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IMAGIN Student Poster & Paper Competition

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan

Thank you to this year's sponsors: Sanborn Solutions, ESRI, Hubbell, Roth, and Clark;
InfoGeographics, Inc.; Schoolcraft College, Food & Beverage

The 2008 IMAGIN Poster & Paper Competition was a success this year with eight undergraduate posters on display and four graduate paper competitors. For the second year in a row, the competition, which took place on Thursday, January 24, was held at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. The competition kicked off at noon with the Undergraduate Gallery Walk. With the students standing by their posters to address any questions, observers were able to meander through the gallery and discuss the posters with their creators. At 1:00, after a welcome by the Professional Recognition Committee, the Graduate Paper competitors, addressing a full room, began their presentations.

After a full day of posters and presentations, the judges made their difficult decisions and a brief awards ceremony took place. The results are as follows:

2008
Undergraduate
  1. Erika Espeland, Central Michigan University, 3D Mapping for the Cloud Forest in Tropical Areas
  2. Joe Polmerville, Central Michigan University, Identifying the Most Suitable Habit for the Florida Panther
  3. Ken Robertson, Central Michigan University, African American Migration in the United States
  4. Don Lafreniere, Eastern Michigan University, Representations of Eastern Michigan
  5. Amber Eckert, University of Michigan - Dearborn, City of Novi GIS Demonstration Project

Graduate
  1. Maxwell Field, Central Michigan University, Common Loon Habitat Modeling in Northern Lower Michigan Using Binary Logistic Regression
  2. Heather Stricker, Central Michigan University, Monitoring Wolf Recovery in Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula
  3. Andrew McAninch, Michigan State University, The Tasseled Cap Transformation for the IKONOS Satellite and its Utility
Past Winners
2007
Undergraduate

Photo: Undergraduate student paper competition winners.

  1. Jessica Watmore, Central Michigan University, Relationship between Human Land Use and Wildfires
  2. Dan Wieferich, Michigan State University, Modeling the Spread of Beech Bark Disease
  3. Ken Oetzel, Schoolcraft College, Using Geospatial Technology to Monitor Stream Quality
  4. Brian Romsek, Ferris State University, Mapping Handicapped Facilities

Graduate

Photo: Graduate student paper competition winners.

  1. Scott Harding, Michigan State University, Improving Geocoding Accuracy in Network Analysis
  2. Jeff Reicherts, Western Michigan University, Cartographic Modeling for Site Selection: Determining Land Suitability for Biosolids Applications
  3. Brad Blumer and Tara LaLonde, Michigan State University, Comparison of 10m NED and LiDAR Dem Error in the Context of Critical Dune Management
  4. Pariwate Varnakovida, Michigan State University, Spatial Pattern Analysis of Settlement Locations Using Logistic Regression
2006
Undergraduate

Photo: Graduate student paper competition winners.

  1. Scott Harding (middle), Michigan State University, Flood Protection for Michigan State University
  2. Dan Wieferich (right), Michigan State University, Beech Bark Disease in Michigan
  3. Chad Schaeding (left), Ferris State University, Evaluating and Utilizing National Digital Elevation Models

Graduate

Photo: Graduate student paper competition winners.

  1. Iryna Dronova (middle), University of Michigan, The Successional Replacement of Aspen Species in Forest Ecosystems
  2. Pariwate Varnakovida (left), Michigan State University, Evaluating Michigan's Cancer Healthcare Facilities Accesses: A Travel Time Analysis for Decision Support
  3. Ed Hartwick (right), Michigan State University, The Impact of Environmental and Aesthetic Factors on Riverine Property Values
2005
Graduate
  1. Meghan Howey, University of Michigan;
    When Prehistory Meets Technology: A multi-criteria GIS model of the accessibility of the Missaukee Earthworks
  2. Pariwate Varnakovida, Michigan State University;
    Land cover change in wetland restoration area: A Case Study of South of the Campus of Michigan State University
  3. Sivagurunathan Chinniah, Western Michigan University;
    Effectiveness of Wavelet Coefficients in Content-Based Image Retrieval
2004
Undergraduate
  1. Brandon Nolin, Michigan State University
    Lake Patzcuaro and the Forming of the Tarascan State (984 KB)
  2. Barry Hicks and Robert Cramer, Michigan State University
    The Urbanization of America's Slopes (995 KB)
  3. Forrest Pengra, Michigan State University
    Bald Eagle Habitat Suitability in Barry County (702 KB)
Graduate
  1. Jason Taylor, University of Michigan
    Linking Land-Cover Change and Local Land-Use Policy -
    A GIS-Based Assessment
    (1072 KB)
  2. Andrew Cain, Michigan State University
    Usefulness of Impervious Cover Mapping Based on Pre-Existing Classified Land Use Data (76 KB)
  3. Marcus Saddak, Michigan State University
    Using High-Spatial Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photography to Map Land Cover Change on Alaska's North Slope: 1979-2000 (1556 KB)
2003
Undergraduate
  1. Nicholas Daum, Michigan State University
  2. Jason Hempel, Eastern Michigan University
Graduate
  1. Jaymie Meliker, University of Michigan
  2. Naruman Wiagwang, Michigan State University
  3. Dante Gideon K. Vergara, Michigan State University