Past WRSG Award Winners
Distinguished
Career Award in Water Resources
Student
Research Proposals
Student Papers &
Posters
Distinguished
Career Award in Water Resources
2005 - With great pleasure we announce that
the first ever recipient of the WRSG Distinguished Career Award
is Gilbert F. White. The nomination was presented by
James Wescoat. Gil was present at the annual business meeting to receive
the award. Photo Nomination by Wescoat
(pdf)
Student Research Proposal Competition Winners
2005 - Two awards given:
- Best Research Proposal at the PhD Level -
-
Alison M. Goss, Purdue University, "Assessing
the Historical Impacts of Landscape Transformation on Water Fluxes in the
Great Lakes Basin for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" Photo
- Best Research Proposal at the MS Level -
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Eric A. Sproles, University of Oregon, "Integrating
Hydrologic and Geomorphic Processes in River Restoration"
2004 - Best Research Proposal at the PhD Level (two awards
given) -
2003 - Best
Proposal at the Masters level: $300 to Laura Stroup, Univ.
South Carolina, Advisor, Will Graf. "The Role of Geography in
Implementing Water Resources Management: The limitations of adaptive management
policy for Everglades restoration" Abstract
Student
Paper and Poster Competition Winners
2005 - One paper award and one poster award were
given:
- Best Ph.D. paper: Woonsup Choi, University
of Illinois, "Modeling Hydrological Impacts of Anticipated Urban Growth
in the Midwestern U.S." Photo
- Best Ph.D. paper presentation: Jay
Parsons, Texas State University-San Marcos, "Geospatial
Tools for Watershed Management. Advisor:
Mark A. Fonstad. Photo
- Best Student Poster
at the undergraduate level: Andrea Trageser,
Towson University, "The Effects of Impervious Surfaces on Stream Hydrology,"
Advisor: Marty Roberge Photo
2004 - One paper and three poster awards were given:
Best Paper at the Masters Level - $100
to Ms. Laurence Picq, Geography Dept., Univ. Western
Michigan. Advisor: Changshen He. Assessing TMDL Implementation in the Macatawa
Watershed, Michigan, using SWAT.
Best Poster at the PhD Level : $100
to Brian Harshburger, Geography Dept., Univ. Idaho. Advisor:
? - Improved Short-term Operational
Streamflow Forecasting for Snow-melt Dominated Basins in Idaho.
Best Poster at the Masters Level (tie):
$100 to Evan J.
Fedorko, IDCE Dept., Clark University. Advisor: Dr.
R. Gil Pontius. Nitrate Runoff
and Land Cover in the Ipswich River Watershed, Massachusetts
(68kb).
$100 to Jay
Parsons, Geography Dept., Texas State Univ. - San Marcos. Advisor:
Mark Fonstad. Developing
a Cellular Automaton for Surface Water Flow.
2003 - Best
Paper at the Masters Level - $100 to Mark W. Bowen, Dept.
of Geography, Southwest Missouri, Advisor: Robert Pavlowsky, "Effects
of Reservoir Drawdown on Water Quality in a Small Reservoir, Southwest
Missouri."
2002 - There were no
entries and no awards in 2002.
2001
Best Paper at the Ph.D. Level - none awarded in 2001.
Best Paper at the Masters Level - $100 to Gregory J. Fisk
- Oregon State, Advisor, Aaron Wolf. "Utilizing GIS for the
Collection of Key Variables in the Analysis of an International Freshwater
River Basin Spatial Database."
Best Paper at the Undergraduate Level - $100 to Carl J. Legleiter
- Montana State, advisor Andrew Marcus. "Hyperspectral Stream
Classification."
2000
Best Paper at the Ph.D. Level (two winners):
Hejun Chang - Dept. Geography,
Pennsylvania State Univ., Chang@geog.psu.edu
Danesh Mustafa.
Best Paper at the Masters Level - Kelly Larson
Information about these winners, their institutions, and paper
titles/abstracts is needed. Contact: AJames@sc.edu
1999 WRSG Student Paper Competition Winner -
William James Smith, Jr.
"Drinking Water Issues and Management in the
Republic of the Philippines." Abstract
These sections are incomplete and new information about past winners
is always welcome. Winners, their advisors, and WSRG awards
committee members are encouraged to send paper titles, digital copies
of abstracts, email addresses, and other pertainent information to
AJames@sc.edu.
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Last Updated June 16, 2005 AJames