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MT AWRA Student
Awards and Presentation Opportunities: Training of future water professionals...
Each year at the Montana Section AWRA meeting, students are encouraged to present their research to the water research community. Often, engaging discussions are prompted by these presentations, giving students an opportunity to hone their professional scientific communication skills. A committee of water professionals view all student papers, offering small financial awards to top paper and poster presenters. The student winning the competition will be expected to give that presentation at the National AWRA conference. For more information about this opportunity, contact water@montana.edu. The annual student awardees are acknowledged below.
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2007 - Lewistown
- First prize presentation: Margie Kinnersley, University of Montana
- Second prize presentation: Dale Engstrom, University of Montana
- First prize poster: Adam Sigler, Montana State University
- Second prize poster: Sarah Summerford, Montana State University
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2006 - Polson
- First prize presentation: Sunni Heikes-Knapton, Montana State University
- Second prize presentation: Richard Labbe, Montana State University
- First prize poster: Mark Schaffer, Montana State University
- Second prize poster: Margie Kinnersley, University of Montana
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2005 - Bozeman
- First prize paper: Tracy Grant, Montana Tech
- Second prize paper: Dale Engstrom, University of Montana
- Third prize paper: Tim Covino, Montana State University
- First prize poster: Dan Hoffman, University of Montana
- Second prize poster: Steve Cook, Montana State University
- Third prize poster: Vince Pacific, Montana State University
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2004 - Helena
- First prize paper: Kristin Gardner, Montana State University
- Second prize paper: Ryan McLane, Montana State University
- Third prize paper: Steve Parker, Montana Tech
- First prize poster: Tim Covino, Montana State University
- Second prize poster: Kristin Gardner, Montana State University
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2003 - Butte - Congratulations to four students who were recognized for exceptional paper and poster presentations at the 2003 AWRA meeting Butte!
- First Prize Paper: Cain Diehl , University of Montana
- Second Prize Paper: Matt Blank , Montana State University
- Third Prize Paper: Amy Groen, University of Montana
- First Prize Poster: Brian Boer, University of Montana
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2002 - Livingston
- 1st - Matt Vitale, Hydrological, Geochemical, and Biological
Factors on Silica Deposition in a Hot Spring Fed Creek in
Yellowstone NP
- 2nd - Kimberly MacHardy-Mitman, The Potential for Natural
Wetlands to Remediate Copper-Contaminated Water
- 3rd - Mary Louise Polzin, Recruitment of Populus augustifolia
along the Upper Yellowstone River: sexual or asexual?
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2001 - Missoula
- 1st - Molly M. Johnson, M.S. Student and William Woessner
- Geology, UM- The Fate of Sewage Effluent Nutrients Applied
to Coarse-grained Soils by Sprinkler Irrigation: Preliminary
Results --- Download Power Point Show.
- 2nd - Brian Boer, M.S. Student, John Harvala, and William
Woessner - Geology, UM - Preliminary Impact Assessment of
Septic System Effluent Discharge on the Groundwater and
Surface Water in Lolo, MT
- 3rd - Ying Xie, M.S. Student and Christopher Gammons,
Geological Engineering, MT Tech of UM -- Experimental Investigation
Of The Causes Of Diurnal Cycling Of Zinc In A Stream Impacted
By Mine DrainageYing Xie
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2000 - W. Yellowstone
- 1st - O'Brien Hollow, M.S. Student - Riparian and Wetland
Research Program - UM School of Forestry - Baseline Data
and the Methodology for Evaluating Management Changes on
a Great Plains River in Montana
- 2nd - Stephanie K. Mulica, M.S. Student with Donald Potts,
and Ward McCaughey - School of Forestry - University of
Montana - Instream Flow Requirements for Riparian Vegetation
in West-Central Montana
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1999 - Great
Falls
- 1st - George Furniss - Ph.D. - UM - Geology - Distinguishing
Acid Mine Drainage from Acid Rock Drainage using Trace Elements
in Ferricrete
- 2nd - Martha Kauffman - M.S. MSU - Geology - Modeling
Ground Water – Surface Water Interaction in the Lower
Flint Creek Valley
- Poster - Joel Biederman M.S. , MSAU, Civil Eng. - Performance
Data from Model Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
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1998 - Helena
(first place tie)
- Amy Chadwick - M.S. UM - Forestry (Riparian mgmt.) - Evaluating
Grazing Use Level Indicators as Best Mgmt. Practices (BMPs)
for Protecting Water Quality in Western Montana - The Medicine
Lodge Creek Watershed
- Alexander Durst - M.S., MSU - Earth Science - Geologic
Controls of Spring Discharge, Miller Creek Basin, New World
MIning District, Montana
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1997 - Butte
- 1st - Robert Fischer -- Ph,D. - UM - Chemistry - Polyamine-Silica
Composites: An Economical and Effective Remediation and
Abatement Material for Metal Ion Containing Aqueous Waste
Streams
- 2nd - K.F.A. Van Ommen Kloeke, Ph.D. - MSU - Microbiology&
Center for Biofilm Engineering, An Automated System for
the Enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts in Environmental
Samples
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1996 - Dillon
- 1st - Bruce Lauerman - UM - M.S.- Geology - Results of
a Virus Seeding Experiment in an Unconfined, Sand &
Gravel Aquifer, Frenchtown, Montana
- 2nd - Pat Hettinger - M.S. UM - Forestry - Integrating
Social Assessment with Biophysical Characterization for
the Watershed Protection Planning in the Upper Tenmile Drainage
near Helena Montana
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1995 - Bozeman
- 1st - Steve Anderson, MT TECH, Economic and Social Value
of Recovered Berkeley Pit Water Resources
- 2nd - Thomas McCamant - UM - Fate of Septic System- Derived
Nitrate in a Portion of the Rock Creek Valley
- 3rd - J. Mockel, UM - Stream Channel Adjustment Following
a Major Flood on a Northern Rocky Mountain Front Stream
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Montana Student wins National AWRA Award
2001 Richard A. Herbert Scholarship Winner
The American Water Resources Association has selected the recipients
for its 2001-2002 Richard A. Herbert Memorial Educational Scholarships.
Over 30 applications from around the country and overseas, were
considered for receipt of the two $1,000 scholarships (one graduate
and one undergraduate).
Carl J. Legleiter of Colorado Springs, Colorado is the recipient
of the Richard A. Herbert Memorial Educational Scholarship,
Undergraduate Student Category. Enrolled at Montana State University,
Bozeman, Montana, Carl is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Geohydrology
and maintains a 4.0 Grade Point Average. His academic interests
include surface and groundwater resources, western water policy,
stream ecology, statistics and geographic information systems.
He has received numerous honors and awards, among them the prestigious
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Carl has worked on field studies
in Yellowstone National Park and Montana's Paradise Valley.
Earlier this year he won the Water Resources Specialty Group's
Student Paper Award for a paper he presented at the Association
of American Geographers annual meeting. He plans to attend graduate
school then work as a professor, "staying on the forefront
of research and passing on …knowledge to future students,
hopefully inspiring others to seek to understand and protect
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