Can...
Kasie Epperson - Lake Superior State University Land Sustainable for Alternative Biofuel Farming Based on Temperature and Soil Quality
Ben Osterland - Lake Superior State University Land Cover Analysisof Michigan's FOrest Based on Vector Versus Raster Data
Anthony Rinna - Lake Superior State University Using 3D Models to Better Represent Spatial Data
Colby Squires - Lake Superior State University Invasive Species Found in the Easter Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Alicia Williams - Lake Superior State University Potential Risk of Groundwater Contamination by Nonpoint Source Pollution: Analysis Based on Soil Variables
Niki Wood - University of Michigan Dearborn Opportunity Analysis of River Rouge, Michigan
Justin Zaleski - University of Michigan Dearborn Rivers Suitable for Invasive Carp Spawning: An Illinois Study