2013 SPPC Competition

2013 Student Poster & Paper Competition

The 2013 IMAGIN Student Poster & Paper Competition was held on January 25, 2013 at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. The Poster Competition was conducted in the morning, with the paper presentations being held in the afternoon following a wonderful lunch provided by Schoolcraft College.

Five (5) undergraduate posters were on display throughout the day and nine (9) graduate papers were submitted, with five (5) graduate presentations featured during the afternoon session.

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IMAGIN's 2013 SPPC Judging Panel:

Dr. Ashton Shortridge: Michigan State University
Jeroen Wagendorp: Grand Valley State University
Dr. Yichuan Xie: Eastern Michigan University
Scott Swan: Northwestern Michigan College - Alternate
James Bennett: InfoGeographics, Inc. - Alternate

IMAGIN's 2013 SPPC Planning Team:
Pete Schneider: Team Chair
Brooks Kelley
Sarah Merz
Diane O'Connell

2013 IMAGIN Student Paper Competition Results

Modeling the evolution of in-stream dissolved organic carbon flux processing
from agricultural land use

Graduate Paper Presenter and Paper Title	Click Icon to View Paper	Click Icon to View Presentation
1st Place Shamitha Keerthi - University of Michigan Where Should We Grow Switchgrass for Biofuel?
2nd Place Terra Reed, Cole Grisham & Kevin Shelton, University of Michigan Social Justice Impacts of Detroit Transit Service Reductions
3rd Place Allison Kohley - Western Michigan University Change and Continuity: Native American and Euro-American Settlement Patterns in the St. Joseph River Valley
*The Following Paper Competitors are listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name and the order does not indicate any position or scoring*
Talal Alharbi - Western Michigan University An assessment of the distribution of landslides caused by debris flows in Faifa Mountains, Jazan area, Saudi Arabia using remote sensing and GIS techniques.		No Presentation Given
Ashley Blunden - Central Michigan University Modeling the evolution of in-stream dissolved organic carbon flux processing from agricultural land use.		No Presentation Given
Racha El Kadiri - Western Michigan University Integrated approaches for the assessment and management of water resources in Morocco		No Presentation Given
Corrinne Kisner, Kevin Mulder, and Benjamin VanGessel - University of MichiganAssessing heat vulnerability and access to cooling centers in Detroit, Michigan		No Presentation Given
Kevin Li - University of Michigan Modeling environmental predictors of Azteca instabilis in the coffee agroecosystem
Samantha Lininger - Western Michigan University Using GIS to visualize Taphonomic features on human remains inside Chullpas: Marcajirca, Peru

2013 IMAGIN Student Poster Competition Results

Poster Author and Title	Click Poster Image to View Full Size Poster
Student Poster Competition Results
1st Place Catherine Rouse & Jennifer Richards - Schoolcraft College Infant Mortality Rate Compared to Race & Income
*The Following Poster Competitors are listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name and the order does not indicate any position or scoring*
Chris Churches Gravel Augmentation Below River Mill Dam, Clackamas River, Oregon
Jennifer Hui Lake Rockwell Dam: Bathymetric and Landuse Mapping
Melissa Loutitt Endangered Species of Pennsylvania
Dale Ritter: 36210 Willow Property Map