Coastal & Marine Specialty Group
Norbert P. Psuty Student Paper Merit Award &
H. Jesse Walker Student Guided Poster Merit Award
Past Winners
2023
- Best paper:
Emily Melvin, University of Southern Mississippi. Blue possibilities: Reading for Diversity within Grand Bahama’s Blue Economy
2022
- Best paper:
Robin Fail, Duke University. Possibilities for Centering Equity in Mariculture Development
2021
- Best paper:
Pei Zhang, The University of Alabama. An algorithm for objective analysis of grainflow morphology
2020
- Best paper:
Zach Hilgendorf, Arizona State University. Assessing geomorphic and sediment budget responses to foredune vegetation restoration using close-range remote sensing
- Best Guided Poster: *Not held/conference cancelation
2019
- Best Undergraduate paper:
Samuel Vazquez, Connecticut. Looking at Socioeconomic at Biophysical Variables for Site Suitability Analysis for 3D Ocean Farming in Long Island Sound
- Best Masters/PhD paper:
Jacquelyn Ferguson, University of South Carolina. Bringing Science to Stakeholders: Increasing Communication within the Coastal Research Process
- Best Guided Poster:
Jessica Magolan, University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Investigating the transition from freshwater to saltwater wetlands in southeastern North Carolina using GIS, remote sensing, and state-and-transition simulation software
2018
- Best paper:
Sean McGill, University of South Carolina. Investigating Post-Hurricane Damage Mitigation Techniques on Dune System Recovery
- Best illustrated paper:
George Marino, University of South Carolina. Perpetual maintenance: Geovisualization of beach nourishment-associated feedback effects
2017
- Best Undergraduate/Masters paper:
Jory Fleming, University of South Carolina. Employing GIS and Geovisualizations to Explore Socio-Economic Dimensions and Policy Responses to Sea Level Rise
- Best PhD paper:
Patrick Barrineau, Texas A&M University. Desertification and Dune Activity in South Texas
- Best illustrated papers:
Carl Green, Texas A&M University. NDVI Greening of Recently Deglaciated Land in Kenai Fjords National Park
Jesse Miller, Hunter College & Thomas Calella, LaGuardia Gommunity College, CUNY. Citizen Science and Enterococci: Investigating the Contributing Factors of Water Quality in New York City
2016
- Best Undergraduate/Masters paper:
Gladys Valentin, University of New Mexico. GIS-based Sub-aerial Beach Inventory of Puerto Rico (2010)
- Best PhD paper:
Donna Selch, Florida Atlantic University. Extracting Benthic Habitat from Shallow Water Hyperspectral Imagery Examining Reflectance Influences
- Best illustrated paper:
Francisco Laso, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Improving Ecological Literacy in the Galapagos Islands Through Outdoor Education
2015
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment:
Brianna Hammond, Texas A&M University. Using Foredunes to Quantify Rate of Recovery of Assateague Island, MD
- Best paper on human interactions in the coastal or marine environment:
Jessica R.Z. Simms, Louisiana State University. Resilience on Louisiana's Gulf Coast: social networks and disturbances
- Honorable Mention:
Valeria I. Torres-López, University of Puerto Rico. Beach geomorphological assessment at Ocean Park Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2014-2015)
William Baker, Texas A&M University. Rip Current Hazard at Playas Jaco and Cocles, Costa Rica
2014
- Best paper:
Christy Swann, Texas A&M University. Defining the Threshold of Motion for Wind-blown Sand
- Best illustrated paper:
Donna Selch, Florida Atlantic University. Building a Spectral Library for Sand Classification using an ASD Spectrometer
- Honorable Mention, illustrated paper:
Sherika Gibson, University of Michigan. Investigating the effectiveness of stream restoration strategies in urban tributaries using Ultrasonic Stage-height Datalogger (USD)
2013
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment: Andrew Bennett, East Carolina University. Assessing Barrier Beach Driving Forces.
- Best illustrated paper: Katharine E. Currier, University of California, Santa Barbara. Mapping with Strings Attached
2012
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment: Patrick Barrineau, University of South Carolina.
Sediment Transport and Wind Flow Around Hummocks
Eugene J. Farrell, Texas A&M University.
Mass flux profiles of wind blown sand: a review of laboratory, field and numerical studies
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment: Nathan Kettle, University of South Carolina.
The influence of perceived risk, uncertainty, and trust on coastal climate change adaptation planning
- Best illustrated paper: Anna E. Davenport, San Francisco State University.
Modeling Geomorphic Effects on Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Distribution Before and After Restoration, Nisqually Delta, Washington
2011
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment:
Katherine Renken, Louisiana State University.
Evolution of Transverse Dunes, White Sands Natl Monument
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment:
Brian Marks, University of Arizona.
Trajectories of Land Use and Farming Systems Change in Coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam
2010
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment:
Sherestha Saini, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Swash zone sediment transport on an estuarine foreshore
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment:
Marilyn Montgomery, University of South Florida.
Spatial Analysis of Vulnerability to Coastal and Inland Flood Hazards in Tampa Bay, Florida
2009
Bailiang Li, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University.
Field evaluation of grain-scale aeolian saltation sensors
2008
Undergraduate/Masters Student:
Laura Merner, Clark University.
Assessing Drivers of Bald-Cypress Mortality in Forested Wetlands of Louisiana
PhD Student:
Christopher Brehme, University of Buffalo.
Biology, Boats, and Boundaries: predicting potential overlap of whales, lobster fishing
gear and regulatory lines
2007
Dilumie Saumedaka Abeysirigunawardena, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, BC.
Atmospheric and sea level responses to climate variability and associated impacts on a low lying coastal system in Northern British Columbia
Honorable Mention
Jed Roberts, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University.
Morphological interpretation of seamounts in American Samoa.
2006
Michael C. A. Bitton, Jennifer Booth, Yuanda Zhu, and Brandon Edwards, Department of Geography, Louisiana State University.
Interpolating surface moisture variations on a fine grained beach, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas.
2005
Joanna Wolaver, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin. Competing for water: challenges and strategies for maintaining freshwater inflow into Texas coastal reserves.
2004
Arielle Levine, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA. A Comparative Analysis of Community-Based Marine Protected Area Programs in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
2003
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment: Christian Patrick Heidkamp,
Department of Geography, University of Connecticutt, Storrs-Mansfield, CT. Capital, Gentrification, and Social Change on the Waterfront.
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment: Andreas Baas, Department of Geography, University of Southern.
California, Los Angeles, CA, Formation and behavior of aeolian streamers
2002
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment: Jim McDermott, Department of Geography, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Sediment-Level Oscillations in the Swash Zone.
- Best illustrated paper: Beth Watson, Department of Geography,
UC/Berkeley, CA. Environmental History of a Holocene Tidal Salt Marsh near San Jose, CA.
2001
Jennifer Brewer, Department of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA. Lines in the Water: Limits, Bounds, and Spatial Strategies in the Maine Lobster Fishery.
2000
Kamron Michele Barron, Department of Geography, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA. Inland sand entrapment in Los Angeles County that may decrease beach sand
resources.
1999
Jeffery R. Baldwin, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Tourism, development, and environmental alteration in Antigua, West Indies: Wetlands
reclamation and changing views of coastal ecologies.
1998
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment: Michael Craghan,
Department of Geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Geomorphically Immaterial -Estuarine Flooding in Built Areas.
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment: Steven Namikas, Department of Geography, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, A Field Investigation of Aeolian Saltation
1997
Jianchun Yi, Department of Geography, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Event-based estimates of shear velocity in unsteady aeolian systems
1996
Eugene Farrell, Department of Geography, USC. The relationship between mean grain
size and foreshore slope, Derrymore Spit, Ireland
1995
Jennifer L. Rahn, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Coastal sediments on Saba, Netherlands Antilles: A pilot study
1994
- Best paper on human interactions with the coastal or marine environment:
Paul Box, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Computer simulation and recreational boat traffic monitoring strategies for Serosity Bay, Florida
- Best paper on physical processes in a coastal or marine environment:
Christopher Meindl, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Tampa, Florida
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