IMAGIN Student Poster & Paper Competition
Sponsored by: Sanborn; InfoGeographics Inc.; and Schoolcraft College
The 2009 Student Poster & Paper Competition proved to be the most successful and efficient competition to date. Student response was outstanding this year with the incorporation of IMAGIN student liaisons at five of Michigan's major universities. In addition, the expanded competition, running from 10:45 am - 4:00 pm easily accommodated the turnout of the thirteen competitors. The competition highlighted the top six graduate entries as well as seven undergraduate poster participants. Events were held on Thursday, January 22 at the Schoolcraft College VisTaTech Center. Posters were on display all afternoon. 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. The graduate paper presentations were divided into a morning and an afternoon session. The presentations all went smoothly, leaving the judges with some difficult decisions.
The results are as follows:
IMAGIN would like to thank all the competitors including all those receiving runner up recognition; in the undergraduate competition this consisted of Vitaly Peker from Eastern Michigan University and Stacy Hare from Central Michigan University; in the graduate competition it was Susan Benston and Bruce Pahl from Western Michigan University and Jessica Van Deusen from Michigan State University.
A special thanks goes out to this year's judges; Bryan Thompson, Professor Emeritus of Geography & Urban Planning at Wayne State University; Jim Bennett of InfoGeographics, Inc.; and Jim Miller of Hubbell, Roth, and Clark, Inc. They have all given their time and service to the competition in the past and IMAGIN is grateful for their dedication and enthusiasm. Thank You.
For more information on the IMAGIN Student Poster and Paper Competition or the IMAGIN Professional Recognition Committee, please contact Sarah J. AcMoody at (517) 432-7447 or acmoodys@msu.edu.
| Past Winners |
| 2008 |
Undergraduate
- Erika Espeland, Central Michigan University, 3D Mapping for the Cloud Forest in Tropical Areas
- Joe Polmerville, Central Michigan University, Identifying the Most Suitable Habit for the Florida Panther
- Ken Robertson, Central Michigan University, African American Migration in the United States
- Don Lafreniere, Eastern Michigan University, Representations of Eastern Michigan
- Amber Eckert, University of Michigan - Dearborn, City of Novi GIS Demonstration Project
Graduate
- Maxwell Field, Central Michigan University, Common Loon Habitat Modeling in Northern Lower Michigan Using Binary Logistic Regression
- Heather Stricker, Central Michigan University, Monitoring Wolf Recovery in Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula
- Andrew McAninch, Michigan State University, The Tasseled Cap Transformation for the IKONOS Satellite and its Utility
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| 2007 |
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Undergraduate
- Jessica Watmore, Central Michigan University, Relationship between Human Land Use and Wildfires
- Dan Wieferich, Michigan State University, Modeling the Spread of Beech Bark Disease
- Ken Oetzel, Schoolcraft College, Using Geospatial Technology to Monitor Stream Quality
- Brian Romsek, Ferris State University, Mapping Handicapped Facilities
Graduate
- Scott Harding, Michigan State University, Improving Geocoding Accuracy in Network Analysis
- Jeff Reicherts, Western Michigan University, Cartographic Modeling for Site Selection: Determining Land Suitability for Biosolids Applications
- Brad Blumer and Tara LaLonde, Michigan State University, Comparison of 10m NED and LiDAR Dem Error in the Context of Critical Dune Management
- Pariwate Varnakovida, Michigan State University, Spatial Pattern Analysis of Settlement Locations Using Logistic Regression
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| 2006 |
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Undergraduate
- Scott Harding (middle), Michigan State University, Flood
Protection for Michigan State University
- Dan Wieferich (right), Michigan State University, Beech
Bark Disease in Michigan
- Chad Schaeding (left), Ferris State University, Evaluating
and Utilizing National Digital Elevation Models
Graduate
- Iryna Dronova (middle), University of Michigan, The
Successional Replacement of Aspen Species in Forest Ecosystems
- Pariwate Varnakovida (left), Michigan State University,
Evaluating
Michigan's Cancer Healthcare Facilities Accesses: A Travel
Time Analysis for Decision Support
- Ed Hartwick (right), Michigan State University, The
Impact of Environmental and Aesthetic Factors on Riverine
Property Values
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| 2005 |
Graduate
- Meghan Howey, University of Michigan;
When Prehistory Meets Technology: A multi-criteria GIS model
of the accessibility of the Missaukee Earthworks
- Pariwate Varnakovida, Michigan State University;
Land cover change in wetland restoration area: A Case Study
of South of the Campus of Michigan State University
- Sivagurunathan Chinniah, Western Michigan University;
Effectiveness of Wavelet Coefficients in Content-Based Image
Retrieval
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| 2004 |
Undergraduate
- Brandon Nolin, Michigan State University
Lake Patzcuaro
and the Forming of the Tarascan State
- Barry Hicks and Robert Cramer, Michigan State University
The Urbanization
of America's Slopes
- Forrest Pengra, Michigan State University
Bald Eagle
Habitat Suitability in Barry County
Graduate
- Jason Taylor, University of Michigan
Linking Land-Cover
Change and Local Land-Use Policy -
A GIS-Based Assessment
- Andrew Cain, Michigan State University
Usefulness of
Impervious Cover Mapping Based on Pre-Existing Classified
Land Use Data
- 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
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| 2003 |
Undergraduate
- Nicholas Daum, Michigan State University
- Jason Hempel, Eastern Michigan University
Graduate
- Jaymie Meliker, University of Michigan
- Naruman Wiagwang, Michigan State University
- Dante Gideon K. Vergara, Michigan State University
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