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April 13, 2007
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Student Research Symposium
Showcases New Talent
Galveston, Texas – Three
undergraduate and three graduate students were awarded top
honors for their posters at the 2007 Student Research
Symposium at Texas A&M University at Galveston on Wednesday,
April 11, 2007.
First place overall in the
undergraduate division went to Allison Skinner, a marine
biology major, for her poster “Belly-up in the bayou, who’s
the culprit? Physical, chemical and biological parameters of
Offatts Bayou, Galveston, Texas.”
First place overall in the
graduate division went to Sally Walker, for her poster
“Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool to evaluate terrestrial
dissolved organic matter as a tracer for water masses in Artic
coastal waters.”
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Overall Undergraduate
Awards |
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Allison Skinner |
Belly-up in the bayou, who’s the culprit? Physical,
chemical and biological parameters of Offatts Bayou,
Galveston, Texas |
1 |
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Amanda Moss |
Pygmy
and Dwarf Sperm Whales: Mammals that ink? |
2 |
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Aaron
Campbell and April Spiller |
Current induced vibration of marine risers. |
3 |
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Overall Graduate Awards |
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Sally
Walker |
Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool to evaluate
terrestrial dissolved organic matter as a tracer for water
masses in Artic coastal waters |
1 |
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Anne-Sophie Charlotte Hieke |
Diversity and distribution of dehalococcoides in
dioxin-contaminated sediments from the Houston Ship
Channel |
2 |
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Chih-Lin
Wei |
GIS
Modeling of large benthic invertebrate in respect to the
deep currents off the coast of North Carolina |
3 |
Best in category awards went to
Chih-Lin Wei; Clarissa Heiner; Anne-Sophie Charlotte Hieke;
Amanda Moss; Christopher Chapa; April Taylor; Laura White;
Aaron Campbell and April Spiller; and Joshua Purcell, Kerra
Ferrata, Justin Peak, Greg Aubuchon.
Overall
Undergraduate Division Winner Allison Skinner
and her poster - Belly-up in
the bayou, who’s the culprit? Physical, chemical and
biological parameters of Offatts Bayou, Galveston, Texas.
Overall Graduate Division Winner Sally Walker and her
poster - Fluorescence spectroscopy
as a tool to evaluate terrestrial dissolved organic matter as
a tracer for water masses in Artic coastal waters.
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