Student Poster Award
Criteria
- Title accurately describes the research; title legible from 10 feet.
- Abstract provides an accurate synopsis of justification, objectives, results, and conclusions.
- Introduction provides sufficient justification, background, and rationale for the research.
- Objectives are clearly stated and scientifically valid.
- Materials and methods are described sufficiently to relate results to conclusions.
- Results: tables and figures are clear and appropriate; data are adequate; statistical analyses and summaries are appropriate; illustrations are understandable and informative.
- Conclusions clearly summarize the research and direct attention to the main points.
- Style: text and illustrations are legible from 4 ft well-spaced; continuity is clear and logical; text is sufficient to explain illustrations and to state objectives and conclusions, but not excessive.
- Scientific merit and originality: research describes a new technique, instrument, or idea; provides a contribution to scientific knowledge.
- Overall: poster commands attention, communicates effectively; author answers questions in a professional and knowledgeable manner.
- Selection Process
Recipients
| Meeting | Name | School | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Graduate | Jeffrey Strasser | Marquette University | Modeling Green Infrastructure Influence on Rainfall Derived Inflow and Infiltration |
| 2019 Undergraduate | Noah Vriese | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Effect of Fracture Roughness on Fluid-Facilitated Energy Exchange Processes |
| 2019 Undergraduate | Katlyn Nohr | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Comparing Soil Infiltration Capacity Among and Within Residential Parcels in Milwaukee, WI |
| 2018 Undergraduate | Carly Mueller | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire | Source to Sink Tracing of Phosphorus Contamination Pathways in Surface Water and Groundwater of Western Wisconsin |
| 2017 Undergraduate | Lisa Haas | Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, UW Extension | Sulfides in Tunnel City and Wonewoc Sandstones in Western and South-Central Wisconsin |
| 2017 Undergraduate | Allison LoBue | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biological Systems Engineering | Uptake in Prairie, Forest, and Corn |
| 2015 Graduate | Yan Zhu | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Field-Scale Phosphorus Loading Assessment: Development and Application of TIN-Based SWAT Model |
| 2015 Undergraduate | Christa Kananen | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences | Drawdown of the Potentiometric Surface in the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer in Marinette County, Wisconsin |
| 2014 | Kyle Ankenbauer | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Soil Hydraulic Properties Are Strongly Related to Soil Organic Content and Can Affect Soil Moisture Availability for Plants |
| 2013 | Harsh Vardhan Singh | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biological Systems Engineering | Sediment Routing through Ephemeral Grassed Waterways in a Nested Watershed |
| 2012 | Adam J. Bechle | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Development and Application of an Automated River-Estuary Discharge Imaging System |
| 2011 | Stephanie G. Prellwitz | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biological Systems Engineering | Soil Stability within Wetland Treatment Swales for Urban Runoff |
| 2011 Undergraduate Excellence | Caren J. Ackley | University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Geosciences Depatment | Removal of Arsenic and Chromium from Water Using Fe-Exchanged Zeolite |
| 2010 | Samantha N. Miller | Carthage College | Initiating a Long-term Monitoring Program of Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species in Kenosha County, Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Caren J. Ackley | University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Geosciences Depatment | Interactions between Tetracycline and Kaolinite in Aqueous Solution |
| 2009 | Rebecca B. Carvin | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies | Rethinking Nonpoint Source Pollution Management In an Agricultural Watershed: An Application of Wisconsin Buffer Initiative Concepts In Southwest WI |
| 2009 | Stephan R. Kurdas | University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Department of Geoscience | Using Environmental Variables to Predict Surface Water Quality |
| 2008 | Eric G. Booth | University of Wisconsin–Madison, | Monitoring changes in subsurface hydrology, stream temperature, flood hydraulics, and vegetation following floodplain restoration on the East Branch Pecatonica River, WI |
| 2008 | Brian R. Swenson | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Center for Watershed Science and Education | Aquatic Plant Management of the St. Croix/Gordon Flowage in Douglas County, Wisconsin |
| 2003 | Jeffrey D. Wilcox | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics | Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Chemistry Beneath Agricultural Land: Implications for Assessing Environmental Impacts of a New Unsewered Subdivision |
| 2002 | Soo Hong Min | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Mechanisms of Cadmium Removal by Base Treated Juniper Fiber |
| 2002 | Dawn M. Chapel | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics | Hydrogeology of LaCrosse County, Wisconsin |