Student Honors and Activities

Jessica Chassereau, a PhD Student in EOS, won first place in the poster presentation at Graduate Student Day held Friday, April 8th.

Gary Grunseich, M.S candidate in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences was awarded 2011-2012 South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Award.

The USC Imperial Barrel Award Team (Gamecock Energy), placed second in the Eastern U.S. Section of AAPG in this annual international competition (http://www.aapg.org/iba/). USC came in an exceedingly close second to Indiana University. Team members included: Shawn Arndt, Olga Nedorub, Jon Pratt, and Antonello Simonetti. Special recognition also to David Heffner for his efforts in assembling the team and coordinating the effort. (posted March 2011).

Nirnimesh Kumar selected as the 2010 ASBPA Student Educational Award winner

Ebenezer Nyadjro receives travel fellowship

Beth Ann Bell awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2010 Earth and Ocean Sciences Undergraduate Awards
Joseph R. Leconte Outstanding Senior: Denise Bachmann
Joseph R. Leconte Outstanding Junior: Amanda Fabian
Stephen Taber Award: Alex Brown
Distinguished Academic Achievement Award: Alan Rickenbaker

2010 Earth and Ocean Sciences Graduate Student Taber Awards
Outstanding Doctoral Research - Antonio Cameron
Outstanding Masters Research - Joey Anderson
Outstanding Teaching Award - Mel Fillerup

2009 Graduate Student Taber Awards
Outstanding Doctoral Research - Emily Sekula-Wood
Outstanding Masters Research - David Heffner
Graduate Research Honorable Mention:
Joseph Anderson
Antonio Cameron
Inmaculada Dura-Gomez
Andrea Hougham
Iliana (Iva) Mladenova
Khandaker Zahid

2009 Undergraduate Awards

Outstanding Senior Award -Emily Graham & Susan Herron
CAS Rising Senior Award - Denise Bachmann-Krug
Outstanding Junior Award - Alexander Brown
Stephen Taber Award - Christiann Boutwell

- Dara D.H. Cadden and Michelle Giearch both were recipients of the NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship for 2008-2009.

- Michelle Gierach, was selected for the Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium, October 5-10, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.

- Undergraduate student, Emily Graham, CAS student of the month for September 2008 [http://www.cas.sc.edu/ugrad/student.html].

-  Students from USC-Geophysical Society and University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Geophysical Society participated in a joint project sponsored by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. This project involved assessment of several geologic and environmental issues on the island of Puerto Rico using our in-house Ground Penetrating Radar system. Participating USC personnel included Melvin Fillerup, Antonio Cameron, Chance Amos, and Dr. Robert Trenkamp. Faculty advisors for the two organizations are Dr. Camelia Knapp (USC), and Dr. Eugenio Asencio (Assistant Professor at the University of Puerto Rico and USC alumni).

-  Andrea Hougham, Outstanding Student Talk Award at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Orlando, Florida, March 2008.

- Rosendo King Riloha was selected as a 2008 Magellan Scholar from USC's Office of Undergraduate Research.

- Michelle Gierach, was awarded University of South Carolina Graduate School Graduate Research Assistantship for Spring, 2008.

- The Geological Sciences Department announced the 2008 Undergraduate Award Winners:
Outstanding Senior Award – Beth Ann Bell
CAS Rising Senior Award – Alan Rickenbaker
Outstanding Junior Award – Emily Graham
Stephen Taber Award – Denise Bachmann-Krug
Stephen Taber Award – Christiann Boutwell

- The Geological Sciences Department announced the 2008 Graduate Student Award Winners:
Taber Teaching Award - David Gombosi
Center for Teaching Excellence, Preparing Future Faculty Award - Kerry McCarney Castle
Taber Doctoral Research Award - Pamela Marsh

- Michelle Gierach, was awarded F. John Vernberg best publication award, and USC Graduate Student Day award for poster presentation.

- PhD Candidate Ipsita Gupta was the winner in the Environmental &Earth Sciences Category for her oral presentation on USC's Grad Student Day.

- Geological Sciences undergrad major Beth Ann Bell was selected as a 2007-2008 Goldwater Scholar.

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